GDT: #38 - 12/23/13 | Toronto Maple Leafs @ New York Rangers | 7:00 PM - MSG2

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[FIELDSET="THE MATCHUP"]

2013/2014 REGULAR SEASON
GAME #38 - 12/23/2013​

vs
(18-16-4) ___________ (17-18-2)



[table="width=550px"]TIME | 7:00 PM ET
ARENA | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - NYC, NY
TV | MSG 2, SNET-O[/table]


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[FIELDSET="ONLINE STREAMS/RADIO"]

ONLINE STREAMS: FRS - StreamHunter - MyP2P - STREAMO - KS.com: 720p (VLC Player required) | RADIO FEED: CLICK HERE​

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[FIELDSET="NEWS & NOTES"]

GAME LINKS:

Game Preview - Last Matchup; TOR@NYR 4/10/13 - NHL.com - Rangers.com - Leafs.com
NY Post - NYDN - Andrew Gross - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN.com - TSN.ca


AROUND THE LEAGUE:

DECEMBER SCHEDULE:

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[FIELDSET="QUOTES TO NOTE"]

We worked our ***** off. If I can say that?
- Mats Zuccarello

I think we owed the fans one. They have really supported us here through a tough time.
- Cam Talbot

In the 2nd period, that was probably our best four-lines, six-D period in a long time. I rolled four lines.
Each line was playing very smart and simple. They were doing the right things with the puck.
- Alain Vigneault​

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[FIELDSET="TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS"]

TEAM STATS / STANDINGS:

[table="width=200px"]GP | 38 | GF | 105
W | 18 | GA | 111
L | 16 | GF/G | 2.63
OTL | 4 | GA/G | 2.84
Pts | 40 | PIM/G | 14.3
HOME | 12-8-1 | PP% | 23.1
AWAY | 6-8-3 | PK% | 77.8
STREAK | OT1 | FO% | 46.5[/table]

[table="width=200px"]Division | 5th
Conference | 7th
League | 17th[/table]


TEAM LEADERS:

[table="width=270px"]Goals | Phil Kessel | 17
Assists | Franson, Kessel | 16
Points | Phil Kessel | 33
+ / - | Dion Phaneuf | +11
Shots | Phil Kessel | 151
Hits | Cody Franson | 127
Blocks | Carl Gunnarsson | 91
PIM | Colton Orr | 73
FO% | Jay McClement | 54.0
TOI/G F: | Tyler Bozak | 21:04
TOI/G D: | Dion Phaneuf | 24:15[/table]


PROJECTED LINES:

[table="width=465px"]LW | C | RW
James van Riemsdyk | Nazem Kadri | Phil Kessel
Mason Raymond | Peter Holland | Joffrey Lupul (A)
David Clarkson | Jay McClement (A) | Nikolai Kulemin
Jerry D'Amigo | Jerred Smithson | Colton Orr[/table]

[table="width=300px"]LD | RD
Carl Gunnarsson | Dion Phaneuf (C)
Cody Franson | Jake Gardiner
Morgan Rielly | Paul Ranger[/table]

[table="width=140px"]Scratched
Troy Bodie|
Mark Fraser|
JM Liles|
Frazer McLaren|[/table]


STARTING GOALIE:

Jonathan Bernier

[table="width=250px"]GPI: 25 | W: 10 | L: 11 | OT: 3
SV% .927 | GAA: 2.49 | SO: 1 | Pts: 0[/table]


INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

[table="width=320px"]Dave Bolland | Ankle (IR)
Tyler Bozak | Strained oblique (IR)
Trevor Smith | Broken hand (IR)[/table]


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[FIELDSET="NEW YORK RANGERS"]

TEAM STATS / STANDINGS:

[table="width=200px"]GP | 37 | GF | 86
W | 17 | GA | 101
L | 18 | GF/G | 2.30
OTL | 2 | GA/G | 2.70
Pts | 36 | PIM/G | 11.3
HOME | 7-10-2 | PP% | 19.2
AWAY | 10-8-0 | PK% | 85.0
STREAK | W1 | FO% | 49.5[/table]

[table="width=200px"]Division | 6th
Conference | 11th
League | 23rd[/table]


TEAM LEADERS:

[table="width=270px"]Goals | Kreider, Richards | 9
Assists | Richards, Zuccarello | 17
Points | Brad Richards | 26
+ / - | Chris Kreider | +9
Shots | Brad Richards | 115
Hits | Dan Girardi | 91
Blocks | Dan Girardi | 63
PIM | Derek Dorsett | 103
FO% | Brian Boyle | 56.7
TOI/G F: | Brad Richards | 19:16
TOI/G D: | Ryan McDonagh | 24:14[/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:

Cam Talbot

[table="width=250px"]GPI: 11 | W: 7 | L: 2 | OT: 0
SV% .936 | GAA: 1.67 | SO: 2 | Pts: 0[/table]


INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

[table="width=320px"]Marc Staal | Concussion (IR)
Ryan Callahan | Sprained MCL (IR)[/table]


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[Boruto]

Much games. Such competition. Many threads. So excite! Wow!

 

[Boruto]

Is Cam confirmed?

 

[aufheben]

Such blue. Amaze. Streeeeak!! LGR

 

[Idlerlee]

"
I think we owed the fans one. They have really supported us here through a tough time.
- Cam Talbot"

Yah right lol. "Booooooooooo"

 

[Giacomin]

I remember when Eddie went through a rough patch several times and Villemure stepped in. Richter also had a rough patch before he won the cup

 

[charlie460]

Is Cam confirmed?

No.

Will be at this game, and I am honestly hoping to see him start, as I think the team has a better chance of winning with him in net.

LGR

 

[Clausewitz]

I thought Brassard and Richards combined nicely tonight. I don't know if AV put them together on a line, or if they just got stuck together during a few changes, but there was definitely synergy. Otherwise, hopefully the lads bring it tomorrow night, and then have something extra to celebrate during the break.

Any thoughts on having Brassard center Richards (LW) and Kreider (RW)? I figure that, if the first two combine nicely on their own, their productivity could benefit from the speed and strength of CK. Or would you say that CK's speed and north-south game would desynchronize the pair?

 

[BBKers]

Win and we are a .500 Team again. Yippee
I see The Cigar Man mumbling"we're still in it" throughout Christmas While he foggily contemplates how to acquire Heatly, Hemsky and Havlat once the deadline freeze IS over. Oh Boy. LGR - someone put that ******* Phaneuf flat on his butt too.

I forgot including a trade for Spezza for major assets. A wonderful hoilday season Sather classic. Ughhhhh

 

[Placid]

Just... please win

 

[Ail]

They will be thinking of sugarplums and presents and mommy kissing Santa Claus tonight, so blowout loss.

 

[The Lunatic Fridge]

A win would be fantastic for exactly 2 reasons.

1) Cause it's a ****ing win
2) Cause it's a ****ing win and it will be showed on 247/ next week.

 

[RangersHank*]

Pretty sure Talbot will start. Get 2 points here please

 

[Trxjw]

I'm excited to see Cody "Just as good statistically as McDonagh" Franson. Leafs fans keep telling me what a stud he is, and I trust their judgement completely.

Going to keep an eye on Gardiner. He could be auditioning for a new job tonight.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Really hope they can pull this out.

Don't want to rehash an embarrassment on 24/7.

 

[LORDE]

First game in a while at the Garden I'll be in attendance for (live in FL).

Please win. It's really all I want for Christmas.

 

[Vickers8]

Heave ho, 2 in a row

 

[silverfish]

Probably going to end up going tonight, just can't figure out why tix on the secondary market are still so ****ing expensive

Hoping to see back-to-back wins. First trip to the Garden this year

LGR

 

[InwoodBlueNYC]

Leafs rank high on the Inwood Blue Hate Meter just below Islanders and Flyers

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

I said at the start of the homestand that anything less than 12 points would be a fail. They have a chance to get 8 points. Fail.

They beat Buffalo in Buffalo and they are up by 2 goals against the Devils and that horrible Janssens goal occurs. Since then it's trended all downhill. Nice win last night, but they'll only have a chance to go 3-4-2 and get 8 out of a possible 18 points during the longest homestand of the year. And thats IF they win. Disgusting.

2-5-2 would put the icing on the cake for this homestand. I would hate to see that, especially for the fans who are going tonight but you can almost see it being a fitting end to this stretch.

 

[Florida Ranger]

I'm looking forward to the on-ice sounds of this game on the next 24/7

 

[Fitzy]

Here's a nice pessimistic trivia quiz...

NYR are not far off the pace from having not a single 20 goal scorer over an 82 game season, what was the last time in a non lockout shortened year that a team finished without a single 20 goal scorer?

 

[Tawnos]

This game is actually important one in the standings, since it seems that Toronto will be one of the teams we'd be competing with for wild card spots. Win tonight, they'll be 2 points behind Toronto with a game in hand. Could be important when we get to the end of the year.

 

[nevesis]

Here's a nice pessimistic trivia quiz...

NYR are not far off the pace from having not a single 20 goal scorer over an 82 game season, what was the last time in a non lockout shortened year that a team finished without a single 20 goal scorer?

If that holds true, that is absolutely brutal. The scary thing is…it actually might end up BEING true.

 

[nevesis]

“@stevezipay: #NYR Appears Cam Talbot will start B2B vs Leafs tonight at MSG. Only Lundqvist on ice taking shots from Marc Staal, Taylor Pyatt. Stay tunedâ€