Blue Notes
Steve Zipay takes you inside the locker room, home and on the road, with the New York Rangers.
Will Moore be fined/suspended for Fedotenko blindsider?
The NHL is looking at this for 3:05 in the third period last night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxxc1YmmDzg
IMO, deserves at least a fine or a game.
Rangers were certainly displeased, if you read my stories from last night. Brian Boyle called it "garbage" and "very, very dirty" as a retaliation for previous hit along boards from Feds. Rcihards...
The Wrap: Post-game quotes, notes, stats
Photo credit: Errol Anderson
Impressive rally, no? Rangers coach John Tortorella knows the ebbs and flows of Brad Richards, who won a Stanley Cup with him in Tampa. “It’s a struggle right now for him,” Tortorella said before last night’s game against the Lightning, “but he’s still capable of making big plays at key times. I’ve got a tremendous amount of...
Slumping Richards tops Tampa in OT, 4-3
Photo credit: Errol Anderson
Slumping Brad Richards, who admitted he was feeling “a little lost offensively” scored at 2:37 of overtime tonight to lift the Rangers to a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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Stamkos's 36th gives Tampa 1-0 lead over NYR after 1
Not much was happening as time wound down in the first here at MSG. Then the league's leading goalscorer struck.
Michael Del Zotto' s pass hit Brad Richards' skate and before you knew it, Steven Stamkos had the puck barreling down the right side with Anton Stralman in pursuit. Stralman hooked him and the ref raised his arm for a delayed penalty, but Stamkos, diving, managed to get a backhander...
Biron. Eminger (but not Messier) in vs. Tampa tonight
Martin Biron was the first goaltender off the ice for the morning optional, and Lundqvist stayed on with coaches, including a guest, Mark Messier. Biron last played in the 4-3 shootout loss to New Jersey.
Looks as if rookie defenseman Stu Bickel will sit, and make way for Steve Eminger's return from a separated right shoulder. Bickel remained on the ice with Lundqvist, working with the...
The Wrap: Lundqvist not to blame; more quotes, stats
Photo credit: Jim McIsaac
Some more stats and post-game quotes:
The Rangers remain in first place in the East, ahead of the Bruins by three points
Lundqvist is 4-1-0 with a 0.97 goals against average in the past five games....
The Rangers were credited with 52 hits, a season high. Brian Boyle and Brandon Prust had six each.
Torts: "Our start, it was a bit of a struggle,a s far as some turnover...
Disallowed goal angers Rangers, who fall 1-0 to Devils
A disputed call that disallowed an apparent game-tying Rangers goal with 3.5 seconds left in regulation tonight left the Blueshirts steaming---and 1-0 losers to the streaking Devils.
With goaltender...
Rangers trail 1-0 to Devs after 1 at MSG
David Clarkson's 21st goal on a power play at 8:14 with Stu Bickel in the box is the difference. Petr Sykora almostr made it 2-0 in the final seconds with a shot off the crossbar. Blueshirts looks a little off, so far.....
Rangers-Devils coming up....
It's Lundqvist vs. Brodeur in goal
Rookie D Stu Bickel remains on third pair with Marc Staal. Steve Eminger is a healthy scratch again
Here are the lines from practice (we're waiting for warmups) but note Carl Hagelin dropped: Me, I'd drop Fedotenko to the fourth line and move Hagelin, who had points in five of his last seven games, up.
Artem Anisimov-Derek Stepan-Marian Gaborik...
Live from MSG: Lundqvist in, Eminger sits
Steve Eminger is a healthy scratch today, with coach John Tortorella opting for the same lineup as in the 1-0 shootout win over the Sabres in the last game. As I wrote yesterday, with a physical game expected, the coach likely wants Stu Bickel in. Mike Rupp's thumb is banged up, leaving Brandon Prust as the other player most likely to drop the gloves....
No surprise that Lundqvist is in. Three...
