GDT: #61 - 02.20.2011 | Philadelphia Flyers @ New York Rangers | 12:30 PM - NBC (HD)

[Loffen]

THE MATCHUP @ (38-15-5) __________ (31-25-4) 12:30 PM ET MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - NYC, NY NBC (HD)

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NEWS & NOTES GAME LINKS: Game Preview - Last Matchup; PHI@NYR 1/16/11 - NHL.com - Rangers.com - Flyers.com NY Post - Jesse Spector - Andrew Gross - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN.com - TSN.ca FEBRUARY SCHEDULE: QUOTES TO NOTE: It was a lucky bounce, and it just got to the wrong player. He just beat me, I’ll give him that. It’s tough when he comes in with that much speed, like 100 miles per hour. - Henrik Lundqvist It’s one goal, and I think Hank played unbelievably tonight. He gave us the opportunity to win, or at least tie it up. You’re frustrated with the one goal and how it was created, but at the same time we should have been able to tie it up. - Ryan Callahan We were a step slow all night long in their zone, in the neutral zone, and defending in our end zone. It was especially so in the first two periods. The third period I thought we were a little bit better. - John Tortorella

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS TEAM STATS / STANDINGS: GP: 58 | W: 38 | L: 15 | OTL: 5 | Pts: 81 | GF: 192 | GA: 147 | PP%: 17.2 | PK%: 84.0 | FO%: 50.0 G/G: 3.28 | GA/G: 2.48 | HOME: 19-8-2 | AWAY: 19-7-3 | LAST 10: 7-3-0 | STREAK: L1 Division: 1st | Conference: 1st | League: 1st TEAM LEADERS: Goals: Danny Briere | 28 Assists: Claude Giroux | 33 Points: Claude Giroux | 52 +/-: Matt Carle | +23 Hits: Darroll Powe | 148 PIM: Jody Shelley | 115 FO%: Claude Giroux | 50.3 TOI/G F: Claude Giroux | 18:58 TOI/G D: Kimmo Timonen | 22:24 PROJECTED LINES: James van Riemsdyk - Claude Giroux - Jeff Carter Scott Hartnell - Danny Briere - Ville Leino Andreas Nodl - Mike Richards (C) - Kris Versteeg Dan Carcillo - Darroll Powe - Jody Shelley Matt Carle - Chris Pronger (A) Kimmo Timonen (A) - Braydon Coburn Andrej Meszaros - Sean O'Donnell *Healthy Scratches: Zherdev, Bartulis STARTING GOALIE: Brian Boucher GPI: 24 | W: 14 | L: 6 | OT: 2 | SV% .920 | GAA: 2.27 | SO: 0 INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC: Blair Betts - Out w/ Hand injury Ian Laperriere - IR: Post Concussion Syndrome

NEW YORK RANGERS TEAM STATS / STANDINGS: GP: 60 | W: 31 | L: 25 | OTL: 4 | Pts: 66 | GF: 166 | GA: 148 | PP%: 16.1 | PK%: 83.9 | FO%: 46.7 G/G: 2.67 | GA/G: 2.43 | HOME: 14-12-3 | AWAY: 17-13-1 | LAST 10: 3-6-1 | STREAK: L1 Division: 3rd | Conference: 7th | League: 17th TEAM LEADERS: Goals: Brandon Dubinsky | 19 Assists: Brandon Dubinsky | 24 Points: Brandon Dubinsky | 43 +/-: Michael Sauer | +11 Hits: Brian Boyle | 176 PIM: Sean Avery | 158 FO%: Brandon Dubinsky | 51.2 TOI/G F: Brandon Dubinsky | 20:05 TOI/G D: Marc Staal | 25:42 PROJECTED LINES: Vinny Prospal - Erik Christensen - Marian Gaborik Brandon Dubinsky - Artem Anisimov - Ryan Callahan (A) Sean Avery - Brian Boyle - Brandon Prust Wojtek Wolski - Derek Stepan - Mats Zuccarello Marc Staal (A) - Dan Girardi Ryan McDonagh - Mike Sauer Michael Del Zotto - Matt Gilroy *Healthy Scratches: Steve Eminger STARTING GOALIE: Henrik Lundqvist GPI: 46 | W: 23 | L: 19 | OT: 4 | SV% .921 | GAA: 2.36 | SO: 7 INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC: Chris Drury - IR: Knee injury Ruslan Fedotenko - IR: Shoulder injury Derek Boogaard - IR: Concussion Alexander Frolov - IR: Torn ACL

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[Loffen]

Early start. Flyers. NBC... Simply put, we're screwed.

LGR

[Fitzy]

3 wins of the last 4 games of the month would be really big for us.

[NYGRYK21]

Just win.

[RGY]

Maybe we'll get lucky and win a game against the flyers.

[BlueshirtBlitz]

Early start against the Flyers.

Just what we ****ing need.

[Ih8theislanders]

My boy called me up awhile ago and asked me to go. Boss. LGR!

[NYRFAN218]

I expect the Rangers to win this one because it's one that they should and are expected to lose.

LGR!

[New York RKY]

Loss.

[Wraparounds]

6-1 OTL. This one is going to be rough, boys.

[Machinehead]

We can't beat the Flyers. We should just stay in the locker room.

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Originally Posted by Loffen

Early start. Flyers. NBC... Simply put, we're screwed.

LGR

Ditto, plus the Flyers are coming off a reg. loss. They only have 15 out of 58 games.

Not good. Not confident. Who knows.

Let's lower the expectations way down, and maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised if they can grab a point or something.

[useref15]

4-1 Flyers win.

[WeWillWinTonight]

Expect whatever and hope for the best.

[nyr2k2]

Early start on national TV?

5-2 Philthy.

[Ailurophile]

Loss. Nothing else to be said.

[Punxrocknyc19]

Originally Posted by Machinehead

We can't beat the Flyers. We should just stay in the locker room.

i hope Avery goes to the old annoying Avery today... rangers must play physical and that also means Gaborik i wish the rangers elite player was a power forward like getzlaf brown etc etc snipers are too soft for my team.

[FultonReed]

lets go Rangers

[silverfish]

Can't be too confident given the circumstances (afternoon game, VS the Flyers, on NBC)...but this is a different Rangers team this season.

Hank is going to start and have an INSANE game, hopefully it's enough to grab 1 or 2 in the game.

LETS GO RANGERS

[Prusted]

Lets win?

[Punxrocknyc19]

i hope in the pregame carcillo does something dumb like bump into girardi or something. make the rangers mad, the rangers play better when they are angry...

[RangersAM99]

win for head and shoulders

[Parker McDonald]

I would do anything for a win here. I mean anything. Anything.

[DoTheBlue]

Rangers are going to win. Not only are they going to win but they are going to win easily. That's right ... I said it .... easily. You heard it here first.

Michael "Long pass to nowhere" Del Zotto gonna get one on the PP.

Mr. Sean "I can barely score in my own bar" Avery is gonna get two to double his goal total.

And finally Mats "The Mighty Midget" Zuccarello is gonna go one on one with Pronger and skate right thru his legs and fire a shot past Bobrovsky.

Flyers get one only because I have to watch the Flyers feed and it wouldn't be a Flyers game if I didn't have to hear "SCORES for a case of tasty cakes" at least once. I hate ****ing tasty cakes!

[darko]

1 point would be nice.

LGR