Saturday, March 28, 2009

Rangers @ Penguins (Game 76)

The New York Rangers (39-27-9) visit the Pittsburgh Penguins (40-27-8) today at Mellon Arena 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:
Avery-Gomez-Callahan
Sjostrom-Drury-Antropov
Naslund-Dubinsky-Zherdev
Korpikoski-Betts-Orr

Mara-Sauer
Morris-Redden
Staal-Girardi

Goaltenders:
Henrik Lundqvist - 34-22-7, 2.47 gaa, .914 sv%, 2 so.

Marc-Andre Fleury - 31-17-6, 2.67 gaa, .913 sv%, 4 so.

Opponent Notes:
- The Penguins lead the Rangers by one point in the Eastern Conference standings.

- Pittsburgh has won the last two contests against the Rangers after dropping the first three (two in shootouts) this year.

- Sidney Crosby has put together a 14-game point streak with seven goals and 17 assists.

- Evgeni Malkin has 106 points to match his career high set last season, but has notched just two of his league-best 73 assists in five games versus New York. He does have three goals and six assists in a four-game streak, and needs three points to reach 300.

- The Penguins have gone 11-1-2 since Feb. 25.

Opponent Blog:
PensBurgh

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey! Nice blog you run here. I run a Rangers blog myself: http://rangerstribune.com

Unknown said...

Hey I didnt get to watch the game today and was looking for a good explanation of what happened. Where you at??

Kevin DeLury said...

Sorry Matt. A little late on the game recap. It's up now.