Game Thread: 12/20/13 • New York Islanders v. Rangers • 7:00 PM • MSG

[Johnnydollaz89]

Team Statistics:

GP: 35 | W: 16 | L: 17 | OTL: 2 | PTS: 34 | ROW: 15
Conference: 10th | Home Record: 6-9-2 | Away Record: 10-8-0 | S/O: 1-1
Last Ten: 3-5-2 | Streak: Lost 1

Goals Per Game: 2.23 (28th)
Goals Against Per Game: 2.69 (16th)
Goal Differential: -16 (23rd)
PP Efficiency: 18.1% (14th)
PK Efficiency: 85.0% (7th)
Face-Off Efficiency: 49.6% (17th)


Team Leaders:

Goals: Brad Richards (9)
Assists: Brad Richards (17)
Points: Brad Richards (26)
+/-: Chris Kreider (+9)
PIM: Derek Dorsett (103)
TOI/G (Defenseman): Ryan McDonagh (24:13)
TOI/G (Forward): Brad Richards (19:22)


Starting Lineup:^

Rick Nash "A" / Derek Stepan / Mats Zuccarello
Chris Kreider / Derick Brassard / Carl Hagelin
Brad Richards "A" / J.T. Miller / Benoit Pouliot
Brian Boyle / Dominic Moore / Derek Dorsett

Ryan McDonagh / Dan Girardi "A"
John Moore / Anton Strålman
Michael Del Zotto / Justin Falk

^ Subject to change


Starting Goaltender:

Henrik Lundqvist

GP: 27 | W: 10 | L: 14 | OT: 2
GA: 67 | SV%: .908 | GAA: 2.71 | SO: 2


Healthy Scratches:

Taylor Pyatt


Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

[RW] "C" Ryan Callahan [IR] — Sprained MCL; Out 4-6 weeks
[D] Marc Staal [IR] — Concussion; out indefinitely

Team Statistics:

GP: 35 | W: 9 | L: 19 | OTL: 7 | PTS: 25 | ROW: 5
Conference: 14th | Home Record: 5-6-7 | Away Record: 4-13-0 | S/O: 4-3
Last Ten: 1-5-4 | Streak: Lost 2

Goals Per Game: 2.31 (24th)
Goals Against Per Game: 3.37 (29th)
Goal Differential: -36 (29th)
PP Efficiency: 15.8% (21st)
PK Efficiency: 72.2% (30th)
Face-Off Efficiency: 46.9% (25th)


Team Leaders:

Goals: John Tavares (13)
Assists: John Tavares (25)
Points: John Tavares (38)
+/-: Eric Boulton (+4)
PIM: Matt Carkner (75)
TOI/G (Defenseman): Andrew MacDonald (26:16)
TOI/G (Forward): John Tavares (20:43)


Starting Lineup:^


Thomas Vanek / John Tavares "C" / Kyle Okposo "A"
Michael Grabner / Josh Bailey / Frans Nielsen
Cal Clutterbuck / Ryan Strome / Brock Nelson
Eric Boulton / Peter Regin / Matt Martin

Thomas Hickey / Andrew MacDonald "A"
Travis Hamonic / Calvin de Haan
Brian Strait / Aaron Ness


Starting Goaltender:^

Evgeni Nabokov

GP: 16 | W: 5 | L: 5 | OT: 5
GA: 47 | SV%: .900 | GAA: 3.04 | SO: 0

^ Subject to change


Healthy Scratches:

Casey Cizikas
Matt Carkner


Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

Lubomír Visnovsky [IR] — Concussion; Out indefinitely

Must win game.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

The Battle of New York, the Doobster will be sure to keep an eye out for this one. This along with the Caps vs Canes are the 2 games I'm most interested in tonight.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Love the new look 2nd line, has everything. Size, speed, skill, finese. Should be a solid line.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Yeah, 3rd line looks good too.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Yeah it's nice to see Miller playing his natural position. Zucc complimented Nash well last year, think that line will work if Stepan would step his game up, he's been awful.

 

[Pastafazul]

i hope ny wins

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Wow, didn't realize Brad Richards was leading the Rangers in goals, assists, & points. Impressive comeback season for him.

 

[Pastafazul]

finally, a team from ny team will get 2 points

 

[Pastafazul]

Wow, didn't realize Brad Richards was leading the Rangers in goals, assists, & points. Impressive comeback season for him.

lol, he got those goals 10 games in, he's almost back to his 2012 form

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Feeling a 4-1 win for us tonight.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Strome in for the Isles, lot of hype around this kid. Excited to see him play.

 

[Pastafazul]

why do the rangers contnue to handle puck like a grenade? no matter where they are on the ice they let it go, very frustrating, opponents just wait for them to do it!

 

[Pastafazul]

del zotto shoots wide, now there's a surprise!

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Rangers with some heavy fore-checking here early on, love it.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

del zotto shoots wide, now there's a surprise!

And in other news, water is still wet

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Rangers new top line looks pretty fucking solid there!

 

[Pastafazul]

great action NO SCORE! shoot right into mid section c'mon man

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

great action NO SCORE! shoot right into mid section c'mon man

You know we love shooting it right at the logo.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Rangers going on the PP! Boulton to the box for unsportsmanlike conduct.

 

[Pastafazul]

lets lite the mutherfookin board up2nite

lets go rangersssssssssssssssss