GDT: #39 - 12/31/19 | RANGERS @ oilers | 9:00 - MSG, NHLN

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2019/20 REGULAR SEASON
GAME #39 - 12/31/2019


vs
NYR: 19-15-4_____________EDM: 20-17-4



TIME | 9:00 PM ET
VENUE | ROGERS PLACE - EDMONTON, AB
TV | MSG, NHLN, SN



ONLINE STREAMS: NOT ALLOWED | RADIO FEED: CLICK HERE



GAME LINKS:

Game Preview - Last Matchup; EDM@NYR 10/12/19 - NHL.com - RANGERS.com - OILERS.com
NY Post - NYDN - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN - CBC - SNET - TSN


AROUND THE LEAGUE:

DECEMBER SCHEDULE:

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QUOTES TO NOTE:​

I think going into Friday's game, if we would have said we'd get a split maybe, or even three points, we would've been happy.
Four points in these two nights really changes the look of our season. I think we're right back in it. Gutsy effort.
- Ryan Strome​

To come in here on the road against a very good team, in a hard building to play, and come out with the 2 points is big for us.
- Chris Kreider​

I thought a big problem was we didn’t win faceoffs. It costs us a lot of zone time. It cost us a lot of shots.
Usually we’re a lot better than that on draws. That was a big problem for us.
- David Quinn​

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44 Pts
DIV: 5th | CONF: 9th | LEAGUE: 18th
TEAM STATS | PLAYER STATS


PROJECTED LINES:

LW | C | RW
NEAL | MCDAVID (C) | KASSIAN
NYGARD | DRAISAITL | YAMAMOTO
KHAIRA | HOPKINS (A) | GAGNER
SHEAHAN | HAAS | CHIASSON

LD | RD
KLEFBOM | BEAR
NURSE | RUSSELL
LAGESSON | LARSSON (A)

Scratched:
MANNING
GRANLUND
ARCHIBALD


STARTING GOALIE:

Mikko KOSKINEN
GPI: 25 | W: 13 | L: 8 | OT: 2 | PIM: 0
SV% .914 | GAA: 2.76 | SA: 760 | GA: 65 | SO: 1



INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

Matt Benning - Head (DTD)
Ryan Matha - Eye (IR)


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42 Pts
DIV: 6th | CONF: 10th | LEAGUE: 20th
TEAM STATS | PLAYER STATS


PROJECTED LINES:

LW | C | RW
KREIDER (A) | ZIBANEJAD (A) | BUCHNEVICH
PANARIN | STROME | FAST (A)
HOWDEN | CHYTIL | KAKKO
SMITH | MCKEGG | HALEY

LD | RD

SKJEI | TROUBA
LINDGREN | FOX
STAAL | DEANGELO

Scratched:
FOGARTY


STARTING GOALIE:

Alex GEORGIEV
GPI: 18 | W: 10 | L: 7 | OT: 1 | PIM: 0
SV% .915 | GAA: 2.99 | SA: 588 | GA: 50 | SO: 2


INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

Libor Hajek - Lower body (IR)


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[Jauffre]

Oilers are contenders, gonna be a tough one. Oh wait it's not October anymore.

 

[nyr2k2]

GDT should be fun, I assume the six people participating will be largely sober and then when we blow it, all the drunks will flood in.

 

[NYRangers88]

WIN TONIGHT! LGR

 

[bl02]

Every game is a must win game in the division of death since no team from Pennsylvania seems to lose that much anymore and the Canes aren’t a push over except when we play them

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

The funny thing is, this game is actually *ideal* for me now that I'm getting older. Go out to dinner with family fairly early to avoid the crowds, hang out with them watching a movie or something until about 9, then turn on the Rangers, go to bed a bit after midnight. Solid NYE!

 

[will1066]

Expect big time games from Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Kevin Lowe, Glen Anderson, Craig MacTavish, and Esa Tikkanen. Plus Bill Ranford.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

Expect big time games from Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Kevin Lowe, Glen Anderson, Craig MacTavish, and Esa Tikkanen. Plus Bill Ranford.

Until you got to Ranford, every one of those guys could have been playing for either team.

 

[will1066]

Until you got to Ranford, every one of those guys could have been playing for either team.

Yeah. I added Ranford as a post script. Wanted to add Kelly Buchberger too.

 

[ohbaby]

Oilers are in a funk, good time to pounce. McDavid and Draisaitl lead the league with 63 and 61 pts in 41 games. And yet have a plus/minus of -7 and -18 respectively. How is that possible?

They are also 3 games above 500 yet have a goal differential of -11.

Looks like they are vulnerable defensively. Most probably be a high scoring game.

 

[Good Intentions]

Until you got to Ranford, every one of those guys could have been playing for either team.

Completely right! Very poor run-down. Let's go with Ryan Smyth, Ales Hemsky, Georges Laraque, Todd Marchant, Tommy Salo

 

[Leonardo87]

 

[Vitto79]

So there’s currently no spare ?
They seem to be saving every penny in the cap . Going to take a bad ufa contract for a pick ?

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Expect big time games from Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Kevin Lowe, Glen Anderson, Craig MacTavish, and Esa Tikkanen. Plus Bill Ranford.

Almost the Rangers roster if you deleted Ranford

 

[Irishguy42]

 

[FIRE DRURY]

GDT should be fun, I assume the six people participating will be largely sober and then when we blow it, all the drunks will flood in.

By the dozens.

#FireAV
#TradeMessier
#BrassardForCaptain

 

[will1066]

So as soon as Sam mentions this, automatic loss.

 

[will1066]

Almost the Rangers roster if you deleted Ranford

I've been waiting for you, Billy Ray.

 

[Leonardo87]

GDT should be fun, I assume the six people participating will be largely sober and then when we blow it, all the drunks will flood in.

 

[Ail]

Anyone out partying tonight or wearing a diaper in Time's Square is a fairweather! Ringing in the New Year the Right Way, the Rongos way! LGR!

 

[Bob Richards]

Anyone out partying tonight or wearing a diaper in Time's Square is a fairweather! Ringing in the New Year the Right Way, the Rongos way! LGR!

I'm diaped up here at home.

I’m diaped up at all times as a New York Rangers fan.

 

[Mac n Gs]

Win tonight or they'll set themselves back for the next decade. No pressure.

 

[Hire Sather]

Haley has to stop playing

It it a travesty and a disgrace.

Truly is

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

GDT should be fun, I assume the six people participating will be largely sober and then when we blow it, all the drunks will flood in.

 

[Oilers in NS]

Oilers are in a funk, good time to pounce. McDavid and Draisaitl lead the league with 63 and 61 pts in 41 games. And yet have a plus/minus of -7 and -18 respectively. How is that possible?

They are also 3 games above 500 yet have a goal differential of -11.

Looks like they are vulnerable defensively. Most probably be a high scoring game.

High scoring alright, like u guys are gonna kill us. Just dump it in Nugent-Hopkins corner and you can score. He will not go into corner because he is the version of Mr Burns