Game Thread: 2/7/14 • Rangers @ Pittsburgh Penguins • 7:00 PM • MSG 2, NHLN-US, RDS

[Johnnydollaz89]

Team Statistics:

GP: 58 | W: 31 | L: 22 | OTL: 3 | PTS: 65 | ROW: 28
Division: 2nd — Metropolitan | Home Record: 14-14-3 | Away Record: 17-10-0 | S/O: 3-2
Last Ten: 7-3-0 | Streak: Lost 1

Goals Per Game: 2.55 (18th)
Goals Against Per Game: 2.43 (10th)
Goal Differential: +8 (11th)
PP Efficiency: 19.6% (11th)
PK Efficiency: 83.5% (8th)
Face-Off Efficiency: 50.0% (16th)


Team Leaders:

Goals: Rick Nash (18)
Assists: Mats Zuccarello (27)
Points: Mats Zuccarello (42)
+/-: Chris Kreider (+13)
PIM: Derek Dorsett (103)
TOI/G (Defenseman): Ryan McDonagh (24:35)
TOI/G (Forward): Brad Richards (19:00)


Starting Lineup:^

Chris Kreider / Derek Stepan / Rick Nash
Carl Hagelin / Brad Richards "A" / Ryan Callahan "C"
Benoit Pouliot / Derick Brassard / Mats Zuccarello
Brian Boyle / Dominic Moore / Daniel Carcillo

Ryan McDonagh / Dan Girardi
Marc Staal "A"/ Anton Strålman
John Moore / Kevin Klein

^ Subject to change


Starting Goaltender:

Henrik Lundqvist

GP: 43 | W: 21 | L: 18 | OT: 3
GA: 99 | SV%: .918 | GAA: 2.43 | SO: 3


Healthy Scratches:

Justin Falk


Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

[F] Derek Dorsett [IR] — Broken fibula; Out 4-6 weeks

Team Statistics:

GP: 57 | W: 40 | L: 15 | OTL: 2 | PTS: 82 | ROW: 36
Division: 1st — Metropolitan | Home Record: 23-4-0 | Away Record: 17-11-2 | S/O: 4-0
Last Ten: 7-3-0 | Streak: Won 2

Goals Per Game: 3.14 (4th)
Goals Against Per Game: 2.35 (6th)
Goal Differential: +49 (2nd)
PP Efficiency: 24.9% (1st)
PK Efficiency: 87.8% (1st)
Face-Off Efficiency: 51.2% (11th)


Team Leaders:

Goals: Sidney Crosby (28)
Assists: Sidney Crosby (49)
Points: Sidney Crosby (77)
+/-: Matt Niskanen (+28)
PIM: Tanner Glass (57)
TOI/G (Defenseman): Paul Martin (24:21)
TOI/G (Forward): Sidney Crosby (21:59)


Starting Lineup:^

Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby "C" - Brian Gibbons
Jussi Jokinen - Evgeni Malkin "A" - James Neal
Tanner Glass - Brandon Sutter - Jayson Megna
Harry Zolniercyzk - Craig Adams - Chuck Kobasew

Brooks Orpik "A" - Paul Martin
Oli Määttä - Rob Scuderi
Deryk Engelland - Robert Bortuzzo

^ Subject to change


Starting Goaltender:

Marc Andre Fleury

GP: 41 | W: 31 | L: 13 | OT: 1
GA: 101 | SV%: .918 | GAA: 2.21 | SO: 4

^ Subject to change


Healthy Scratches:

TBD


Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

[D] Kris Letang [IR] — Undisclosed illness; Out indefinitely
[G] Tomás Vokoun [IR] — Blood clots; Out indefinitely
[F] Beau Bennett [IR] — Wrist injury; Out indefinitely
[F] Pascal Dupuis [IR] — Knee surgery; Out indefinitely
[F] Chris Connor [IR] — Hand surgery; No timetable
[F] Joe Vitale [IR] — Wrist injury; No timetable

[D] Matt Niskanen [DTD] — Ankle injury; Day-to-day
[F] Taylor Pyatt [DTD] — Lower-body injury; Day-to-day

Last game before the break. Let's go out with a win!!

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

This should be good. Really looking forward to it. Good luck Ranger fans but not too much luck

 

[Pastafazul]

doob's thoughts & prayers go out to the letang family, team will be playin with a heavy heart 2nite... good luck!

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

doob's thoughts & prayers go out to the letang family, team will be playin with a heavy heart 2nite... good luck!

Thanks Pasta, wish Tang the best in his recovery.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Rangers strike first just 1:04 into the game. 1-0 Rangers early on.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Maatta puts back the rebound to tie the game at 1. Love this kid!

 

[LALakersboy24.7]

Maatta puts back the rebound to tie the game at 1. Love this kid!

Good Luck Doobster.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Good Luck Doobster.

Thanks dude, we'll need it tonight.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

End of the 1st, tied at 1.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Girardi scores with a nice screen from Pouliot. 2-1 Rangers.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Nasty shot by Geno! We're tied @ 2.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Pouliot puts the Rangers up 3-2. Orpik has cost us greatly this game.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

What a play by Maatta to Neal! We're tied at 3. Great game!

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Rangers win in the shootout. Good game Ranger fans.

 

[Gooch1034]

Rangers are on fire! They played very good tonight.

 

[LALakersboy24.7]

Rangers win in the shootout. Good game Ranger fans.

I thought for sure the Pens would win this one.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Rangers outplayed us throughout. I feel fortunate to have gotten a point out of this game.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

HUGE WIN!!

Tough to win a game when it's 9 against 6 in Pittsburgh. But we prevailed!

Nine 10 goal scorers on the team, tied for first in the NHL. That's depth scoring!! Something we never had with Torts.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Congrats Johnny

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Good game nonetheless, entertaining for sure, Doob!