What a season. The Rangers look
like they are once again firing on all cylinders as the King returned to the
Garden and blew up the rival Devils 6-1.
Nash got his 42nd in the first on a shot that Cory Schneider
sort of helped into his own net.
Then at 11:59 Keith Yandle got his first goal as a Ranger and it was
2-0.
25 seconds later Tanner Glass made a great pass to Moore in front and it
was 3-0. Schneider was given the rest of
the night off.
The second was scoreless for 19 minutes and 57 seconds when the shorthanded
Rangers found Derek Stepan on the breakaway and he 5-holed Goalie # 2 Kinkaid
for the 4-0 lead.
In the third goals by Brassard and Moore moved the score to 6-0 before Jacob
Josefson ruins Hank’s shutout attempt at 16:30.
The Rangers looked sharp – played hard and fast – defended well and dispatched
a Devil’s team that has fallen on hard times
this season. The Rangers have now won
three straight, Hank stopped .972 of the shots he faced, and all appears right
with the world as we accelerate toward the playoffs
What Did We
Learn? That Lundqvist has shaken off any rust he might have had from inactivity
and approaches the playoffs sharp and rested.
Helpful Fellows: 2 Assists for McDonagh. Single assets for Girardi – Glass – Staal –
Fast – Stepan – St. Louis (welcome back) Zuccarello – Nash and Yandle.
Did Special Teams
Determine The Outcome Of This Game? We were 1 of 1 on our own powerplay – but stopped
NJ on all 4 of theirs and scored a shorty.
Where Do We Stand?
It is very good. We top the East by a point and two games at
hand over Montreal. President’s trophy
still in play.
Oh My - What Will Happen
Next? Back to back games on
Monday and Tuesday.
Non-Sequitur of the
day: I’m glad Kentucky
lost. But I still think they could beat
the Knicks.
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