GDT: #19 - 11.25.2011 | New York Rangers @ Washington Capitals | 4:00 PM - MSG, NHL-N (HD)

[Loffen]

THE MATCHUP GAME #19 Nov 25th, 2011 @ (10-5-3) ___________ (12-7-1) 4:00 PM ET VERIZON CENTER - WASHINGTON, DC MSG (HD) | CSN-MA, NHL-NETWORK (HD)

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NEWS & NOTES GAME LINKS: Game Preview - Last Matchup; NYR@WSH 4/23/11 - NHL.com - Rangers.com - Capitals.com NY Post - NYDN - Andrew Gross - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN.com - TSN.ca AROUND THE LEAGUE: NOVEMBER SCHEDULE:

QUOTES TO NOTE We did have some pretty good chances, one goes in here, one goes in there, it’s a different game. I think we’re all trying to do the right thing, we’re working hard. Maybe a little quicker to have stuff support in the play in our end. One on one battle and the puck squiggles loose and their right there to pick it up. I think we’re close to getting back. - Dan Girardi The big thing to me is just the confidence in each other. We’ve got to make sure we’re there supporting each other. It doesn’t matter if one guy is on the forecheck if there’s nobody to pick up the puck. I don’t think it’s where it needs to be. We’re a good team when we’re grinding and cycling and all those things happen because we’re supporting. It’s just not that consistent for us to get our offense going. - Brandon Dubinsky We have to stay together, just as we did as we were winning. I thought we were winning hockey games when we stayed within our team concept. I think it’s gotten away from us a little bit, the details of the game. I hope nobody’s giving you excuses in the locker room because it isn’t that. It comes and goes so we’ve got to try and grab some momentum and have something good happen to us for a period and hopefully we can build off of that. - John Tortorella

WASHINGTON CAPITALS TEAM STATS / STANDINGS: GP: 20 | W: 12 | L: 7 | OTL: 1 | Pts: 25 | GF: 66 | GA: 62 | PP%: 16.7 | PK%: 79.4 | FO%: 50.6 G/G: 3.25 | GA/G: 3.05 | HOME: 8-1-1 | AWAY: 4-6-0 | LAST 10: 4-5-1 | STREAK: W2 Division: 2nd | Conference: 6th | League: 12th TEAM LEADERS: Goals: Jason Chimera | 8 Assists: Nicklas Backstrom | 16 Points: Nicklas Backstrom | 23 +/-: Karl Alzner | +9 Hits: Troy Brouwer | 71 Blocks: Roman Hamrlik | 39 PIM: Alex Semin | 28 FO%: Nicklas Backstrom | 51.7 TOI/G F: Alex Ovechkin | 18:47 TOI/G D: Dennis Wideman | 23:19 PROJECTED LINES: Alex Ovechkin (C) | Nicklas Backstrom (A) | Troy Brouwer Cody Eakin | Marcus Johanssson | Mike Knuble (A) Jason Chimera | Brooks Laich | Alex Semin Matt Hendricks | Mathieu Perreault | Jeff Halpern Jeff Schultz | John Carlson Dennis Wideman | Roman Hamrlik Dmitry Orlov | Karl Alzner *Scratches: King, Ward STARTING GOALIE: Michal Neuvirth GPI: 7 | W: 2 | L: 3 | OT: 1 | SV% .877 | GAA: 3.47 | SO: 0 INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC: Mike Green - DTD: Groin injury John Erskine - DTD: Shoulder injury Tom Poti - IR: Groin injury Jay Beagle - IR: Concussion

NEW YORK RANGERS TEAM STATS / STANDINGS: GP: 18 | W: 10 | L: 5 | OTL: 3 | Pts: 23 | GF: 48 | GA: 40 | PP%: 12.2 | PK%: 85.3 | FO%: 50.3 G/G: 2.61 | GA/G: 2.11 | HOME: 5-1-1 | AWAY: 5-4-2 | LAST 10: 7-2-1 | STREAK: L2 Division: 3rd | Conference: 8th | League: 18th TEAM LEADERS: Goals: Marian Gaborik | 9 Assists: Brandon Dubinsky | 9 Points: Marian Gaborik | 16 +/-: Ryan McDonagh | +10 Hits: Brandon Dubinsky | 50 Blocks: Dan Girardi | 46 PIM: Brandon Dubinsky | 47 FO%: Brad Richards | 54.1 TOI/G F: Brad Richards | 21:19 TOI/G D: Dan Girardi | 27:46 PROJECTED LINES: Artem Anisimov | Derek Stepan | Marian Gaborik Brandon Dubinsky | Brad Richards (A) | Ryan Callahan (C) Ruslan Fedotenko | John Mitchell | Brandon Prust Sean Avery | Brian Boyle | Carl Hagelin Ryan McDonagh | Dan Girardi (A) Mike Sauer | Michael Del Zotto Jeff Woywitka | Steve Eminger *Scratches: Christensen, Stralman STARTING GOALIE: Henrik Lundqvist GPI: 14 | W: 7 | L: 4 | OT: 3 | SV% .935 | GAA: 2.12 | SO: 1 INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC: Andre Deveaux - Out w/ a suspension Wojtek Wolski - IR: Sports hernia Mike Rupp - IR: Knee injury Marc Staal - IR: Post-Concussion Syndrome

Heads Up: The GDT is a work in progress.

[Killem Dafoe]

lets go Rangers!

[FutureGM97]

Gotta get back to winning ways and it needs to be against a good team. Might as well start now

[UlfNilsson]

"Bob, I got a bad feeling on this one, all right? I mean I got a bad feeling! "

[NuHOPE91]

Hey Rangers fan oil fan here.. How do you guys think the rangers will fare in this game i accidently put money on this game instead of the chicago game so therefore i just became a Rangers fan for the day!

How do you think they will fare?
Think they will win?
Will ovie continue to struggle?

LETS GO RANGERS!!!!

[New York RKY]

Depending on which Rangers team decides to show up it could get really ugly or it could be a huge momentum win. The good news for us is that Washington isn't a fast team like Montreal or Florida.

Either way let's go Rangers.

[bubba5]

Originally Posted by NuHOPE91

Hey Rangers fan oil fan here.. How do you guys think the rangers will fare in this game i accidently put money on this game instead of the chicago game so therefore i just became a Rangers fan for the day!

How do you think they will fare?
Think they will win?
Will ovie continue to struggle?

LETS GO RANGERS!!!!

They might win or they might lose!

[Dorado*]

NYR generally have a history of not being able to score against Vokoun ..... Not feeling very optimistic .

[Fitzy]

Our D gets a real good test today.

I hope we arent the team to break AO out of his slump.

[Jumbo*]

Im nervous to even turn this game on.

4-1 loss. AO decides to have his breakout game of the season and score all 4 goals.

[Dorado*]

That 3rd line as projected above is nauseating . Enough of Fedotenko unless they start awarding points for kicking the puck on the boards for 20 s until the other team goes 3on 2 th other way

[Hodgy OFWG]

This is the time of the year where we see if our team is real or not, always have a bad December it seems. Anyways, let's get those two points today boys... LGR

[Fitzy]

Almost forgot:

I hope Hagelin and Mitchell both get the go tonight above Christensen, both fit the grinding role better.

Stralman made my memories of Matt Gilroy look like Beukeboom last game. Played like a soccer defender.

[lebear]

The good: Boyle on 4th

The bad: EC on 3rd

[Loffen]

Originally Posted by lebear

The good: Boyle on 4th

The bad: EC on 3rd

Nothing's really final yet. I couldn't find any new updates on the lineup, so these are basically pre-NYR@FLA lines, minus Deveaux.

I think we'll see both Hagelin and Malkin in today, tbh.

[NYRSchrute217]

Need to win this game

[Garfinkel1]

Originally Posted by NYRSchrute217

Need to win this game

Not really


But LGR!

[RangerBoy]

Stralman makes Gilroy look like Langway.

The Caps haven't played well since the start of the season. Too many inconsistent games. Green has been banged up. Who is their goalie? Vukoun or Neuvirth? That team should be better than they have shown.

[NYRangers88]

Gotta win this!! LGR!!

[Clowes Line]

Hagelin scores tonight, book it. LGR

[JimmyStart*]

So when w'e win the lines r fine and system works but when w'e lose the lines shakeup but the system stays till it works? That's a lil off. W'e could use a little less dumping we've gotten more than a few wins and points by mixing in different styles of possession to suit the variety of players w'e have. Boyle needs to learn to control the puck he's been an offensive black hole

[mucker*]

Going to the game, in the 400s, LGR!

[Stugots]

****ing 4pm game, looks like im watching this one at work

[Chimp]

I'll be avoiding this one, for ethical reasons. Washington have also been struggling recently, especially defensively. But since our offense (partly because our transition game is non-existant) - and especially PP - is horrendeus, I think we will be the confidence boost they need.

We will struggle, Torts will juggle, Hank will stand on his head. Gladly prove me wrong on at least two of the accounts.

6-1 OTL.

[Net Front Presence]

5-2 loss. OV scores twice