The New York Rangers (9th, 36-32-10 - 82 pts.) visit the Buffalo Sabres (3rd, 43-25-10 - 96 pts.) tonight at HSBC Arena starting at 7:00 p.m. For a preview go to Yahoo! Sports.
Rangers Game Notes
TV: MSG+; Radio: ESPNRadio (1050AM)
Probable Lines:
Dubinsky-Christensen-Gaborik
Prospal-Drury-Callahan
Voros-Jokinen-Parenteau
Shelley-Anisimov-Prust
Staal-Rozsival
Del Zotto-Girardi
Redden-Eriksson
Goaltenders:
Henrik Lundqvist - 33-26-9, 2.39 gaa, .920 sv%, 4 so.
Ryan Miller - 39-18-8, 2.23 gaa, .928 sv %, 5 so
Opponent Notes:
- The Sabres can clinch their first division title in three years with a victory tonight.
- Buffalo has lost two in a row.
- The Sabres are playing without two of their top offensive players leading scorer Tim Connolly, who hasn’t played since March 26, and Thomas Vanek, who has been out since March 27, both with lower-body injuries..
- However, Patrick Kaleta may be available after missing five games following thumb surgery. Kaleta has three goals in as many games against the Rangers this season.
- Ryan Miller is 4-1-0 with a 1.25 goals-against average in his last five starts against the Rangers.
Season Series:
Dec. 5 Rangers 2, Sabres 1 at Buffalo
Dec. 12 Rangers 2, Sabres 3 at MSG
March 7 Rangers 1, Sabres 2 (OT) at MSG
Opponent Blog:
Sabre Noise
6 comments:
Tonight's least valuable players:
Girardi
Torts
Auld
...and Redden, obviously
..what a pathetic effort, and tort's decision to pull hank contributed to it.
Joke-inen, Gaborik, Prospal, ...
a little disappointed to see lundqvist pulled that early
right now i'm an interning with the buffalo sabres broadcast dept, but got to work for the rangers broadcast tonight, which was awesome since i've always loved the rangers. obviously a depressing game, but it was an awesome experience as i watched the production in the broadcast truck, went in the locker room after the game, and watched torts post game interview. great night for me as a rangers fan, even with the loss.
Torts had to shake the game up pulling Lundqvist. The team, especially defensively, was doing zero. Torts can only yell and drill them in practice so long before he has to do something "drastic" like that.
Tough loss. I just posted my game recap.
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