[FIELDSET="THE MATCHUP"]
2013/2014 REGULAR SEASON
GAME #36 - 12/20/2013
GAME #36 - 12/20/2013
vs 
(9-19-7) ____________ (16-17-2)
[table="width=550px"]TIME | 7:00 PM ET
ARENA | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - NYC, NY
TV | MSG, MSG PLUS 2[/table]
[FIELDSET="ONLINE STREAMS/RADIO"]
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[FIELDSET="NEWS & NOTES"]
GAME LINKS:
Game Preview - Last Matchup; NYR@NYI 10/29/13 - NHL.com - Rangers.com - Islanders.com
NY Post - NYDN - Andrew Gross - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN.com - TSN.ca
AROUND THE LEAGUE:
DECEMBER SCHEDULE:
[/FIELDSET]Game Preview - Last Matchup; NYR@NYI 10/29/13 - NHL.com - Rangers.com - Islanders.com
NY Post - NYDN - Andrew Gross - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN.com - TSN.ca
AROUND THE LEAGUE:
DECEMBER SCHEDULE:
[FIELDSET="QUOTES TO NOTE"]
It’s only two games but it’s a lot better of a feeling than being down two and it turns into four, which has happened on home ice.
So it was good to get the crowd into it, to get a couple of big goals. I think we’re still struggling to make some plays because of what’s going on.
We put some points together and if we do this continuously here I think guys will start to feel a lot better about themselves.
- Brad Richards
[/FIELDSET]So it was good to get the crowd into it, to get a couple of big goals. I think we’re still struggling to make some plays because of what’s going on.
We put some points together and if we do this continuously here I think guys will start to feel a lot better about themselves.
- Brad Richards
I think being down 3-1 we were in a tough spot, but we kept fighting and that's a good sign.
I feel like the last two games we're making some progress.
- Henrik Lundqvist
I was encouraged by more than that. I thought we came out with a real strong 1st period, our best period in a long time. We kept them to one chance and had four good chances.
Their goaltender made some good saves. In the 2nd, they took the lead on the power play and we were able to come back and tie it up.
We haven’t come back in very many situations this year and, in the third, we came back from a two-goal deficit.
Our power play scored a big goal at a key moment to tie it up for us.
- Alain Vigneault
I feel like the last two games we're making some progress.
- Henrik Lundqvist
I was encouraged by more than that. I thought we came out with a real strong 1st period, our best period in a long time. We kept them to one chance and had four good chances.
Their goaltender made some good saves. In the 2nd, they took the lead on the power play and we were able to come back and tie it up.
We haven’t come back in very many situations this year and, in the third, we came back from a two-goal deficit.
Our power play scored a big goal at a key moment to tie it up for us.
- Alain Vigneault
[FIELDSET="NEW YORK ISLANDERS"]
TEAM STATS / STANDINGS:
[table="width=200px"]GP | 35 | GF | 85
W | 9 | GA | 121
L | 19 | GF/G | 2.31
OTL | 7 | GA/G | 3.37
Pts | 25 | PIM/G | 11.7
HOME | 5-6-7 | PP% | 15.8
AWAY | 4-13-0 | PK% | 72.2
STREAK | OT2 | FO% | 46.9[/table]
[table="width=200px"]Division | 8th
Conference | 15th
League | 28th[/table]
TEAM LEADERS:
[table="width=270px"]Goals | John Tavares | 13
Assists | John Tavares | 25
Points | John Tavares | 38
+ / - | Eric Boulton | +4
Shots | John Tavares | 105
Hits | Matt Martin | 170
Blocks | Andrew MacDonald | 120
PIM | Matt Carkner | 75
FO% | Frans Nielsen | 50.0
TOI/G F: | John Tavares | 20:43
TOI/G D: | Andrew MacDonald | 26:16[/table]
PROJECTED LINES:
[table="width=465px"]LW | C | RW
Thomas Vanek | John Tavares (C) | Kyle Okposo (A)
Michael Grabner | Frans Nielsen | Josh Bailey
Brock Nelson | Ryan Strome | Cal Clutterbuck
Eric Boulton | Peter Regin | Matt Martin[/table]
[table="width=300px"]LD | RD
Thomas Hickey | Andrew MacDonald (A)
Calvin de Haan | Travis Hamonic
Aaron Ness | Brian Strait[/table]
[table="width=140px"]Scratched
Matt Carkner|
Colin McDonald|[/table]
STARTING GOALIE:
Evgeni Nabokov
[table="width=250px"]GPI: 16 | W: 5 | L: 5 | OT: 5
SV% .900 | GAA: 3.04 | SO: 0 | Pts: 0[/table]
INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:
[table="width=320px"]Casey Cizikas | Jaw (DTD)
Radek Martinek | Back (IR)
Lubomir Visnovsky | Concussion (IR)[/table]
[FIELDSET="NEW YORK RANGERS"]
TEAM STATS / STANDINGS:
[table="width=200px"]GP | 35 | GF | 79
W | 16 | GA | 95
L | 17 | GF/G | 2.23
OTL | 2 | GA/G | 2.69
Pts | 34 | PIM/G | 11.4
HOME | 6-9-2 | PP% | 18.1
AWAY | 10-8-0 | PK% | 85.0
STREAK | OT1 | FO% | 49.6[/table]
[table="width=200px"]Division | 5th
Conference | 10th
League | 22nd[/table]
TEAM LEADERS:
[table="width=270px"]Goals | Brad Richards | 9
Assists | Brad Richards | 17
Points | Brad Richards | 26
+ / - | Chris Kreider | +9
Shots | Brad Richards | 112
Hits | Dan Girardi | 84
Blocks | Dan Girardi | 62
PIM | Derek Dorsett | 103
FO% | Brian Boyle | 56.7
TOI/G F: | Brad Richards | 19:22
TOI/G D: | Ryan McDonagh | 24:13[/table]
PROJECTED LINES:
[table="width=465px"]LW | C | RW
Rick Nash (A) | Derek Stepan | Mats Zuccarello
Chris Kreider | Derick Brassard | Carl Hagelin
Brad Richards (A) | J.T. Miller | Benoit Pouliot
Brian Boyle | Dominic Moore | Derek Dorsett[/table]
[table="width=300px"]LD | RD
Ryan McDonagh | Dan Girardi (A)
John Moore | Anton Stralman
Michael Del Zotto | Justin Falk[/table]
[table="width=140px"]Scratched
Taylor Pyatt|[/table]
STARTING GOALIE:
Henrik Lundqvist
[table="width=250px"]GPI: 27 | W: 10 | L: 14 | OT: 2
SV% .908 | GAA: 2.71 | SO: 2 | Pts: 1[/table]
INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:
[table="width=320px"]Marc Staal | Concussion (IR)
Ryan Callahan | Sprained MCL (IR)[/table]
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