Michael Obernauer at the Blueshirts Blog reports that between now and Jan. 2, 2010, the Rangers play only one game against a team with a higher point total. They play three games against the Islanders (31 points), three against Carolina (20 points), two against Philly (31 points), and one against Florida (33 points). Five of those nine games are at home.
...the Rangers need to come out of that stretch with a minimum of 13 of 18 points.
Brandon Dubinsky realizes the importance of the available points in those games...
“We need the points in the worst way,” said Brandon Dubinsky, who took part in an optional practice today a day after returning from a five-week layoff. “We had a good effort last night, and hopefully that makes us hungrier now to go get two points. We need to find a way to turn this thing around.”
On playing an Islanders team who lost to Florida 7-1 last night, John Tortorella said...
“They struggled a little bit in their building (last night), but they’ll be ready to play,” John Tortorella said. “And obviously the Islander-Ranger game, it’s a toe-to-toe tilt. We need to build off this game here and come back into our building and try to find a way.”
The Rangers were defeated by the Islanders back on October 28th by the score of 3-1.
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