Monday, December 21, 2009

Rangers 3, Hurricanes 1


The New York Rangers (17-16-3) defeated the Carolina Hurricanes (9-21-6) by the score of 3-1, tonight. For a recap and box score go to Yahoo! Sports and newyorkrangers.com.

...missed the game tonight too busy watching Giants take it to the Redskins. Here are the post game notes released by the Rangers:

• The Blueshirts defeated the Carolina Hurricanes, 3-1, tonight at the RBC Center to improve to 17-16-3 (37 pts.) overall and 10-7-2 (22 pts.) on the road.

• Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves, including 13 in the third period, to close out the victory; Lundqvist has held opponents to two or fewer goals in eight of his last nine games.

• Marian Gaborik notched a goal and two assists; Gaborik has now had 15 multiple points games and has scored six goals and seven assists in his last 10 games.

• Brandon Dubisnky scored the game-winning goal and notched an assist; Dubinsky tied for the lead among all skaters with a plus-3 rating.

• Marc Staal tallied a goal and logged a team-high 24:47 of icetime; Staal tied for the lead among all skaters with a plus-3 rating.

• Michal Rozsival recorded an assist and had a plus-two rating for the game; Rozsival logged 24:31 of ice time and led all skaters with 4 blocked shots.

• The Blueshirts’ practice for tomorrow, December 22, is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. at the MSG Training Center.

• The Rangers return to action on Wednesday, December 23, when they will face-off against the Florida Panthers at Madison Square Garden (7:00 p.m.); the game will be televised live on MSG Network and can be heard on 1050 ESPN Radio.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

The nhl.com boxscore says Gaborik only got 1g, 1a. The empty netter was unassisted.

Unknown said...

those stats are correct, although, i would say, he should have had a second. so many chances, seems a bit laissez faire in 1-0 chances, as he is in the shootout. (might want to try shooting high stick side rather than use that backhand to five-hole move-the move seems beneath him).. he is obviously till the MAN, but i dare say he could be scoring 2 goals a game more frequently.