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Shot-blocking the key to Rangers' penalty-kill
VANCOUVER - When Blair Betts and Fredrik Sjostrom were not re-signed after helping anchor the league's No. 1 penalty-kill squad last season, there was a sense that the Rangers would falter in that category.
But with new coaches and some personnel changes, the Rangers have settled in at No. 4, with an 87-percent success rate, just a point out of first place. One reason: More blocked shots.
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