GDT: #61 - 02/25/16 | NEW YORK RANGERS @ st. louis blues | 8:00 - MSG

[Loff]

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2015/2016 REGULAR SEASON
GAME #61 - 02/25/2016​

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NYR: 34-20-6______________STL: 35-18-9

TIME | 8:00 PM ET VENUE | SCOTTRADE CENTER - ST. LOUIS, MO TV | MSG, FS-MW

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[FIELDSET="NEWS & NOTES"]

GAME LINKS:

Game Preview - Last Matchup; STL@NYR 11/12/15 - NHL.com - RANGERS.com - BLUES.com
NY Post - NYDN - Andrew Gross - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN - CBC - SNET - TSN



AROUND THE LEAGUE:

FEBRUARY SCHEDULE:

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[FIELDSET="QUOTES TO NOTE"]

They probably got crap from their coach after the first period.
You’ve got to expect that from a team that’s battling for the playoffs and they’re in their home building.
In the second maybe they caught us off guard. Those two 4-on-4s, we were trading chances with them.
We got caught a few times, 2-on-1s, breakways. That’s not our style of play.
- Derick Brassard

I don’t know what happened, seriously. I thought our first period was OK, we knew they were going to come hard.
You have to give them credit, they worked extremely hard. That’s how they score most of their goals, that’s a really hard working team.
If you don’t match that it’s going to be a tough night.
- Henrik Lundqvist

That second period could have been our worst period of the year, not to take anything away from Jersey.
After what I would believe was a real solid first period where we had some real good looks, it was mistake after mistake in the second period.
If it wouldn’t have been for Hank, it wouldn’t have been a game at all. He kept us in.
- Alain Vigneault

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[FIELDSET="ST. LOUIS BLUES"]

TEAM STATS / STANDINGS:

GP | 62 | GF | 156
W | 35 | GA | 150
L | 18 | GF/G | 2.47
OTL | 9 | GA/G | 2.35
Pts | 79 | PIM/G | 10:31
HOME | 19-10-4 | PP% | 21.3
AWAY | 16-8-5 | PK% | 86.4
L10 | 7-2-1 | FO% | 50.9
STREAK | L1 | S/O | 3-4

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

TEAM LEADERS:

Goals | Vladimir Tarasenko | 29 Assists | Alex Steen | 30 Points | Vladimir Tarasenko | 54 + / - | Colton Parayko | +21 Shots | Vladimir Tarasenko | 219 Hits | David Backes | 191 Blocks | Alex Pietrangelo | 103 PIM | David Backes | 59 FO% | Paul Stastny | 56.5 TOI/G F: | Alex Steen | 20:30 TOI/G D: | Alex Pietrangelo | 26:40

PROJECTED LINES:

LW | C | RW
jaden SCHWARTZ | jori LEHTERA | vladimir TARASENKO (A)
robby FABBRI | paul STATSNY | troy BROUWER
patrik BERGLUND | david BACKES (C) | magnus PAAJARVI
scottie UPSHALL | kyle BRODZIAK | dmitrij JASKIN

LD | RD
jay BOUWMEESTER | kevin SHATTENKIRK (A)
carl GUNNARSSON | colton PARAYKO
joel EDMUNDSON | robert BORTUZZO

Scratched
jordan SCHMALTZ |

STARTING GOALIE:

Jake Allen

GPI: 34 | W: 18 | L: 11 | OT: 3 | PIM: 0
SV% .923 | GAA: 2.18 | SA: 913 | GA: 70 | SO: 5

INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

Ryan Reaves | Suspended
Brian Elliott | Lower body (IR)
Alex Steen | Upper body (IR)
Alex Pietrangelo | Knee (IR)
Steve Ott | Lower body (IR)

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[FIELDSET="NEW YORK RANGERS"]

TEAM STATS / STANDINGS:

GP | 60 | GF | 173
W | 34 | GA | 155
L | 20 | GF/G | 2.83
OTL | 6 | GA/G | 2.55
Pts | 74 | PIM/G | 08:57
HOME | 22-6-3 | PP% | 17.5
AWAY | 12-14-3 | PK% | 77.8
L10 | 7-2-1 | FO% | 49.5
STREAK | L1 | S/O | 3-2

Division | 2nd
Conference | 3rd
League | 7th

TEAM LEADERS:

Goals | Derick Brassard | 22 Assists | Keith Yandle | 30 Points | Mats Zuccarello | 46 + / - | J.T. Miller | +17 Shots | Rick Nash | 149 Hits | Tanner Glass | 146 Blocks | Dan Girardi | 138 PIM | Dylan McIlrath | 55 FO% | Dominic Moore | 55.5 TOI/G F: | Mats Zuccarello | 18:28 TOI/G D: | Ryan McDonagh | 22:28

PROJECTED LINES:

LW | C | RW
j.t. MILLER | derick BRASSARD | mats ZUCCARELLO
chris KREIDER | derek STEPAN (A) | jesper FAST
oscar LINDBERG | kevin HAYES | viktor STALBERG
tanner GLASS | dominic MOORE | marek HRIVIK

LD | RD
ryan MCDONAGH (C) | dan GIRARDI (A)
marc STAAL (A) | kevin KLEIN
keith YANDLE | dan BOYLE

Scratched
dylan MCILRATH |

STARTING GOALIE:

Henrik Lundqvist

GPI: 50 | W: 29 | L: 16 | OT: 4 | PIM: 0
SV% .922 | GAA: 2.31 | SA: 1466 | GA: 114 | SO: 4

INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

Rick Nash | Lower body (Out ind)

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[Irishguy42]

This team has more injuries than the Rangers right now. Allen is also cold, just coming off an injury.

End them. Get #30 his 30th W of the season.

Get back on track. The team has a good thing going right now. Make the last game just seem like a random blip.

 

[Loff]

We're usually awful in St Louis. Gonna be another struggle.

And Dallas after this. Rad.

 

[nyr2k2]

They better give more effort than they did against the Debbies, or this one will be a huge blowout. Hopefully we come out looking pissed and maintain energy through the third.

If we make it out of the second period only allowing one more goal than we score, I count that as a win. **** this team and their second periods.

 

[silverfish]

Two good tests here right before the deadline.

Let's see what this team has.

Hope we get McD and Staal back in, and Boyle sits... not Dylan, but lol to that because we all know what's going to happen.

 

[mike14]

Tarasenko scores a hattrick, blues win 6-2 and this board goes nuts....should be a good one

 

[Ori]

Let`s hope Ryan Mc. is back - we need a completely different approach to this game!
pls. win!

 

[Ail]

Hopefully they lose every game right up to the deadline and Gorton sells hard.

Half-joking.

 

[OrbitalDynamics]

Looking forward to more whining about not taking Tarasenko.

It never gets old.

 

[The Undertaker]

Shoulda taken Tarasenko.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Looking forward to more whining about not taking Tarasenko.

It never gets old.

I wouldn't suggest a Tarasenko drinking game tomorrow night. To be fair, had the Rangers drafted Tarasenko, they would have flipped him already as part of a package for John Scott or something like that.

 

[vladmyir111]

I wouldn't suggest a Tarasenko drinking game tomorrow night. To be fair, had the Rangers drafted Tarasenko, they would have flipped him already as part of a package for John Scott or something like that.

To be fair they only flip picks they have not made yet. We have plenty of do nothing "prospects" in this line up that they have not traded.

 

[Miamipuck]

Hopefully they lose every game right up to the deadline and Gorton sells hard.

Half-joking.

What's the other half?

 

[Miamipuck]

I wouldn't suggest a Tarasenko drinking game tomorrow night. To be fair, had the Rangers drafted Tarasenko, they would have flipped him already as part of a package for John Scott or something like that.

That's a freaking steal, is Tarasenko getting his own movie? Scott's worth a lot more than one Tarasenko.

 

[RempireStateBuilding]

Looking forward to more whining about not taking Tarasenko.

It never gets old.

Don't forget, we were the only team to pass over him.

 

[Irishguy42]

People need to get over the fact that we didn't draft Tarasenko.

 

[nyr2k2]

People need to get over the fact that we didn't draft Tarasenko.

It took about a full decade for the Hugh Jessiman stuff to stop.

 

[Ail]

What's the other half?

One-hundred percent seriously joking.

 

[Miamipuck]

One-hundred percent seriously joking.

Hahahaha I was half joking.

 

[Vickers8]

If McD plays, Big Mc to the bench, so we can watch Grandma Boil continue to suck, nice going AV

 

[KingP]

Next few games are a real test. lets see where this team is before the deadline

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

People need to get over the fact that we didn't draft Tarasenko.

I never hear anyone complain about picking Thomas over Toffoli

 

[nevesis]

 

[Irishguy42]

 

[Mac n Gs]

I never hear anyone complain about picking Thomas over Toffoli

Oh, I have. Or Jason ****ing Wilson instead of John Klingberg or Brendan Gallagher. God, I hate that damn draft outside of McIlrath and Fast.

Anywho, tonight's gonna be a good challenge, and I don't believe Pietrangelo is playing, so we'll get a good look at how Shattenkirk performs in all situations. I'm guessing we'll hear about the lineup at 5 or 6?