The New York Rangers (9-6-1) lost to the Vancouver Canucks (9-7-0) by the score of 4-1, last night. For a recap and box score go to Yahoo! Sports and newyorkrangers.com.
I missed the game so here are post game notes released by the Rangers...
- The Blueshirts were defeated by the Vancouver Canucks, 4-1, tonight at General Motors Place to fall to 9-6-1 overall, including a 3-4-1 mark on the road.
- Christopher Higgins notched the Rangers only goal of the game, his first as a Ranger, at 6:24 of the third period; he finished the contest with two hits in 19:42 of icetime.
- Rangers Captain Chris Drury collected an assist on Higgins’ goal, and registered four shots in 18:00 of icetime.
- Brandon Dubinsky registered one assist and delivered three hits in 18:36 of icetime.
- Forward Vinny Prospal was named Alternate Captain prior to the game, and finished the contest with a team-high 11 faceoff wins (65%, 11-17).
- Rangers defenseman Matt Gilroy led the team with three blocked shots in the game in 22:49 of icetime.
- Marc Staal led New York with a plus-one rating and 23:58 of icetime.
- The Blueshirts practice schedule for tomorrow, November 4, is 1:00 p.m. at Rexall Place in Edmonton.
- The Rangers return to action on Thursday, November 5, when they will face-off against the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place (9:30 p.m.), in the second game of their three-game Western Canadian road trip; the game will be televised live on MSG Network and can be heard on 1050 ESPN Radio.
2 comments:
The Rangers played well for the first two periods. They hit a couple of posts and skated very well. I fell asleep in the middle of the third when it was 2-1 Canucks and then woke up to them winning 4-1.
actually, their play was uninspired and pretty poor in the first. they managed just 4 shots and took, i believe, 3 penalties. Their play in the 2nd was much better. they sort of looked like the same team they were in the 1st 2 weeks of the season, having success pressuring the puck and controlling it in the o and neutral zone. then they squandered a 4-min powerplay. After the mid-period mayhem in the 3rd, higgins finally got his first goal, yay. he should have scored earlier in the game on a breakaway off a nifty pass from one of the rangers only consistently solid players, kotalik. But then it seemed as though they got caught up in the jubilee of "higgy" finally scoring with a Pee-wee hockey-esque love-fest celebration that they forgot they were playing an NHL game. I wanted to vomit after that 3rd goal. this team really needs to pick it up. if this were S.America, Redden, Rozy, Drury, et. al would have probably been assasinated already, enabling mgmt to finally sign capable veteran leadership (other than prospal).
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