GDT: MDSF #5 - 04/23/16 | NEW YORK RANGERS @ pittsburgh penguins | 3:00 - NBC, SN360

Loff · Apr 23, 2016

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2016 METROPOLITAN DIVISION SEMIFINALS
GAME #5 - 04/23/2016

vs

NYR: 1__________________________PIT: 3

TIME | 3:00 PM ET VENUE | CONSOL ENERGY CENTER - PITTSBURGH, PA TV | NBC, SN360

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ONLINE STREAMS: NOT ALLOWED | RADIO FEED: CLICK HERE

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[FIELDSET="NEWS & NOTES"]

GAME LINKS:

__SERIES OVERVIEW__

Game Preview - Last Matchup; PIT@NYR 4/21/16 - NHL.com - RANGERS.com - PENGUINS.com
NY Post - NYDN - Andrew Gross - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN - CBC - SNET - TSN

AROUND THE LEAGUE:

ROUND 1 SCHEDULE:

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Well, you can’t look at the big picture. That’s when you get lost a little bit.
You just have to break it down, focus on your process. We know we’re playing a good team, we know they’re confident.
But at the same time, last time we were in there we managed to win Game 2.
So we just need to do everything right and we’ll have a good chance of winning.
- Henrik Lundqvist

We have to believe that it can happen. It’s our only chance right now. But we’re a confident group.
We’re going to work hard for each other and do everything we can and we for sure believe that we’re able to turn this around.
We’ve got to stay positive, nothing’s going happen thinking negative here.
We’ve got to put a smile on our face and support each other, play for each other.
- Mats Zuccarello

Everybody to a man knows that we can play better than we did.
And that’s what we’re going to do.
- Alain Vigneault

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TEAM STATS:

GP | 4 | GF | 15
W | 3 | GA | 7
L | 1 | GF/G | 3.75
HOME | 1-1 | GA/G | 1.75
AWAY | 2-0 | PP% | 36.8
STREAK | W2 | PK% | 93.8
PIM/G | 11:45 | FO% | 50.2

TEAM LEADERS:

PROJECTED LINES:

LD | RD
olli MAATTA | kris LETANG
trevor DALEY | ian COLE
brian DUMOULIN | ben LOVEJOY

Scratched
tom SESTITO |
oskar SUNDQVIST |
justin SCHULTZ |

STARTING GOALIE:

Matt Murray

GPI: 2 | W: 2 | L: 0 | PIM: 0
SV% .979 | GAA: 0.50 | SA: 48 | SO: 1

INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

Marc-Andre Fleury | Concussion (DTD)
Beau Bennett | Shoulder (DTD)
Kevin Porter | Ankle (IR)
Scott Wilson | Lower body (IR)

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[FIELDSET="NEW YORK RANGERS"]

TEAM STATS:

GP | 4 | GF | 7
W | 1 | GA | 15
L | 3 | GF/G | 1.75
HOME | 0-2 | GA/G | 3.75
AWAY | 1-1 | PP% | 6.3
STREAK | L2 | PK% | 63.1
PIM/G | 13:15 | FO% | 49.8

TEAM LEADERS:

PROJECTED LINES:

STARTING GOALIE:

Henrik Lundqvist

GPI: 4 | W: 1 | L: 2 | PIM: 0
SV% .900 | GAA: 3.27 | SA: 90 | SO: 0

INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

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silverfish · Apr 23, 2016

Definitely not ready for the season to be over...

LGR

Oscar Lindberg · Apr 23, 2016

Let's go team

Ratelleitlikeitis · Apr 23, 2016

What the heck...LGR...sorry Eric

NYRFANMANI · Apr 23, 2016

"What is that we say to the God of Death?"

NOT TODAY !!!

LGR!!!

The Undertaker · Apr 23, 2016

Am I really reading that lineup correctly? Tanner on the third line! And he really won't put Lindberg and Stalberg back with Staal? How ****ing stupid can you be?

Revel · Apr 23, 2016

Why is Tanner Glass on the 3rd line in the Projected lines? Sarcasm ... or is there reason to believe this is what AV plans to do? If this is the plan...that moving Tanner to the 3rd line is the one thing that can turn the tide....I don't know what to say. AV should be fired immediately after the game if this is his solution to the Penguins' Neutral Zone trap.

Loff · Apr 23, 2016

PP% 6.3
PK% 63.1
Matt Murray SV% 97.1 GAA 0.50

Do one laugh or cry?

What a ****load of ****.

bl02 · Apr 23, 2016

Not surprised that tanner is in especially if he continues to go with the pairing from hell of Boyle and yandle

Jaromir Jagr · Apr 23, 2016

Win. Or lose by a ********.

aufheben · Apr 23, 2016

Loffen said:
PP% 6.3
PK% 63.1
Matt Murray SV% 97.1 GAA 0.50

Do one laugh or cry?

What a ****load of ****.

63%

Loff · Apr 23, 2016

aufheben said:
63%

GOAT PK is GOAT

Hi ImHFNYR · Apr 23, 2016

This particular team sucks. I couldn't have cared less about it all season and I gladly don't give a rats ass what happens today. There's nothing to be proud of with this team, nothing to celebrate. They're NYR in jersey color only. There are maybe 5 guys on the whole damn team i actually want to root for.

I don't want Girardi, Staal x 2, Yandle, Glass or AV anywhere near this team going forward.

Moore is too old, Kreider, stepan, hayes and Nash are all underperforming to various degrees and are no fun to watch.

More than half this team sucks.

And Boyle!? On a team of underperforming, overpaid, past their expiration date losers he somehow manages to go so far beyond useless and garbage that it somehow manages to rubber band between being hilarious and morbid. I hate the fact that this old piece of crap player is here instead of Stralman and will never have anything good to say about this player as a NYR. The most pleasantly surprising thing about this old **** is that this idiot franchise didn't trade two 1sts and a captain for him. But the only reason we didn't is because we'd already done it for his mopey, midget fellow AARP member predecessor

MillerTime79 · Apr 23, 2016

Wait there's no way this lineup is accurate, right? Glass on the 3rd like, and Diaz in for Skjei??? Is AV actively trying to get fired?

Hi ImHFNYR · Apr 23, 2016

MillerTime47 said:
Wait there's no way this lineup is accurate, right? Glass on the 3rd like, and Diaz in for Skjei??? Is AV actively trying to get fired?

Why the MSG crowd has not been chanting "Fire AV" is a mystery to me.

aufheben · Apr 23, 2016

Let me get this straight.... Raphael Diaz's first NHL game in nearly 13 months will be an elimination game, on the top pairing?

OrbitalDynamics · Apr 23, 2016

Ladies and Gentlemen, the head coach of our New York Rangers,Alain "Smartest Guy in the room" Vigneault.

http://nypost.com/2016/04/22/desperate-rangers-eye-veteran-to-save-power-play/

"Diaz played 11 games for Vigneault and the Rangers two seasons ago, and added four more in the playoffs."

“He’s not an unknown, we know what he can bring to the table,” Vigneault said. “If I feel and my staff feels that what he brings can help us, then we might make that decision.”

I knew Vigno wanted Diaz instead of McIlrath,he was hurt in the buttocks when McIlrath madw the team and his other bodypillow was sent down.

Rusty Rafael Diaz was such a hot commodity that other defense starved teams didn't claim him off waivers when they had the opportunity.

This is what the smartest guy in the room is pinning his hopes on? Rusty Raffy and Tanner on the third line? GTFO

#FireAV
#FireAV

KingStian · Apr 23, 2016

aufheben said:
Let me get this straight.... Raphael Diaz's first NHL game in nearly 13 months will be an elimination game, on the top pairing?

Now it almost seems like AV is trying to get fired.

SixGoalieSystem · Apr 23, 2016

GOAT parings :laugh:

Hi ImHFNYR · Apr 23, 2016

I expect the Penguins to claim they're working for a higher power. A man comes out in a red robe and pulls back the hood to reveal: Alain Vigneualt

"It was me Rangers! It was me all along Rangers!"

Cue good ol JR. Aw son of a *****

Guy has to be working for the Pens. He can't be this incompetent.

Hey do you guys remember when we took on MSL and jettisoned Callahan, Boyle and Stralman only to lose to his old team/their new team?

Remember when we got rid of Hagelin only to lose to his current team?

Clearly our GM keeps making brilliant moves. #b-b-butwemadeittotheSCFonceandgotdestroyed

Jaromir Jagr · Apr 23, 2016

OrbitalDynamics said:
Ladies and Gentlemen, the head coach of our New York Rangers,Alain "Smartest Guy in the room" Vigneault.

http://nypost.com/2016/04/22/desperate-rangers-eye-veteran-to-save-power-play/

"Diaz played 11 games for Vigneault and the Rangers two seasons ago, and added four more in the playoffs."

â€œHeâ€™s not an unknown, we know what he can bring to the table,â€ Vigneault said. â€œIf I feel and my staff feels that what he brings can help us, then we might make that decision.â€

I knew Vigno wanted Diaz instead of McIlrath,he was hurt in the buttocks when McIlrath madw the team and his other bodypillow was sent down.

Rusty Rafael Diaz was such a hot commodity that other defense starved teams didn't claim him off waivers when they had the opportunity.

This is what the smartest guy in the room is pinning his hopes on? Rusty Raffy and Tanner on the third line? GTFO

#FireAV
#FireAV

Glass also went unclaimed. How many playoff teams start two guys who went through waivers unclaimed during the season.

aufheben · Apr 23, 2016

So we have two redundant pairings, and McDonagh paired with a guy who's last NHL game was a year ago

Chaels Arms · Apr 23, 2016

AV is panicking.

The best part is, if we lose, he'll probably blame everything on not having Girardi available lol.

Deleted member 23124 · Apr 23, 2016

silverfish said:
Definitely not ready for the season to be over...

LGR

Look at that projected lineup again.

OrbitalDynamics · Apr 23, 2016

StaalWars said:
AV is panicking.

The best part is, if we lose, he'll probably blame everything on not having Girardi available lol.

He'll blame McIlrath and Honk.

Others are immune to critical comments regarding their play.

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