GDT: #28 - 12/08/16 | RANGERS @ jets | 8:00 - MSG

[Loff]

[FIELDSET="THE MATCHUP"]

2016/2017 REGULAR SEASON
GAME #28 - 12/08/2016​

vs
NYR: 17-9-1_______________WPG: 13-13-3

TIME | 8:00 PM ET VENUE | MTS CENTRE - WINNIPEG, MB TV | MSG, TSN3

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[FIELDSET="NEWS & NOTES"]

GAME LINKS:

Game Preview - Last Matchup; WPG@NYR 11/6/16 - NHL.com - RANGERS.com - JETS.com
Larry Brooks - NYDN - Steve Zipay - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN - CBC - SNET - TSN



AROUND THE LEAGUE:

DECEMBER SCHEDULE:

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[FIELDSET="QUOTES TO NOTE"]

We had empty nets, their guys blocked, we hit shafts of sticks, their goaltender made some good saves. Did everything but score.
We shot everything we got pucks back and we were hard on the pucks and we made plays and just weren't able to convert.
- Derek Stepan

I have to look at it. The problem was to come back in the net there. I got stuck in Klein, so I have to look at the tape again exactly what happened.
I felt like it was under control, but when I tried to get back in the net I kind of got stuck there. Look at it and learn from it.
- Henrik Lundqvist

It’s not about frustration, it’s about winning and losing.
We didn’t win tonight. So we’re going to have to learn from this game.
- Alain Vigneault

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[FIELDSET="WINNIPEG JETS"]

TEAM STATS / STANDINGS:

GP | 29 | GF | 77
W | 13 | GA | 85
L | 13 | GF/G | 2.62
OTL | 3 | GA/G | 2.90
Pts | 29 | PIM/G | 10:18
HOME | 8-5-1 | PP% | 15.5
AWAY | 5-8-2 | PK% | 80.0
L10 | 4-5-1 | FO% | 45.7
STREAK | OT1 | S/O | 1-1

Division | 4th
Conference | 8th
League | 19th

TEAM LEADERS:

Goals | Patrik Laine | 17 Assists | Nikolaj Ehlers | 19 Points | Mark Scheifele | 26 + / - | Little, Myers | +5 Shots | Blake Wheeler | 82 Hits | Dustin Byfuglien | 74 Blocks | Dustin Byfuglien | 53 PIM | Chris Thorburn | 48 FO% | Bryan Little | 55.2 TOI/G F: | Blake Wheeler | 20:36 TOI/G D: | Dustin Byfuglien | 27:57

PROJECTED LINES:

LW | C | RW
nikolaj EHLERS | bryan LITTLE | patrik LAINE
drew STAFFORD | mark SCHEIFELE | blake WHEELER (C)
mathieu PERREAULT | adam LOWRY | marko DANO
brandon TANEV | alex BURMISTROV | chris THORBURN

LD | RD
josh MORRISSEY | dustin BYFUGLIEN (A)
tobias ENSTROM | jacob TROUBA
ben CHIAROT | paul POSTMA

Scratched
mark STUART |
kyle CONNOR |
andrew COPP |

STARTING GOALIE:

Michael Hutchinson

GPI: 11 | W: 3 | L: 4 | OT: 2 | PIM: 0
SV% .898 | GAA: 3.05 | SA: 275 | GA: 28 | SO: 1

INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

Nic Petan | Lower body (IR)
Tyler Myers | Lower body (IR)
Joel Armia | Lower body (IR)
Shawn Matthias | Lower body (IR)

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[FIELDSET="NEW YORK RANGERS"]

TEAM STATS / STANDINGS:

GP | 27 | GF | 97
W | 17 | GA | 69
L | 9 | GF/G | 3.59
OTL | 1 | GA/G | 2.52
Pts | 35 | PIM/G | 6:11
HOME | 10-4-1 | PP% | 21.0
AWAY | 7-5-0 | PK% | 84.0
L10 | 4-5-1 | FO% | 49.2
STREAK | L1 | S/O | 0-1

Division | 2nd
Conference | 3rd
League | 4th

TEAM LEADERS:

Goals | Michael Grabner | 13 Assists | McD, Skjei, Step | 13 Points | J.T. Miller | 20 + / - | Michael Grabner | +19 Shots | Rick Nash | 78 Hits | Nick Holden | 49 Blocks | Dan Girardi | 60 PIM | Brandon Pirri | 15 FO% | Brandon Pirri | 59.9 TOI/G F: | Mats Zuccarello | 18:53 TOI/G D: | Ryan McDonagh | 24:00

PROJECTED LINES:

LW | C | RW
chris KREIDER | derek STEPAN (A) | mats ZUCCARELLO
mike GRABNER | kevin HAYES | j.t. MILLER
nicklas JENSEN | brandon PIRRI | marek HRIVIK
josh JOORIS | oscar LINDBERG | jesper FAST

LD | RD
ryan MCDONAGH (C) | dan GIRARDI (A)
marc STAAL (A) | nick HOLDEN
brady SKJEI | kevin KLEIN

Scratched
adam CLENDENING |
jimmy VESEY |

STARTING GOALIE:

Antti Raanta

GPI: 8 | W: 5 | L: 1 | OT: 0 | PIM: 0
SV% .931 | GAA: 2.20 | SA: 233 | GA: 16 | SO: 0

INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

Rick Nash | Groin (DTD)
Matt Puempel | Concussion (DTD)
Pavel Buchnevich | Back spasms (DTD)
Mika Zibanejad | Ankle (IR)

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[Irishguy42]

This won't be fun with all these injuries.

 

[Loff]

Lines are not confirmed. Just fill-ins.

 

[Bob Richards]

Stop Laine and his 257 million goals.

 

[Loff]

stop laine and his 257 million goals.

pfft STAFFORD!

 

[Bob Richards]

pfft STAFFORD!

Why do I feel like Stafford used to score regularly on us when he was a Sabre?

Am I crazy? Tell me I'm crazy.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Why do I feel like Stafford used to score regularly on us when he was a Sabre?

Am I crazy? Tell me I'm crazy.

He was the Jason Chimera of Buffalo

 

[Loff]

Why do I feel like Stafford used to score regularly on us when he was a Sabre?

Am I crazy? Tell me I'm crazy.

u ain't kraykray.


And what happened to your postcount?

 

[Ori]

Lines are not confirmed. Just fill-ins.

Yeah, we need some luck in this game to get points for sure. And cross fingers that some of our current lines show some sort of chemistry.

 

[Idlerlee]

This injury list is terrifying, getting closer and closer to a Glass return

 

[Blueshirts 94]

This injury list is terrifying, getting closer and closer to a Glass return

I'd think that at least Fontaine, Nieves, and Kovacs are above Glass on the call-up list.

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

I was hoping that the next time we played Winnipeg, Trouba would be on our team.

Santa didn't give me what I wanted on the Rangers for Christmas.

 

[silverfish]

Stay out of the box.

That top-line is going to manhandle our D

 

[ColonialsHockey10]

I think we can assume Schiefele is a lock to play tonight right?

Great player + injured + Rangers = first game back + minimum of a goal

 

[New York RKY]

Loss incoming.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

I think we can assume Schiefele is a lock to play tonight right?

Great player + injured + Rangers = first game back + minimum of a goal

I doubt it

 

[silverfish]

The smart play in DFS tonight would be to stack the Laine line. The issue with this is, I can't bring myself to bet against the Rangers.

 

[eco's bones]

I'd think that at least Fontaine, Nieves, and Kovacs are above Glass on the call-up list.

Hate to break it to you but Kovacs isn't on any call up list. Neither is Tambellini. IMO Kovacs would have been better off in Sweden for one more year. Gernander doesn't seem to know what to do with him and I agree with some that Gernander doesn't develop really young players all that well--and Kovacs this year is the poster child for that theory.

These are the four guys who they'll look at next in no particular order.

1. Nieves
2. Fontaine
3. Glass
4. Brown (easy to forget about him but he has played 23 NHL games).

None of the above are setting the world on fire this year either, and personally if I had to choose it would be Nieves.

 

[Trxjw]

I'm expecting a big night for my fantasy team, which has two thirds of Winnipeg's top line on it, assuming Scheifele is healthy.

 

[tbcwpg]

I think we can assume Schiefele is a lock to play tonight right?

Great player + injured + Rangers = first game back + minimum of a goal

They keep saying here that Scheifele is day to day, but he's not skating with the team and wasn't 100% yesterday, according to Maurice. I really doubt he goes tonight, unless they're really playing us through the media here in Winnipeg.

 

[offdacrossbar]

i would scratch girardi

play both hank and raanta.

side by side, 2 headed monster.

let raanta save the first shot and all the easy ones. easy win.

i kid, i kid....

 

[Megustaelhockey]

As a season ticket holder, I can tell you that the Jets fans I have encountered who come to games at the Garden are the nicest in the league and it's not even close.

So let's reward them by beating their team.

 

[nyrleetch]

Vesey out tonight?

 

[Loff]

Ken Wiebe ‏@WiebeSunSports 1m1 minute ago
#NHLJets line rushes: Ehlers-Little-Laine,Stafford-Scheifele-Wheeler, Perreault-Lowry-Dano,Tanev-Burmistrov-Thorburn. Connor worked in on 3rd.

 

[Irishguy42]

Scheifele is actually going to be in...

Welp...I'm sitting out this game. Will be checking in on Twitter/NHL app.