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THE MATCHUP:

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[10-23-7] ________ [19-17-4]


1:00 PM ET
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - NYC, NY
MSG (HD) | FS-CR

ONLINE STREAM(S)












GAME LINKS:

NHL Preview - Last Meeting; NYR@CAR 12/31/09 - NHL.com - Rangers Official Web Site - Canes Official Web Site
NY Post - Steve Zipay - Andrew Gross - Yahoo Sports - MSG.com - ESPN.com - TSN.ca



JANUARY SCHEDULE:





QUOTE TO NOTE:

"It's obvious we competed harder... It was the most important thing we had to accomplish after last night.
It was important not to lose two in a row, and I thought we answered well in all aspects of the game." - John Tortorella



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TEAM STATS / STANDINGS:

GP: 40 | W: 10 | L: 23 | OTL: 7 | Pts: 27 | GF: 100 | GA: 145 | PP%: 16.0 | PK%: 77.3 | FO%: 48.8 | L10: 3-5-2 | STREAK: L1

Division: 5th | Conference: 15th | League: 30th




TEAM LEADERS:

Goals: Jussi Jokinen | 11
Assists: Eric Staal | 19
Points: Eric Staal | 27
+/-: Tom Kostopoulos | 0
PIM: Tom Kostopoulos | 56
FO%: Rod Brind'Amour | 58.6




PROJECTED LINES:

Jussi Jokinen - Matt Cullen - Eric Staal (A)
Ray Whitney (A) - Brandon Sutter - Tuomo Ruutu
Zach Boychuk - Patrick Dwyer - Tom Kostopoulus
Stephane Yelle - Rod Brind'Amour (C) - Jiri Tlusty

Joni Pitkanen - Aaron Ward
Niclas Wallin - Tim Gleason
Andrew Alberts - Brett Carson

Cam Ward
Manny Legace


*Healthy Scratches:




INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

Sergei Samsonov - IR: Upper Body Injury
Scott Walker - IR: Upper Body Injury
Erik Cole - IR: Upper Body
Joe Corvo - IR: Lacerated Leg
Chad LaRose - IR: Lower Body





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TEAM STATS / STANDINGS:

GP: 40 | W: 19 | L: 17 | OTL: 4 | Pts: 42 | GF: 107 | GA: 113 | PP%: 21.0 | PK%: 84.8 | FO%: 48.8 | L10: 5-3-2 | STREAK: W1

Division: 3rd | Conference: 8th | League: 19th




TEAM LEADERS:

Goals: Marian Gaborik | 26
Assists: Marian Gaborik | 25
Points: Marian Gaborik | 51
+/-: Brandon Dubinsky | +9
PIM: Sean Avery | 70
FO%: Chris Drury | 52.4




PROJECTED LINES:

Brandon Dubinsky - Erik Christensen - Marian Gaborik
Chris Higgins - Chris Drury (C) - Ryan Callahan (A)
Sean Avery - Artem Anisimov - Ales Kotalik
Aaron Voros - Brian Boyle - Enver Lisin

Marc Staal - Dan Girardi
Michael Del Zotto - Michal Rozsival
Wade Redden - Matt Gilroy

Henrik Lundqvist
Matt Zaba


*Healthy Scratches: Donald Brashear




INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

Vinny Prospal - OUT: Knee Surgery


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