Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Rangers vs. Flyers Preview


Tonight the New York Rangers (39-26-10) host the Philadelphia Flyers (38-28-10) at MSG. For a full preview go to Yahoo! Sports.

- Scott Gomez and Michal Rozsival are out with injuries

- Paul Mara and Petr Prucha return to the lineup.

- Martin Biron and Henrik Lundqvist will start in goal tonight.

- The Rangers are 5-1-1 versus the Flyers this year.

- The Rangers are 6-0-1 in their last seven home games, including a 5-4 shootout win over the Flyers on March 2.

...with a win tonight and an Ottawa loss the Rangers will move into the fifth spot. However if they lose in regulation they will fall into a sixth place tie with the Flyers. Ottawa plays Buffalo tonight so we might actually want the Senators to win.

...with the Gomez and Rozsival injuries, we're going to need some players to step-up tonight. Namely, Mara and Prucha. Still puzzled by Renney not putting Prucha on the power play tonight, but my feeling is if the power play struggles early we'll see Prucha.

...I'm pretty sure Valiquette played his last game of the season on Friday night, so it should be Lundqvist from here on in. Unless we've locked up a seeding before the end of the season.

...the Flyers surprised me on Friday night by coming out very conservative instead of physical, so I'm not sure what to expect tonight. They might stick with what worked or throw a curve ball and come out blazing.

...crowd should be in a frenzy tonight, so hopefully the team can feed off of the energy and roll over the Flyers.

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