Game Thread: 11/02/13 • Rangers v. Carolina Hurricanes • 7:00 PM • MSG [HD]

[Johnnydollaz89]

Team Statistics:

GP: 12 | W: 5 | L: 7 | OTL: 0 | PTS: 10
Conference: 11th | Home Record: 1-1-0 | Away Record: 4-6-0 | S/O: N/A
Last Ten: 4-6-0 | Streak: Won 2

Goals Per Game: 1.67 (28th)
Goals Against Per Game: 3.08 (25th)
Goal Differential: -17 (26th)
PP Efficiency: 20.5% (13th)
PK Efficiency: 82.6% (13th)
Face-Off Efficiency: 49.2% (19th)


Team Leaders:

Goals: Brad Richards (5)
Assists: Derek Stepan (7)
Points: Brad Richards (9)
+/-: Carl Hagelin (+1)
PIM: Derek Dorsett (62)
TOI/G (Defenseman): Ryan McDonagh (21:57)
TOI/G (Forward): Brad Richards (19:44)


Starting Lineup:^

Chris(t) Kreider / Derek Stepan / Mats Zuccarello
Carl Hagelin / Brad Richards "A" / Benoit Pouliot
Taylor Pyatt / Derick Brassard / J.T. Miller
Brandon (S)Mashinter / Brian Boyle / Derek Dorsett

Ryan McDonagh / Dan Girardi
Marc Staal "A" / Anton Strålman
Michael Del Zotto / John Moore

^ Subject to change


Starting Goaltender:

Henrik Lundqvist

GP: 9 | W: 3 | L: 5 | OT: 0
GA: 22 | SV%: .908 | GAA: 2.84 | SO: 2


Healthy Scratches:

Justin Falk



Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

Rick Nash [IR] — Upper Body Injury (Concussion)
Ryan Callahan "C" [IR] — Broken Thumb; Out 3-4 Weeks
Dominic Moore [DTD] — Strained Oblique; Out 7-10 Days

Team Statistics:

GP: 13 | W: 4 | L: 6 | OTL: 3 | PTS: 11
Conference: 10th | Home Record: 1-3-3 | Away Record: 3-3-0 | S/O: 0-2
Last Ten: 3-5-2 | Streak: Lost 4

Goals Per Game: 2.00 (26th)
Goals Against Per Game: 2.85 (19th)
Goal Differential: -13 (12th)
PP Efficiency: 14.3% (22nd)
PK Efficiency: 80.8% (19th)
Face-Off Efficiency: 47.5% (23rd)


Team Leaders:

Goals: Nathan Gerbe (4)
Assists: Jeff Skinner (6)
Points: Jeff Skinner (9)
+/-: Jeff Skinner (+5)
PIM: Eric Staal (18)
TOI/G (Defenseman): Justin Faulk (24:12)
TOI/G (Forward): Eric Staal (21:13)


Starting Lineup:^


Alexander Semin / Eric Staal / Jiri Tlusty
Patrick Dwyer / Jordan Staal / Nathan Gerbe
Tuomo Ruutu / Elias Lindholm / Riley Nash
Brett Sutter / Manny Malhotra / Drayson Bowman

Andrej Sekera / Justin Faulk
Ryan Murphy / Jay Harrison
Tim Gleason / Ron Hainsey



Starting Goaltender:

Justin Peters

GP: 4 | W: 0 | L: 4 | OT: 0
GA: 12 | SV%: .897 | GAA: 3.10 | SO: 0

^ Subject to change


Healthy Scratches:

Brett Bellemore


Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

Joni Pitkanen [IR] — Left Heel Surgery; Out for season
Anton Khudobin [IR] — Lower Body Injury; Out indefinitely
Cam Ward [IR] — Lower Body Injury; Out 2-4 weeks
Jeff Skinner [IR] — Upper Body Injury; Out indefinitely
Radek Dvorak [IR] — Lower Body Injury; Out indefinitely
Kevin Westgarth [DTD] — Upper Body Injury; Doubtful v. Rangers

Another must win game, lets do this!

 

[Cobiemonster]

Carolina came off a shutout loss last night, Rangers came off a shutout win on Thursday - I think the Rangers win this game

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Can't wait to see how many times they mention the Staal brothers tonight lol

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Doobster played this game on NHL 14 last night, Hurricanes ended up winning 4-3 in OT, but the Hurricanes also had Cam Ward in net. Doobster will pick the Rangers to win 3-2.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Can't wait to see how many times they mention the Staal brothers tonight lol

Hmm, I would say at least 50 times.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Hmm, I would say at least 50 times.

Most likely, Sam Rosen will do that on his own lol

And hope you're prediction is right and not NHL 14's

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Most likely, Sam Rosen will do that on his own lol

And hope you're prediction is right and not NHL 14's

My prediction is sort of based on NHL 14 tho, figured if the game is close with Cam Ward in net, then the Rangers should win the game with Cam Ward out. We'll see tho, NHL 14 doesn't exactly play like a realistic ice hockey game.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Wow, Rangers been lookin' pretty good as of late. Nice to see them find their game. As of now, I consider them to be the biggest threat to the Pens in the division. Wednesday Night Rivalry game should be a good one.

 

[Pastafazul]

i am gettin so sick & tired of cablevision!!!!! its now 12:07 was out, saw rangers in 60 to come on at 12, watchin interview with bettmam waiting for game to come on was tryin to avoid ticker, out of nowhere ticker shows rangers win 5-1, glad they won, but pizzed that no rangers in 60 is on when schedule says so.... not first time this has happened!!

wow stepan with hat trick, hags with 2 , kreider and zucc with 3 assists, must have been a great game! F CABLEVISION!!!!!!!!


canes that bad?????

 

[Pastafazul]

i am gettin so sick & tired of cablevision!!!!! its now 12:07 was out, saw rangers in 60 to come on at 12, watchin interview with bettmam waiting for game to come on was tryin to avoid ticker, out of nowhere ticker shows rangers win 5-1, glad they won, but pizzed that no rangers in 60 is on when schedule says so.... not first time this has happened!!

wow stepan with hat trick, hags with 2 , kreider and zucc with 3 assists, must have been a great game!

F CABLEVISION!!!!!!!!


canes that bad?????

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Canes are playing with their AHL goalie right now, otherwise they were doing well before the injuries to Cam Ward & Anton Khudobin.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Idc who we beat the last 3 games, it's safe to say we are back, boys! 3 wins a row and god damn that top line of Kreider-Stepan-Zuccarello is filthy!! 9 points in total for that line tonight including a hat-trick from Stepan and 3 assists each from Kreider and Zucc. Hank is back on his game and made some big saves tonight!!

This is NYRangers hockey and we are ready now. I can't wait to be back at the Garden flr tomorrows game against Anaheim and get redemption on them for that besting they gave us. This is why we don't panic early on guys, new system, grueling road trip. The team needed to be home and in fromt of the greatest fans in the world.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Doobster must admit the Rangers have played very well as a team in 4 of their last 5 games. I wonder if adding a banner to this message board had anything to do with it.

 

[David_son]

They are playing well I think getting the perfect lines together was the key. Question is if Zuc Krieder and Stepan keep playing so well what happens when Nash and Cally come back

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

They are playing well I think getting the perfect lines together was the key. Question is if Zuc Krieder and Stepan keep playing so well what happens when Nash and Cally come back

L1: Carl Hagelin - Brad Richards - Rick Nash
L2: Chris Kreider - Derek Stepan - Ryan Callahan
L3: Mats Zuccarello - Derrick Brassard - JT Miller
L4: Taylor Pyatt - Derrick Brassard - Derek Dorsett
D1: Ryan McDonagh - Dan Girardi
D2: Marc Staal - Anton Stralman
D3: John Moore - Michael Del Zotto
G1: Henrik Lundqvist
G2: Cam Talbot

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Pyatt needs to go, I can't stand him. He is useless.

 

[Pastafazul]

good stuff guys, thanks for the read! nice to have so many options..

will remain cautiously optimistic,

although very early, tomorrow nite is a big test!

 

[stealth]

You gotta be kidding!

Idc who we beat the last 3 games, it's safe to say we are back, boys! 3 wins a row and god damn that top line of Kreider-Stepan-Zuccarello is filthy!! 9 points in total for that line tonight including a hat-trick from Stepan and 3 assists each from Kreider and Zucc. Hank is back on his game and made some big saves tonight!!

This is NYRangers hockey and we are ready now. I can't wait to be back at the Garden flr tomorrows game against Anaheim and get redemption on them for that besting they gave us. This is why we don't panic early on guys, new system, grueling road trip. The team needed to be home and in fromt of the greatest fans in the world.

we beat 2 of the worst teams in the league and you are saying we are back......not hardly, IF we beat Pitt, Anaheim and few other top tier teams you MIGHT be saying something, the season just started so lets wait and see if the Rangers make the postseason. I still think Hank needs to be evaluated after he plays these top tier teams, Talbot's play and AV has turned Hank around!

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

we beat 2 of the worst teams in the league and you are saying we are back......not hardly, IF we beat Pitt, Anaheim and few other top tier teams you MIGHT be saying something, the season just started so lets wait and see if the Rangers make the postseason. I still think Hank needs to be evaluated after he plays these top tier teams, Talbot's play and AV has turned Hank around!

Hank will look sharp against Anaheim tomorrow, i'm not worried.

 

[stealth]

Hank will look sharp against Anaheim tomorrow, i'm not worried.

You dont kmow how Hank will look until the game starts then progreses and thats if he gets the start.
If Hank is the starter against Pitt, Talbot will get the start against Anaheim or vice-verse. Talbot isnt going to be a type of back up that rides bench, he is going to be an active back up, or at least should be.