GDT: #64 - 03.04.2012 | Boston Bruins @ New York Rangers | 12:30 PM - NBC

[Loffen]

THE MATCHUP GAME #64 March 4th, 2012 @ (38-22-3) _________ (41-15-7) 12:30 PM ET MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - NYC, NY NBC | TSN2

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NEWS & NOTES GAME LINKS: Game Preview - Last Matchup; NYR@BOS 2/14/12 - NHL.com - Rangers.com - Bruins.com NY Post - NYDN - Andrew Gross - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN.com - TSN.ca AROUND THE LEAGUE: MARCH SCHEDULE:

QUOTES TO NOTE There’s a certain way I think I need to play, I just need to focus on that every night. Just trying to be a professional. I’ve been around long enough, I understand what I did the last game and I understand the punishment. It something I wanted to move past and I did. - Brandon Dubinsky The tough part is every time they shoot between the legs of someone, you're always late to pick it up. It was tough to lose in overtime. I felt like they made it tough for us all night. - Henrik Lundqvist We lost some battles, we really struggled with our battles in the corners. But again, we find a way, to get a point here. The team that played the best won, but I’m still happy of us bouncing back, killing off the four minutes and getting a point. - John Tortorella

BOSTON BRUINS TEAM STATS / STANDINGS: GP: 63 | W: 38 | L: 22 | OTL: 3 | Pts: 79 | GF: 206 | GA: 146 | PP%: 18.1 | PK%: 84.6 | FO%: 54.8 G/G: 3.16 | GA/G: 2.29 | HOME: 19-12-2 | AWAY: 19-10-1 | LAST 10: 4-5-1 | STREAK: L1 Division: 1st | Conference: 2nd | League: 6th TEAM LEADERS: Goals: Lucic, Marchand, Seguin | 22 Assists: Patrice Bergeron | 34 Points: Patrice Bergeron | 53 +/-: Tyler Seguin | +33 Hits: Milan Lucic | 147 Blocks: Dennis Seidenberg | 132 PIM: Shawn Thornton | 129 FO%: Patrice Bergeron | 58.0 TOI/G F: Patrice Bergeron | 18:51 TOI/G D: Zdeno Chara | 25:05 PROJECTED LINES: Milan Lucic | David Krejci | Tyler Seguin Brad Marchand | Patrice Bergeron (A) | Brian Rolston Benoit Pouliot | Chris Kelly | Jordan Caron Lane MacDermid | Gregory Campbell | Shawn Thornton Zdeno Chara (C) | Johnny Boychuk Dennis Seidenberg | Adam McQuaid Greg Zanon | Joe Corvo *Scratches: Mottau, Sauve STARTING GOALIE: Tim Thomas GPI: 43 | W: 27 | L: 13 | OT: 0 | SV% .929 | GAA: 2.22 | SO: 4 INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC: Daniel Paille - DTD: Lower body injury Andrew Ference - DTD: Lower body injury Rich Peverley - IR: Torn MCL Nathan Horton - IR: Concussion Marc Savard - IR: Concussion

NEW YORK RANGERS TEAM STATS / STANDINGS: GP: 63 | W: 41 | L: 15 | OTL: 7 | Pts: 89 | GF: 175 | GA: 130 | PP%: 14.4 | PK%: 86.3 | FO%: 50.2 G/G: 2.73 | GA/G: 1.98 | HOME: 21-7-2 | AWAY: 20-8-5 | LAST 10: 6-2-2 | STREAK: OT1 Division: 1st | Conference: 1st | League: 2nd TEAM LEADERS: Goals: Marian Gaborik | 31 Assists: Derek Stepan | 29 Points: Marian Gaborik | 57 +/-: Michael Del Zotto | +26 Hits: Ryan Callahan | 222 Blocks: Ryan McDonagh | 156 PIM: Brandon Prust | 128 FO%: Brian Boyle | 51.8 TOI/G F: Ryan Callahan | 20:48 TOI/G D: Dan Girardi | 26:53 PROJECTED LINES: Artem Anisimov | Derek Stepan | Marian Gaborik Carl Hagelin | Brad Richards (A) | Ruslan Fedotenko Brandon Dubinsky | Brian Boyle | Brandon Prust Mike Rupp | John Mitchell | John Scott Ryan McDonagh | Dan Girardi Michael Del Zotto | Anton Stralman Marc Staal (A) | Stu Bickel *Scratches: Eminger, Woywitka STARTING GOALIE: Henrik Lundqvist GPI: 47 | W: 30 | L: 12 | OT: 5 | SV% .939 | GAA: 1.79 | SO: 8 INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC: Ryan Callahan - DTD: Bruised foot (GTD?) Michael Sauer - IR: Concussion

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[poeman]

This is so annoying...Knicks vs Celtics and Rangers vs Bruins on at the same freaking time.

How does that make sense?

[Ailurophile]

Lgr.

[NYRangers88]

Lets go Rangers!!!

[Khris Creider]

****ing knicks and rangers at the same time?1 got to be kidden me. I looked foward to watch a game at 1 then 7, but found out at the same time.. pist off.. w.e lets get the win!!LGR

[wolfgaze]

Come on people it's 2012, get a DVR already. Worth every penny.

[The Lone Ranger]

Originally Posted by wolfgaze

Come on people it's 2012, get a DVR already. Worth every penny.

Or better yet, get yourself a 2nd set and watch both games simultaneously, like I plan to.

LGR!

[darko]

Win tommorow and it'll be hard for Boston to catch us since we only play them again once. Not to get ahead of myself but unless we completely **** the bed and fall flat on our faces, the only team that can catch us are Pens.

LGR

[HeaveHo94]

love the noon gms.

[Jabroni1994]

The mighty Bruins are no longer so mighty.

Let's beat them in our barn.

[Hockey Team]

Originally Posted by The Lone Ranger

Or better yet, get yourself a 2nd set and watch both games simultaneously, like I plan to.

LGR!

Or get that artiforg that lets you plug the cable directly into your brain so you can watch ALL the channels at once.

[Grind Jam Grind]

I'm confident that our boys will bounce back after a tough loss. LGR!

[FultonReed]

do it up fellas! LGR!

[Beacon]

If we win this game, the first place in the East is pretty much guaranteed. No way Boston can make up 12 points in 18 games. We could take it pretty easy the rest of the way, not over-playing our stars (including Lundqvist), not pushing our injured guys at all, etc.

If we take this game, we have more than a month to breeze into the playoffs as the top seed.

[TrollololBoyle]

The Bruins are struggling right now, they're still getting some wins, but that team from November is long gone. Let's take advantage of that.

[we want cup]

Bruins are gonna come out ornery. Have to watch out for an early onslaught.

LGR!!!

[Hockey Team]

Originally Posted by RangerEsq

If we win this game, the first place in the East is pretty much guaranteed. No way Boston can make up 12 points in 18 games. We could take it pretty easy the rest of the way, not over-playing our stars (including Lundqvist), not pushing our injured guys at all, etc.

If we take this game, we have more than a month to breeze into the playoffs as the top seed.

While I mostly agree with this, you do have to be careful.

Remember what happened to the red sux last season?

[nafsregnar27]

Let's bet these pukes, LGR!!! Does anyone know the Rangers record when playing on NBC?

[Brian Boyle]

Originally Posted by nafsregnar21

Let's bet these pukes, LGR!!! Does anyone know the Rangers record when playing on NBC?

This year? I can remember 5 games, and they're 4-1-0 (including NBCSN).

[BigBadBruin8]

For the OP-

Marchand on the LW, Rolston on the right. Lane MacDermid was recalled and will replace Dan Paille. McQuaid is paired with Seidenberg and Corvo with Zanon.

Should be a great game. Look forward to it.

[Hockey Team]

Originally Posted by BigBadBruin8

For the OP-

Marchand on the LW, Rolston on the right. Lane MacDermid was recalled and will replace Dan Paille. McQuaid is paired with Seidenberg and Corvo with Zanon.

Should be a great game. Look forward to it.

What happened with rask? I heard he got injured

[BigBadBruin8]

Originally Posted by f2d

What happened with rask? I heard he got injured

Looked like a groin injury, and it didn't look good. He left on crutches and didn't make the trip. Tried to make a stop on a deflected puck and it was immediate.

We'd been fortunate with injuries, or lack thereof, but guys are dropping like flies now. Starting with Horton, we've lost Peverley, Boychuk (temporarily), Ference, and now Rask & Paille.

But everybody has them, so it's the way it goes. And no one feels bad for their competition and certainly not for the defending champs.

[The Lone Ranger]

Originally Posted by nafsregnar21

Let's bet these pukes, LGR!!! Does anyone know the Rangers record when playing on NBC?

So far, the Rangers are 2-0 on NBC. 5-2-2 on NBC-SN/VS.

[Bob Richards]

Very excited for this game. Love playing these guys. Hopefully we get a big game from Dubinsky.

[IBleedNYRBlue]

Lets goooooooooooooooooo!