Steve Zipay at Blue Notes spoke to Ryan Callahan about the key to tonight's game against the Capitals..."We definitely have to stay out of the penalty box against the Caps. There's no problem killing the occasional boarding or whatever in the defensive zone, it's the interference, holding, hooking in the offensive zone that we have to avoid."
...that's been a problem all year. If they can't cut down on the penalties tonight they have no chance of winning.
Zipay also has this quote from John Tortorella on what the Rangers need to do better that they didn't in the first 20 games of the season.
"One of the key things we need to improve on is having the puck more, that's our main concentration, especially tonight. They've got a number of good offensive people; I think of late, when we're not winning as games as we were early, it's not having the puck enough. Faceoffs, yeah, and we've had chances to have it, we've been there first and we haven't kept it. Prior to Lee's goal the other night against Ottawa, we have a good forecheck with Parenteau, it goes to Kotalik's stick and he slaps it away somewhere instead of turning his back and holding it. Those types of plays, when you have a chance to keep the puck, it's keeping it so you can create some offense."
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