GDT: #44 - 01/14/18 | RANGERS @ penguins | 7:30 - NBCSN

Loff · Jan 13, 2018

2017/18 REGULAR SEASON
GAME #44 - 01/14/2018

vs

NYR: 22-16-5_____________PIT: 23-19-3

TIME | 7:30 PM ET
VENUE | PPG PAINTS ARENA - PITTSBURGH, PA
TV | NBCSN

ONLINE STREAMS: NOT ALLOWED | RADIO FEED: CLICK HERE

GAME LINKS:

Game Preview - Last Matchup; NYR@PIT 12/5/17 - NHL.com - RANGERS.com - PENGUINS.com
NY Post - NYDN - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN - CBC - SNET - TSN

AROUND THE LEAGUE:

JANUARY SCHEDULE:

QUOTES TO NOTE:

The main thing is, we want a group in here that’s willing to whatever it takes to win.
Right now, we don’t have enough guys going like that.
We had guys at times playing the way we want to play, but for us to be successful we need everybody buying in.
Right now, we don’t want it. If we do the same thing against PIT, it’s going to be the same result.
I hope our guys understand the importance of tomorrow.
- Ryan McDonagh

It was self-inflicted wounds. It’s a communication thing.
We need to be louder, point more, do something, because we need to clean that up, for sure.

- Brady Skjei

Goals one, three and four, we had numbers and we just don’t check.
I didn’t expect this at all today, not with the importance of this game, and the rival we were playing against.
- Alain Vigneault

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Tristan Jarry
GPI: 16 | W: 8 | L: 3 | OT: 2 | PIM: 0
SV% .922 | GAA: 2.35 | SA: 412 | GA: 32 | SO: 2

INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

Matt Murray | Personal (DTD)
Carter Rowney | Upper body (DTD)
Chad Ruhwedel | Upper body (IR)
Bryan Rust | Upper body (IR)

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Henrik Lundqvist
GPI: 36 | W: 19 | L: 10 | OT: 4 | PIM: 0
SV% .923 | GAA: 2.54 | SA: 1135 | GA: 87 | SO: 2

INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

Chris Kreider | Blood clot (IR)

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Trxjw · Jan 13, 2018

Kinda happy I sold my tickets to this one...

trilobyte · Jan 13, 2018

I wonder how well this team communicates with each other on ice in real-time.
That fantastical screwup against Las Vegas with defenders bunched up was a clear indication to me that something is wrong. I think it continues, so seeing Skjei's comment was good to see somebody saying it out loud. Talk to each other, Rangers. Can't blame absolutely every single thing on the system, players have to be able to think for themselves.

ZiGOODejad · Jan 13, 2018

Please at least get one point out of this game

member 116805 · Jan 13, 2018

Too soon...

aufheben · Jan 13, 2018

Hellion said:
Too soon...

We shouldn't have even had a post-game for that shit-show against the Fishies.

ReggieDunlop68 · Jan 13, 2018

aufheben said:
We shouldn't have even had a post-game for that ****-show against the Fishies.

Most active post game thread of the year.

ReggieDunlop68 · Jan 13, 2018

Sunday game.

Where’s the guy who says “Sunday 7:30 game /smh. Who makes this schedule? Some people need to get back to work early in the South Pole…” ?

kovazub94 · Jan 13, 2018

Whatever time AV bought with November resurgence is up! Gorton must address it now - the writing is on the wall, has been dried for awhile now, actually.

ReggieDunlop68 · Jan 14, 2018

kovazub94 said:
Whatever time AV bought with November resurgence is up! Gorton must address it now - the writing is on the wall, has been dried for awhile now, actually.

He didn't buy himself shit.

They would dump him even if he were winning if the Cheddar stops rolling in.

Machinehead · Jan 14, 2018

kovazub94 · Jan 14, 2018

ReggieDunlop68 said:
He didn't buy himself ****.

They would dump him even if he were winning if the Cheddar stops rolling in.

Read a few time and I still don’t understand what you’re saying or what was your point.

mike14 · Jan 14, 2018

Damn, Phil the Thrill having some kind of season...

Hank to play out of his skin and steal us at least a point

Fvital92 · Jan 14, 2018

I will repeat what i said in the post game thread, because I really feel that way.
. Lets chill down, we are all rangers fans, we have our differences but we are all together in this **** hole. We have to remender that all of us cheer for the same thing, a Stanley cup. Positive think that we will the cup in the next 4 years. Lets Go!

Siddi · Jan 14, 2018

kovazub94 said:
Read a few time and I still don’t understand what you’re saying or what was your point.

Win or lose dont matter as long as Dolan gets fatter.

Pavel Buchnevich · Jan 14, 2018

Can someone tell me if this is good or bad?

Nickmo82 · Jan 14, 2018

"I didn’t expect this at all today" - what a f***ing moron. What a pathetic statement.

Playing arguably their worst hockey of the season (and that's saying something considering how they started) against a resurgent Penguins... what could go wrong?

aufheben · Jan 14, 2018

Pavel Buchnevich said:
Can someone tell me if this is good or bad?

Is it right or wrong is the question.

Glen Sathers Cigar · Jan 14, 2018

Kreider being out completely wrecked this team's forward group. I think losing Kreider is worse for the team than losing Zibanejad.

I said it in the Kreider thread, nobody on this team has as much of an impact in the offensive zone as him. Nobody is better at screening the goalie, nobody can win board battles like him. His speed backs defensemen up, it keeps plays alive in the zone and he's the only forward that can retrieve a puck in the offensive zone. And that's what he brings even if he's not scoring.

Team hasn't scored more than 2 goals in a game for what, the last 10 games?

How about a nice solid effort? A 4-1 game or something? I know, I dare to dream, but I think at this point, Hank deserves for his team to play well and for him not to be the sole reason they win.

ALTHOUGH, I know this is AV's Rangers, so the team will come out flat and Hank will face two breakaways or odd man rushes in the first 5 minutes.

Machinehead · Jan 14, 2018

Glen Sathers Cigar said:
Kreider being out completely wrecked this team's forward group. I think losing Kreider is worse for the team than losing Zibanejad.

I said it in the Kreider thread, nobody on this team has as much of an impact in the offensive zone as him. Nobody is better at screening the goalie, nobody can win board battles like him. His speed backs defensemen up, it keeps plays alive in the zone and he's the only forward that can retrieve a puck in the offensive zone. And that's what he brings even if he's not scoring.

Team hasn't scored more than 2 goals in a game for what, the last 10 games?

How about a nice solid effort? A 4-1 game or something? I know, I dare to dream, but I think at this point, Hank deserves for his team to play well and for him not to be the sole reason they win.

ALTHOUGH, I know this is AV's Rangers, so the team will come out flat and Hank will face two breakaways or odd man rushes in the first 5 minutes.

Kreider is an elite player.

Nobody cares when he's around but you notice it when he's gone.

Machinehead · Jan 14, 2018

Pavel Buchnevich said:
Can someone tell me if this is good or bad?

Shots aren't part of the #sophisticated stats package

ReggieDunlop68 · Jan 14, 2018

kovazub94 said:
Read a few time and I still don’t understand what you’re saying or what was your point.

You didn't read it well. You have to add the intent into your mind voice besides rolling your eyes and sublingually vocalizing the letters.

There was a narrative that he "bought himself time" floating around, and I said he didn't buy himself shit because that's not how management makes decisions at all.

Note: Cheddar is a money reference if it was a language issue. I know there are several posters from outside of North America.

aufheben · Jan 14, 2018

Machinehead said:
Shots aren't part of the #sophisticated stats package

where did this “AV’s stats package” thing come from?

mike14 · Jan 14, 2018

aufheben said:
where did this “AV’s stats package” thing come from?

Zipay wrote about it:

“I’m not a big shot-attempt preacher or believer,” Vigneault said. “We have one of the most sophisticated stats packages, that has evolved through the years, that gives us breakdowns of important things we believe in. I know the shot attempts, Corsi . . . I’ve got other things I rely on. I don’t put too much emphasis on that.”

Ryan McDonagh returning to form for Rangers

EdJovanovski · Jan 14, 2018

4-0 NYR

Buchnevich (2)
Shattenkirk
Vesey

Hank plays like a madman

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