Saturday, February 28, 2009

Rangers vs. Avalanche (Game 64)

The New York Rangers (31-24-8) host the Colorado Avalanche (28-33-1) tonight at MSG starting at 7:o0 p.m. Tonight's game will be broadcast on WPIX Ch. 11. For a preview go to Yahoo! Sports.

For last minute news go to The Rangers Report or Blue Notes.

Probable Lines:
Naslund-Gomez-Zherdev
Dubinsky-Drury-Callahan
Dawes-Korpikoski-Prucha
Sjostrom-Betts-Orr

Staal-Girardi
Redden-Rozsival
Kalinin-Mara

Goaltenders:
Henrik Lundqvist - 26-20-7, 2.52 gaa, .913 sv%, 2 so.

Peter Budaj - 16-24-1, 2.98 gaa, .896 sv%, 1 so.

Opponent Notes:
- Colorado has lost three straight and 11 of their last 16 games which has dropped them into last place in the Western Conference.

- This is the fifth game of Colorado's six game road trip (1-3-0).

- Milan Hejduk leads the Avalanche with 23 goals, but has only four in his last 18 road games. He’s yet to score in seven career games at MSG, though he has three assists there.

- Colorado has scored one power play goal, while allowing two short handed goals in their last 19 man advantages over the past four games.

Opponent Blog:
Mile High Hockey

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Pretty good opponent blog.