GDT: #77 - 04/01/14 | New York Rangers @ Vancouver Canucks | 10:00 - MSG

[Loff]

[FIELDSET="THE MATCHUP"]

2013/2014 REGULAR SEASON
GAME #77 - 04/01/2014​

vs
(42-30-4) ____________ (34-31-11)



[table="width=550px"]TIME | 10:00 PM ET
ARENA | ROGERS ARENA - VANCOUVER, BC
TV | MSG, TSN, RDS2[/table]


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[FIELDSET="ONLINE STREAMS/RADIO"]

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[FIELDSET="NEWS & NOTES"]

GAME LINKS:

Game Preview - Last Matchup; VAN@NYR 11/30/13 - NHL.com - Rangers.com - Canucks.com
NY Post - NYDN - Andrew Gross - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN.com - TSN.ca


AROUND THE LEAGUE:

APRIL SCHEDULE:

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[FIELDSET="QUOTES TO NOTE"]

I think we were urgent right from the start in this one after the loss in Calgary, where we knew defensively we weren’t good enough.
Improving that was our main focus. We’re looking at every game like a must-win.
- Rick Nash

We played to our strengths. We chipped it in, used our speed on the forecheck to get there and then were able to work down low.
We talked before the game about tightening things up after what had happened in the last game. I thought we responded very well.
- Ryan McDonagh

We came in here and we hadn't played as well as we could defensivly I thought in Calgary.
And tonight we were better, and when the Oilers got some opportunities Talbot made the saves.
- Alain Vigneault​

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[FIELDSET="VANCOUVER CANUCKS"]

TEAM STATS / STANDINGS:

[table="width=200px"]GP | 76 | GF | 184
W | 34 | GA | 206
L | 31 | GF/G | 2.36
OTL | 11 | GA/G | 2.62
Pts | 79 | PIM/G | 13.8
HOME | 18-12-6 | PP% | 15.0
AWAY | 16-19-5 | PK% | 83.7
STREAK | L1 | FO% | 51.0[/table]

[table="width=200px"]Division | 5th
Conference | 10th
League | 21st[/table]


TEAM LEADERS:

[table="width=270px"]Goals | Ryan Kesler | 23
Assists | Henrik Sedin | 36
Points | Henrik Sedin | 46
+ / - | Dan Hamhuis | +13
Shots | Ryan Kesler | 225
Hits | Kevin Bieksa | 137
Blocks | Christopher Tanev | 136
PIM | Tom Sestito | 201
FO% | Brad Richardson | 54.5
TOI/G F: | Ryan Kesler | 22:03
TOI/G D: | Dan Hamhuis | 24:07[/table]


PROJECTED LINES:

[table="width=465px"]LW | C | RW
Chris Higgins | Ryan Kesler (A) | Alex Burrows
Daniel Sedin (A) | Shawn Matthias | Nicklas Jensen
David Booth | Brad Richardson | Zack Kassian
Tom Sestito | Jordan Schroeder | Jannik Hansen[/table]

[table="width=300px"]LD | RD
Alex Edler | Kevin Bieksa (A)
Dan Hamhuis | Jason Garrison
Yannick Weber | Ryan Stanton[/table]

[table="width=140px"]Scratched
Zac Dalpe|
Michael Zalewski|[/table]


STARTING GOALIE:

Eddie Lack

[table="width=250px"]GPI: 38 | W: 15 | L: 15 | OT: 5
SV% .912 | GAA: 2.41 | SO: 4 | Pts: 0[/table]


INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

[table="width=320px"]Henrik Sedin | Lower body (IR)
Christopher Tanev | Hand (IR)
Mike Santorelli | Shoulder (IR)
Andrew Alberts | Concussion (IR)[/table]


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[FIELDSET="NEW YORK RANGERS"]

TEAM STATS / STANDINGS:

[table="width=200px"]GP | 76 | GF | 205
W | 42 | GA | 183
L | 30 | GF/G | 2.64
OTL | 4 | GA/G | 2.38
Pts | 88 | PIM/G | 10.0
HOME | 18-16-4 | PP% | 18.4
AWAY | 24-14-0 | PK% | 84.6
STREAK | W1 | FO% | 48.8[/table]

[table="width=200px"]Division | 2nd
Conference | 5th
League | 12th[/table]


TEAM LEADERS:

[table="width=270px"]Goals | Rick Nash | 25
Assists | Derek Stepan | 38
Points | Stepan, Zuccarello | 53
+ / - | Chris Kreider | +14
Shots | Brad Richards | 241
Hits | Dan Girardi | 183
Blocks | Dan Girardi | 165
PIM | Derek Dorsett | 107
FO% | Dominic Moore | 54.5
TOI/G F: | Brad Richards | 18:49
TOI/G D: | Ryan McDonagh | 24:48[/table]


PROJECTED LINES:

[table="width=465px"]LW | C | RW
Carl Hagelin | Derek Stepan | Rick Nash
Dominic Moore | Brad Richards (A) | Martin St. Louis
Benoit Pouliot | Derick Brassard | Mats Zuccarello
Dan Carcillo | Brian Boyle | Derek Dorsett[/table]

[table="width=300px"]LD | RD
Ryan McDonagh | Dan Girardi (A)
Marc Staal (A) | Anton Stralman
Raphael Diaz | Kevin Klein[/table]

[table="width=140px"]Scratched
Justin Falk|
Ryan Haggerty|
J.T. Miller|[/table]


STARTING GOALIE:

Henrik Lundqvist

[table="width=250px"]GPI: 58 | W: 30 | L: 23 | OT: 4
SV% .918 | GAA: 2.44 | SO: 5 | Pts: 4[/table]


INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:

[table="width=320px"]John Moore | Concussion (DTD)
Chris Kreider | Hand (IR)[/table]


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[Amazing Kreiderman]

Have to get up at 4 AM to get to work, so won't be able to watch the game. Will watch it on-demand though when I get home.

LGR!

 

[nyr2k2]

LGR. Stick it to Torts, keep the momentum up.

 

[Fitzy]

I'm not a mathematician but those goals for/game vs goals against/ game seem off.

 

[Beer League Sniper]

I'm not a mathematician but those goals for/game vs goals against/ game seem off.

I think NHL stats count a shootout win as a goal, whereas GF/G and GA/G don't.

That would be my guess, anyway...

Edit: Yup, that's exactly it. 205GF minus our 4 SOW is 201. 201/76=2.64. 183GA minus our 2 SOL is 181. 181/76=2.38.

 

[Loff]

I'm not a mathematician but those goals for/game vs goals against/ game seem off.

Darn, you got me.

 

[silverfish]

10pm start is rough. Used to love the late starts. Now I loathe them.

Hoping the magic number drops from 7 to 3 tonight.

LGR

 

[Beer League Sniper]

10pm start is rough. Used to love the late starts. Now I loathe them.

Hoping the magic number drops from 7 to 3 tonight.

LGR

Eh, my wife makes me DVR the games and watch after she goes to sleep, so 10PM starts are the norm for me.

 

[KingP]

Pumped for this one

 

[SnowblindNYR]

So Carcillo is now with Richards and St. Louis? That makes even less sense. At least Stepan and Nash were playing well, you're going to put Richards with 2 ineffective players? Just call up Fast already.

 

[silverfish]

Eh, my wife makes me DVR the games and watch after she goes to sleep, so 10PM starts are the norm for me.

Ah, but tonight you can't fast-forward through commercials and Bill Pidto

 

[Kovalev27]

Eh, my wife makes me DVR the games and watch after she goes to sleep, so 10PM starts are the norm for me.

Your wife MAKES u do that huh?

Ouch

 

[Beer League Sniper]

It should be Dorsett OR Carcillo, not AND. Fast or Miller are the obvious choices here. Maybe they don't want to call them up while on this western road trip?

 

[Kovalev27]

Boyle Moore Carcillo was a good 4th line too

If u don't trust miller put Dorsett with Richards and MSL

I'm really amazed AV won't just put miller on Stepan or Richards left side u win 5-0 and he messes all the lines up?

 

[Beer League Sniper]

Your wife MAKES u do that huh?

Ouch

Well, in all fairness, I don't get home from work until 6PM. By the time I've finished with dinner, a 7PM game is just about to start. She doesn't care to watch the game, so we would get almost no quality time together on game nights if I watched them at normal times. The weekends are much easier to watch live.

 

[Idlerlee]

Dat 10PM start. Not a good time for Europeans

 

[gary laser eyes]

I remember at one point last season our bottom 6 was this:

Pyatt - Miller - Powe
Haley - Halpern - Bickel



Asham was hurt and Boyle was in Torts' doghouse. Besides that no major injuries.

It's so nice having actual depth now.

 

[jniklast]

Dat 10PM start. Not a good time for Europeans

That's really the worst. Anything later and getting up that early would be an option. I'm gonna watch this one tomorrow on GCL.

 

[Wolfy*]

Cool video from the first meeting. Cally and Kreider will be missed.

Btw, I didn't know AV can yell. Always so quiet on the bench, maybe not. He sounds like a foghorn, good lord...

 

[Blue Blooded]

I remember at one point last season our bottom 6 was this:

Pyatt - Miller - Powe
Haley - Halpern - Bickel



Asham was hurt and Boyle was in Torts' doghouse. Besides that no major injuries.

It's so nice having actual depth now.

That's just scary bad. The 3rd line then was significantly worse than our 4th line today.

Though at the time we had the best top line in the league, which lightened the burden slightly. I wish they (Hagelin-Stepan-Nash) could find that level of play again.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

To be fair, I feel Stepan is better than last season. Hagelin plays with Richards and Nash is too flaky.

 

[RGY]

Not sure why we flipped carcillo with hagelin. Let Hagelin stay with St.Louis and retrieve pucks, do the dirty work.

 

[GFiP*]

Canuck fans are not having fun with torts anymore lmao

 

[SnowblindNYR]

AV went from never changing his lines up now to doing it for no reason. Why is he putting Carcillo with Richards and MSL. That line has disaster written all over it. That's a great way to get MSL going, put a friggin goon on his line.

 

[Killem Dafoe]

Watch Carcillo and MSL have crazy chemistry.