GDT: MDSF #4 - 04/25/14 | New York Rangers @ Philadelphia Flyers | 7:00 - MSG, CNBC

Loff · Apr 25, 2014

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2014 METROPOLITAN DIVISION SEMIFINALS
GAME #4 - 04/25/2014

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TIME | 7:00 PM ET ARENA | WELLS FARGO CENTER - PHILADELPHIA, PA TV | MSG, CNBC, TSN, RDS, CSN-PH

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[FIELDSET="NEWS & NOTES"]

GAME LINKS:

___SERIES OVERVIEW___

Game Preview - Last Matchup; NYR@PHI 4/22/14 - NHL.com - Rangers.com - Flyers.com
NY Post - NYDN - Andrew Gross - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN.com - TSN.ca

AROUND THE LEAGUE:

ROUND 1 SCHEDULE:

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Yeah, every game is the most important game of the series and Friday is no different. We know they’re going to be coming hard, we’ve got to be ready, we’ve got to be prepared.
I think we did a good job the last game getting it behind their D, but there are things we didn’t do well that we addressed today and going forward we’ll be a lot better.
It’s a must-win for them and we should be treating it as a must-win as well.
- Dan Carcillo

First off, you don’t think about Sunday at all, all our focus is just on Friday and play as good as we can to give ourselves a chance to win this game.
We know they’re going to come hard so we have to prepare for that, we have to be focused and play a smart game.
- Henrik Lundqvist

The playoffs is another season. Maybe Marty sees it as having a clean slate, but I do think prior to the playoffs, even though he wasn’t on the score sheet, he was still contributing.
Like I mentioned many, many times, in different ways and that’s why our record as a team was so good. He’s a big part of our group.
Obviously, his leadership is helping us here as we try to move forward and we expect him to continue to play the way he is right now.
- Alain Vigneault

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[FIELDSET="PHILADELPHIA FLYERS"]

TEAM STATS:

GP | 3 | GF | 6
W | 1 | GA | 10
L | 2 | GF/G | 2.00
HOME | 0-1 | GA/G | 3.33
AWAY | 1-1 | PP% | 22.2
STREAK | L1 | PK% | 81.2
PIM/G | 14.0 | FO% | 48.9

TEAM LEADERS:

PROJECTED LINES:

LD | RD
Kimmo Timonen (A) | Braydon Coburn
Nicklas Grossmann | Mark Streit
Luke Schenn | Andrew MacDonald

STARTING GOALIE:

Steve Mason

GPI: 1 | W: 0 | L: 0
SV% 1.000 | GAA: 0.00 | SO: 0

INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

Steve Downie | Upper body (DTD)
Chris Pronger | PCS (LTIR)

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[FIELDSET="NEW YORK RANGERS"]

TEAM STATS:

GP | 3 | GF | 10
W | 2 | GA | 6
L | 1 | GF/G | 3.33
HOME | 1-1 | GA/G | 2.00
AWAY | 1-0 | PP% | 18.8
STREAK | W1 | PK% | 77.8
PIM/G | 9.3 | FO% | 51.1

TEAM LEADERS:

PROJECTED LINES:

LD | RD
Ryan McDonagh | Dan Girardi (A)
Marc Staal (A) | Anton Stralman
John Moore | Kevin Klein

STARTING GOALIE:

Henrik Lundqvist

GPI: 3 | W: 2 | L: 1
SV% .930 | GAA: 1.68 | SO: 0

INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

Chris Kreider | Hand (IR)

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KingP · Apr 25, 2014

Bring it! LGR!!!!

NYRCSKA* · Apr 25, 2014

Look at that.. Nash leads the team in assists and shots and half the fan base still thinks he isn't 'doing enough'

BarbaraAlphanse · Apr 25, 2014

NYRCSKA said:
Look at that.. Nash leads the team in assists and shots and half the fan base still thinks he isn't 'doing enough'

Didn't you know? He has the propensity to play like a noodle.

Greg02 · Apr 25, 2014

I think Steve Mason's SV% should be 1.000 not .100.

Clown Fiesta · Apr 25, 2014

NYRCSKA said:
Look at that.. Nash leads the team in assists and shots and half the fan base still thinks he isn't 'doing enough'

Yeah they'd rather argue about where he takes his shots from than admit he's been a solid play maker and is opening the ice up for Stepan/MSL.

free0717 · Apr 25, 2014

NYRCSKA said:
Look at that.. Nash leads the team in assists and shots and half the fan base still thinks he isn't 'doing enough'

Nash should have buried at least 2 pucks in game 2. He had wide open looks

BarbaraAlphanse · Apr 25, 2014

Barbara Underhill said:
Yeah they'd rather argue about where he takes his shots from than admit he's been a solid play maker and is opening the ice up for Stepan/MSL.

Given that last point, which is definitely true, I'd still rather reunite Nash with Kreider than keep MSL on the same line with him.

The MSL Nash Stepan line rarely goes to the front of the net. Nash himself enjoys more space and being able to be a perimeter player. Kreider would always open up the space for him by being the guy unafraid to give up his body to park in front of the net.

Splitting MSL and Nash allows both to play to their strengths and also balances the talent on each line, meaning that one of Nash or MSL will always have a mismatch in defensive pairings, not to mention that the Zucc line will certainly be a mismatch for opposing teams playing against their 2nd and 3rd pairings predominantly.

SnowblindNYR · Apr 25, 2014

NYRCSKA said:
Look at that.. Nash leads the team in assists and shots and half the fan base still thinks he isn't 'doing enough'

People are upset that he's not scoring goals. I guess if he had 4 goals instead of 4 assists he'd be ok. Or more likely people would ***** that he doesn't have enough assists.

BarbaraAlphanse · Apr 25, 2014

SnowblindNYR said:
People are upset that he's not scoring goals. I guess if he had 4 goals instead of 4 assists he'd be ok. Or more likely people would ***** that he doesn't have enough assists.

Half the team is being sent to the gallows by the majority of this board. Not just Nash.

Idlerlee · Apr 25, 2014

Greg02 said:
I think Steve Mason's SV% should be 1.000 not .100.

It should be .100 after tonight

Problematique · Apr 25, 2014

Idlerlee said:
It should be .100 after tonight

Please have this wrapped up in game 5 at MSG. Can we have an easy series for once?!?!

Matt4776 · Apr 25, 2014

Rust Heisenberg said:
Given that last point, which is definitely true, I'd still rather reunite Nash with Kreider than keep MSL on the same line with him.

The MSL Nash Stepan line rarely goes to the front of the net. Nash himself enjoys more space and being able to be a perimeter player. Kreider would always open up the space for him by being the guy unafraid to give up his body to park in front of the net.

Splitting MSL and Nash allows both to play to their strengths and also balances the talent on each line, meaning that one of Nash or MSL will always have a mismatch in defensive pairings, not to mention that the Zucc line will certainly be a mismatch for opposing teams playing against their 2nd and 3rd pairings predominantly.

Except the Hags-Richards-MSL line never played that well together outside of MSL's first shift.

BarbaraAlphanse · Apr 25, 2014

Matt4776 said:
Except the Hags-Richards-MSL line never played that well together outside of MSL's first shift.

Maybe:

Kreider-Stepan-MSL
Hagelin-Richards-Nash

would work. Nash and Hagelin have more chemistry than MSL and Hagelin.

broadwayblue · Apr 25, 2014

Bring me Wallace.
Alive if possible. Dead, just as good.
Send news of our victory.

RGY · Apr 25, 2014

Pepper. Pepper. Pepper.
Crash. Crash. Crash.

This is what the rangers need to do in the offensive zone tonight. Yes they usually get a lot of shots on net, but they have to crash the net and get in Mason's face. Get in front of him.

Doctyl · Apr 25, 2014

Nash is the only player MSL has shown any chemistry with at ES. For the love of god keep this line together, MSL is rolling right now don't change a thing.

Cliffy1814 · Apr 25, 2014

Barbara Underhill said:
Yeah they'd rather argue about where he takes his shots from than admit he's been a solid play maker and is opening the ice up for Stepan/MSL.

That would be typical HF Board Stuff...

"We don't shoot enough. Take shots from all angles and you never know what happens".
In next breath....
"Shots are not from high quality areas..can't expect to score goals from there"

Cliffy1814 · Apr 25, 2014

Boiling this series and game down to it's simplest form.

Ih Hank outplays or plays evenly with Mason we win. We are a better team.
Despite all the posts about us taking out foot off the pedal in Game 2, we had 17 2nd period shots and were stoned by Ray Emery. He outplayed Hank in game #2 and we lost.

HatTrick Swayze · Apr 25, 2014

Said it in the pre game - this is gonna be a very tough win. Obviously they all are in the playoffs. But the Flyers are at home and in a hole, they will come out on fire.

Henrik has another level he can get to (this is NOT criticism! It speaks to his talent); if he finds it the Rangers will win.

Glen Sathers Cigar · Apr 25, 2014

All the quotes comin from the media in Philly, the flyers players all saying they expected the series to be more physical and that it's weird it's not. Excellent! They clearly assumed they could play thee knuckle dragging, sloppy game they play against the pens and it would work.

Our guys need to keep playing smart and fast. Move the puck, play physical but don't let it take over the game. Play with speed, puck possession, smart.

SnowblindNYR · Apr 25, 2014

Cliffy1814 said:
That would be typical HF Board Stuff...

"We don't shoot enough. Take shots from all angles and you never know what happens".
In next breath....
"Shots are not from high quality areas..can't expect to score goals from there"

Pretty much this, you nailed it.

Net Front Presence · Apr 25, 2014

Stay out of the box and we can win this series at home in 5.

Ian · Apr 25, 2014

Rick Nash: Great perimeter player or greatest?

SnowblindNYR · Apr 25, 2014

From a quick glance I see 8 players that have a higher PPG than Rick Nash so far, one of them is his teammate.

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