Post Game Talk: New York Rangers @ Tampa Bay Lightning

[Brian Boyle]

Stole a point on the road.

Discuss.

[rholt168]

Girardi has to bury that puck, even though it was a good play by Stammer.

[GregSirico]

too heated to think rationally ... ugh

[Affinity]

Dubi, Staal, Gabby, Stralman all had great games.

[Levitate]

Played a really really sloppy game, especially on defense, and beat themselves. Not much more to say. Feds had a terrible game

[Dantes19]

Originally Posted by Zenith

Stole a point on the road.

Discuss.

Played like **** overall and lost to a team they should beat, even after being up by 2.

I know, Stamkos, etc but that was a pathetic loss and a sad performance.

[Bob Richards]

I will take it.

POTG: Dubi easily.
The Good: Scott, Rupp. Hank.
The Bad: Entire defense was atrocious.

[Fataldogg]

Heck of a snipe by Malone.

But Lundqvist needs to stop it. 3 goals on the last 7 shots he faced. Not what you want your goaltender to do in the final period / OT.

That said, he was the reason it wasn't a blow out early on. Overall, decent game by Henrik.

The Boyle line looked terrible. Again, I don't understand why we match that line against the other teams upper echelon talent. It was clear they were out matched.

You can't win them all, and we didn't deserve the win. Need to come out better for the next one.

[Hockey Team]

first time lundqvist allowed 4 goals in 1.5 months

[Megustaelhockey]

Not impressed. Yes, you were tired.

G: Lundqvist (or the game would have been over early), Dubinsky, Boyle, Tampa's top line

B: Hagelin (yes, I said it), Fedotenko

R: Blew a lead taken into the third period.

[Machinehead]

Richards should've taken that shot before the play in front even happened. Very poor play by Stralman and Staal on the goal.

We'll get 'em next time.

[Trident61494]

Originally Posted by rholt168

Girardi has to bury that puck, even though it was a good play by Stammer.

If they show a replay...Richards hard a shot...Garon's 5 hole was Bironesque....we have to shoot more when we have a lane...

[Nyrvana]

Originally Posted by Zenith

Stole a point on the road.

Discuss.

Agreed, got outplayed from the start and got a point.

Finally a 5 on 3 goal and Dubi's game

[Blueshirt Believer]

Originally Posted by rholt168

Girardi has to bury that puck, even though it was a good play by Stammer.

I personally think Richards needs to shoot it, but it was a nice attempt.

[Sick Rash]

Reminiscent of the Ottawa game from earlier in the year, which was, in my opinion, our worst loss.

I think that Torts should reunite Girardi and Staal and pair McDonagh with Straman. Nothing against McDonagh, but it's time to reunite those two.

[Brian Boyle]

Content with the point given the injuries and how badly we were outplayed.

Dubinsky was awesome.

[bmw2004]

Well deserved loss. I am happy they lost tonight. Didn't deserve a point. Lundqvist allowed 4 on his birthday. Bench him Torts.

[tlallstar6]

take the point and run with it

one of the worst performances of the year. Didn't deserve to even get a point after the blown lead and terrible defensive plays.

+ Dubi gains his confidence and is ready to go for the rest of the season + playoffs?

[Chimp]

Don't know what people are talking about of "wanting that one back". He was screened on the shot. Couldn't track the puck in time.

He outright stole that point for us. Tampa commentators talked about how it should've been a 2-3 goal lead for Tampa at full time if it wasn't for him. That he got 3rd star of the game on the homer channel says something.

[silverfish]

Didn't deserve a point at all.

That loss can rest on the whole team for sure, but the combined -9 Boyle line didn't help the cause too much tonight.

Torts finally put a head on his shoulders and assembled a reasonable top 6 at the end of the game there with Dubi-Richie-Gabby and AA - Steps - Hagelin so that was nice. Ya know, no Mitchell getting top 6 minutes.

Have to be better than they were tonight.

[Fire Sather]

We're first in the East, so anyone who has the GAUL to get mad that we blew a 2-0 lead is not a real fan!!11111

Seriously. I'm a Mets fan. I remember 2007. I'm not saying thats even close to happening, but until we clinch divison/conference, every game is just as important as its been all year.

We were up 2-0, and needed a late goal just to get a point.

I'm annoyed.

But good point at least.

[shelaur22]

Dubi should be out of the dog house now, at least. Wouldn't have 1 point if not for him.

[Fitzy]

Rare rough game statistically speaking from Hank here on this, the day of his 30th birthday.

Big point, obviously but a disappointing effort with only 19 shots and an afternoon game coming up in just about 40 hours. Massive minutes for the top 4 defense.

[Blueshirt Believer]

Originally Posted by Levitate

Played a really really sloppy game, especially on defense, and beat themselves. Not much more to say. Feds had a terrible game

Yeah D was not that great tonight, especially moving pucks on the transition. A lot of bad first pass plays, especially by Woywitka.
(I can't get too mad, he hasn't played since Dec)
But whatever, the team was exhausted and it showed. This is just too much hockey in a short amount of time. Atleast we got a point

[rholt168]

Originally Posted by bmw2004

Well deserved loss. I am happy they lost tonight. Didn't deserve a point. Lundqvist allowed 4 on his birthday. Bench him Torts.

I thought you left....