Saturday, October 18, 2008

Rangers @ Red Wings (Game 8)

The New York Rangers (6-1-0) visit the Detroit Red Wings (2-1-1) tonight at Joe Louis Arena. For a preview go to newyorkrangers.com.

Probable Lines:
Naslund-Gomez-Drury
Voros-Dubinsky-Zherdev
Fritsche-Korpikoski-Callahan
Sjostrom-Betts-Orr

Redden-Rozsival
Staal-Mara
Kalinin-Girardi

Goaltenders:
Henrik Lundqvist - 4-1-0, 1.61 gaa, .932 sv%, 0 so.

Chris Osgood - 1-1-1, 3.01 gaa, .888 sv%, 0 so.

Notes:
- The Rangers have been outscored 44-19 in their last 10 meetings with the Red Wings, losing four straight in Detroit since 1999.

- Pavel Datsyuk has only four assists so far this season.

- Nikolai Zherdev had four goals and four assists in eight games against the Red Wings last season while with the Blue Jackets.

1 comment:

King Byrne said...

Andrew Gross over at Ranger rants reports that Korpikoski will take Fritsche's spot on the "3rd" line with Drury and Naslund, while all 3 other lines remain the same. Just wanted to share, lets hope that line starts to produce.