Saturday, January 31, 2009

Rangers @ Bruins (Game 51)

The New York Rangers (29-17-4) visit the Boston Bruins (35-8-6) today at TD Banknorth Garden starting at 1:00 p.m. For a preview go to Yahoo! Sports.

For last minute news go to The Rangers Report or Blue Notes.

Probable Lines:
Naslund-Gomez-Callahan
Dawes-Drury-Korpikoski
Voros-Dubinsky-Zherdev
Sjostrom-Betts-Orr

Redden-Girardi
Staal-Rozsival
Kalinin-Mara

Goaltenders:
Henrik Lundqvist - 24-14-3, 2.61 gaa, .911 sv%, 2 so.

Tim Thomas - 21-5-5, 2.15 gaa, .932 sv%, 3 so.

Opponent Notes:
- Five of the last six meetings between these two teams have gone to a shootout. Including a 3-2 Ranger win at MSG in November. The Bruins won both shootouts in Boston last year.

- On Tuesday the Bruins got Patrice Bergeron, Andrew Ference and Milan Lucic back from injury and all three will again be in the line-up today.

- The Bruins are 1-0-1 since the All-Star break and 18-2-2 in their last 22 home games.

- Phill Kessel leads the Bruins with 24 goals, while Marc Savard leads the team in assists (41) and points (59).

Opponent Blogs:
Here Come the Bruins!
Stanley Cup of Chowder

1 comment:

Unknown said...

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/63998/bear_ranger_medium.jpg Ha!