Thursday, March 5, 2009

Rangers @ Islanders (Game 65)

The New York Rangers (32-24-8) visit the New York Islanders (20-36-7) tonight at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum starting at 7:o0 p.m. 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-Antropov
Avery-Korpikoski-Callahan
Sjostrom-Betts-Orr

Redden-Rozsival
Mara-Morris
Staal-Girardi

Goaltenders:
Henrik Lundqvist - 27-20-7, 2.50 gaa, .914 sv%, 2 so.

Yann Denis - 7-9-2, 2.37 gaa, .928 sv%, 2 so.

Opponent Notes:
- The Islanders traded captain and leading goal scorer Bill Guerin to Pittsburgh for a draft pick yesterday.

- The Islanders are 29th in the league in scoring, ahead of only the Rangers.

- The Islanders are looking for their third straight win.

- Yann Danis is 3-1-0 with a 0.75 goals-against average in his last four starts.

Opponent Blogs:
Islanders Point Blank

...if you're not pumped for this game just hand in your Rangers jersey.

3 comments:

Evan S said...

little update on our friends who are in Boston right now:

Petr Prucha is wearing 16 for the Coyotes while Dawes is wearing 14, number 45 remains intact.

Dawes and Prucha are both on the 3rd line while Kalinin actually is leading the entire team in minutes played.

Prucha is -1, no stats for any one else.

Evan S said...

To follow up on my previous post:

I watched the highlights from the coyotes game, and all three of the former rangers looked cool and calm, especially Kalinin, who was actually 3rd on their team in minutes played. He looked a lot like a 14 year old playing with 10 year olds if that makes sense. Prucha played with some fire and set up a great play to Doan which missed wide, Dawes got an assist on the 2nd goal and looked calm doing so.

It would appear all three rangers were somewhat nervous in their time here, I feel particularly sad Dawes had to go, but good luck to him in the desert.

Kevin DeLury said...

Thanks for the updates Evan. I saw Dawes' assist on the highlights. Pretty sweet.