GDT: #6 - 10.23.2010 | New York Rangers @ Boston Bruins | 7:00 PM - MSG (HD)

[Loffen]

THE MATCHUP @ [2-2-1] ___________ [4-1-0] 7:00 PM ET TD BANKNORTH GARDEN - BOSTON, MA MSG (HD) | NESN (HD) ONLINE STREAM(S)

NEWS & NOTES GAME LINKS: Game Preview - Last Matchup; NYR@BOS 3/21/10 - NHL.com - Rangers.com - Bruins.com NY Post - Jesse Spector - Andrew Gross - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN.com - TSN.ca OCTOBER SCHEDULE: QUOTES TO NOTE: I definitely think this was our most complete effort yet. We were really hard on the forecheck and strong in our own zone. I really think it was a strong 60-minute effort, and it's going to take another 77 of those this year to get us into the playoffs. - Dan Girardi We set a high mark tonight and that's gonna have to be the mark we reach every game. I think we have to challenge one another to get to that point. - Martin Biron I thought everybody contributed in all areas. Our neutral zone play was where we really improved. We have to play that way and that has to be a game we play all the time. - John Tortorella

BOSTON BRUINS TEAM STATS / STANDINGS: GP: 5 | W: 4 | L: 1 | OTL: 0 | Pts: 8 | GF: 16 | GA: 8 | PP%: 21.0 | PK%: 93.3 | FO%: 48.2 HOME: 1-1-0 | AWAY: 3-0-0 | LAST 10: 4-1-0 | STREAK: W4 Division: 2nd | Conference: 5th | League: 9th TEAM LEADERS: Goals: Nathan Horton | 4 Assists: David Krejci | 5 Points: Nathan Horton | 7 +/-: Milan Lucic | +3 Hits: Shawn Thornton | 14 PIM: Gregory Campbell | 18 FO%: Gregory Campbell | 52.5 TOI/G F: David Krejci | 19:17 TOI/G D: Zdeno Chara | 27:34 PROJECTED LINES: Milan Lucic - David Krejci - Nathan Horton Jordan Caron - Patrice Bergeron (A) - Blake Wheeler Mark Recchi (A) - Tyler Seguin - Michael Ryder Brad Marchand - Gregory Campbell - Shawn Thornton Zdeno Chara (C) - Johnny Boychuk Mark Stuart - Dennis Seidenberg Andrew Ference - Matt Hunwick *Healthy Scratches: McGratton, Paille, McQuaid STARTING GOALIE: Tuukka Rask GP: 1 | W: 0 | L: 1 | OT: 0 | SV% .889 | GAA: 4.00 | SO: 0 INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC: Marco Sturm - IR: Knee injury Marc Savard - IR: Post Concussion Syndrome

NEW YORK RANGERS TEAM STATS / STANDINGS: GP: 5 | W: 2 | L: 2 | OTL: 1 | Pts: 5 | GF: 16 | GA: 17 | PP%: 10.5 | PK%: 75.0 | FO%: 44.4 HOME: 0-1-1 | AWAY: 2-1-0 | LAST 10: 2-2-1 | STREAK: W1 Division: 3rd | Conference: 10th | League: 23rd TEAM LEADERS: Goals: Brandon Dubinsky | 3 Assists: Sean Avery | 4 Points: Derek Stepan | 5 +/-: Derek Stepan | +4 Hits: Ryan Callahan | 16 PIM: Brandon Prust | 16 FO%: Erik Christensen | 56.6 TOI/G F: Brandon Dubinsky | 21:06 TOI/G D: Michal Rozsival | 25:21 PROJECTED LINES: Brandon Dubinsky - Artem Anisimov - Ryan Callahan (A) Alexander Frolov - Erik Christensen - Brandon Prust Sean Avery - Derek Stepan - Ruslan Fedotenko Derek Boogaard - Todd White - Brian Boyle Marc Staal (A) - Michal Rozsival Michael Del Zotto - Dan Girardi Mike Sauer - Matt Gilroy *Healthy Scratches: Steve Eminger STARTING GOALIE: Henrik Lundqvist GP: 4 | W: 1 | L: 2 | OT: 1 | SV% .892 | GAA: 3.75 | SO: 0 INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC: Marian Gaborik - IR: Shoulder injury Chris Drury - IR: Hand injury Vinny Prospal - IR: Knee injury

[NYRangers88]

Lets GO RANGERS!!!!

6-2 Win

Goals by:

Frolov (2)
Avery
Rozsival
Girardi
Callahan

[Florida Ranger]

Let's go Rangers!!!

Hank witda shutout.

Rangers, 3-0.

Anisimov, Dubinsky, Stepan.

[NYRangers88]

And btw Loffen, I love the opening and closing pictures you have. I thought they player intros they did this year were outstanding

[NYR Boyler87]

Rangers get smacked around in this one. Horton with 2 goals and Lucic with another.

Boston 4
Rangers 2

Goals from MDZ(PP) and Anisimov

[NYRangers88]

Originally Posted by hockeyviper87

Rangers get smacked around in this one. Horton with 2 goals and Lucic with another.

Boston 4
Rangers 2

Goals from MDZ(PP) and Anisimov

This would ruin my weekend

I hope your wrong

[darko]

Yeah I see us getting knocked around too.

Bruins win 4-1

[Blatant]

Rangers fans, always so negative.

Rangers win 3-2(SO)

Goals by Dubi, and Girardi.

[Alicat]

Hi. B's fan here, i come in peace.. Just wondering where you got the projected D pairs? I like them a lot. I am hoping for a good hard fought game with Avery free antics.

[Wraparounds]

Originally Posted by Alycat4537

Hi. B's fan here, i come in peace.. Just wondering where you got the projected D pairs? I like them a lot. I am hoping for a good hard fought game with Avery free antics.

Projected should be:

Staal - Rozsival
Del Zotto - Girardi
Gilroy - Sauer

[Alicat]

Originally Posted by NYR Fan in PGH

Projected should be:

Staal - Rozsival
Del Zotto - Girardi
Gilroy - Sauer

Thanks! I meant ours, unless i didn't search the practice notes our pairs have been:

Boychuk - Chara
Seidenberg - Stuart
Hunwick - Ference

[SupersonicMonkey*]

Let's Go Rangers!!!!!!

[darko]

Originally Posted by NYRfan1823

Rangers fans, always so negative.

Rangers win 3-2(SO)

Goals by Dubi, and Girardi.

Negative? More like realistic. Bruins are a good team, no shame in losing to them.

[FromTheSide]

LGR!

No more 1-0 games in boston though, please

[AJBergy86]

LGR!!! give effort like we did against the leafs and there is no way we lose

[topcat986*]

Lets get it on , So pleased to see though that the Rangers have continued there new influx of youth. I see most of the guys added in secondary roles Ie. line 2 or 3 but as for stars Rangers have never ever had a problem acquiring them thru FA. When Drury and Rosey are gone the Rangers are going to make a huge jump into being 1 of the top 6 easily in the NHL. great JR. drafts have created that.

[Balcony Rat]

Another Bruins fan here. Just thought I'd let you guys know you probably won't have to run into the tank Timmy Thomas tonight. Correct me if you know something I don't, but, Tuukka Rask hasn't started since the season opener in Prague and Claude Julien has said Rask would get some time in this weekend.

Rask this year:
GP: 1 | W: 0 | L: 1 | OT: 0 | SV% .889 | GAA: 4.00 | SO: 0

Rask vs NYR:
GP: 3 | W: 2 | L: 1 | OT: 0 | SV% .957 | GAA: 1.34 | SO: 1

Enjoy guys!

[AJRanger]

Hopefully they give Rask a game, not lovin' those Thomas stats.

[RangersDif]

Rangers win 4-2
Stepan, Anisimov, Avery, Dub (empty net)

[twistedwrister17]

Rangers win 2-1 or 1-0. Rangers-Bruins games are always low scoring.

[FultonReed]

i'm gonna let the game play itself out... i just hope they have the same intensity they played with on Thursday night. LGR!!!

[Back From Cally]

LGR!!!

Im predicting the Anisimov line to have another awesome game.

3-2 Rangers. Anisimov, Del Zotto, and Callahan finally gets one lol

[Khris Creider]

Guna be a tuff game.

4-3 OTL

[HockeyBasedNYC]

These games are usually low scoring. I remember one recently up there that was a 0-0 blockfest and a shutout that Hank lost in a SO.

Boston is going to be a good team this year, so the Rangers have to concentrate on playing their game and not letting them take control. I think the game plan should be the forecheck again, owning the neutral zone and keeping the Bruins offense to the perimeter.

The Rangers played a great road game against Toronto and they need to do the same if they want points in Boston, but I think theyll have to cash in on the great chances they get because A. I dont think theyll be too many and B. Thomas has been red hot. A .978 sv%? is that for real? lol

I feel like Stepan is going to have a good one, and Frolov needs to score again - not sure if he will but he needs to to get his confidence up. He needs to get into shooting position better.

[bmw2004]

Rangers 1 Bruins 0

Wade Redden with a goal