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THE MATCHUP GAME #59 Feb 24th, 2012 @ (38-15-5) _________ (25-27-8) 7:00 PM ET NASSAU COLISEUM - UNIONDALE, NY MSG | MSG PLUS 2

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NEWS & NOTES GAME LINKS: Game Preview - Last Matchup; NYI@NYR 12/26/11 - NHL.com - Rangers.com - Islanders.com NY Post - NYDN - Andrew Gross - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN.com - TSN.ca AROUND THE LEAGUE: FEBRUARY SCHEDULE:

QUOTES TO NOTE I thought we started to get our game, we started to forecheck more, we started to get pucks in deep and control it in our end. We had our opportunities. Unfortunately, we don’t bury them. - Ryan Callahan They always feel like a fast team. It was tough for us to get going, to get pucks out. We got better as the game moved on, but they had a couple of good plays in the second. - Henrik Lundqvist I don’t even think about first place. Every game we’re trying to win. I don’t even look at the standings. We’re just trying to get better as a team and trying to prepare each and every day to win hockey games. - John Tortorella

NEW YORK ISLANDERS TEAM STATS / STANDINGS: GP: 60 | W: 25 | L: 27 | OTL: 8 | Pts: 58 | GF: 140 | GA: 176 | PP%: 19.1 | PK%: 83.2 | FO%: 47.8 G/G: 2.27 | GA/G: 2.88 | HOME: 13-14-5 | AWAY: 12-13-3 | LAST 10: 4-5-1 | STREAK: L2 Division: 5th | Conference: 13th | League: 26th TEAM LEADERS: Goals: Matt Moulson | 25 Assists: P.A. Parenteau | 42 Points: John Tavares | 58 +/-: Matt Moulson | +5 Hits: Matt Martin | 277 Blocks: Andrew MacDonald | 133 PIM: Matt Martin | 92 FO%: John Tavares | 51.0 TOI/G F: John Tavares | 20:21 TOI/G D: Andrew MacDonald | 23:37 PROJECTED LINES: Matt Moulson | John Tavares (A) | P.A. Parenteau Michael Grabner | Frans Nielsen | Kyle Okposo (A) Matt Martin | Casey Cizikas | Brian Rolston Jay Pandolfo | Marty Reasoner | Nino Niederreiter Andrew MacDonald | Mark Streit (C) Milan Jurcina | Steve Staios Mark Eaton | Travis Hamonic *Scratches: STARTING GOALIE: Evgeni Nabokov GPI: 30 | W: 14 | L: 14 | OT: 0 | SV% .925 | GAA: 2.24 | SO: 2 INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC: Josh Bailey - DTD: Back spasms Rick DiPietro - IR: Groin injury Mike Mottau - IR: Concussion Dylan Reese - IR: Knee injury

NEW YORK RANGERS TEAM STATS / STANDINGS: GP: 58 | W: 38 | L: 15 | OTL: 5 | Pts: 81 | GF: 161 | GA: 118 | PP%: 13.9 | PK%: 86.7 | FO%: 50.3 G/G: 2.72 | GA/G: 1.97 | HOME: 19-7-2 | AWAY: 19-8-3 | LAST 10: 7-3-0 | STREAK: L1 Division: 1st | Conference: 1st | League: 3rd TEAM LEADERS: Goals: Marian Gaborik | 27 Assists: Derek Stepan | 26 Points: Marian Gaborik | 50 +/-: Michael Del Zotto | +27 Hits: Ryan Callahan | 206 Blocks: Ryan McDonagh | 142 PIM: Brandon Prust | 116 FO%: Brian Boyle | 51.8 TOI/G F: Ryan Callahan | 20:54 TOI/G D: Dan Girardi | 27:02 PROJECTED LINES: Artem Anisimov | Derek Stepan | Marian Gaborik Carl Hagelin | Brad Richards (A) | Ryan Callahan (C) Brandon Dubinsky | Brian Boyle | Brandon Prust Mike Rupp | John Mitchell | Ruslan Fedotenko Ryan McDonagh | Dan Girardi Michael Del Zotto | Anton Stralman Marc Staal (A) | Stu Bickel *Scratches: Eminger, Wolski, Woywitka STARTING GOALIE: Martin Biron GPI: 15 | W: 10 | L: 3 | OT: 1 | SV% .913 | GAA: 2.17 | SO: 2 INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC: Michael Sauer - IR: Concussion

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