B R O A D W A Y***B L U E S H I R T S

Team Notes:
- The Rangers defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-2, tonight at Wells Fargo Center, in the first game of a three-game road trip. New York has now recorded a point in four of their last five games (3-1-1).

- The Blueshirts improved to 16-13-3 (35 pts) overall, including a 6-7-1 mark on the road this season.

- The Rangers have won 11 of their last 12 games against the Flyers, dating back to a 7-0 win at MSG on Mar. 6, 2011. The Blueshirts have out-scored the Flyers, 46-20, over the span.

- The Blueshirts have won five of their last six games at Philadelphia, out-scoring the Flyers, 22-13, over the span.

- The Rangers improved to 9-0-0 when leading after the second period this season. New York has now registered a point in 85 consecutive games when leading after the second period, posting a record of 79-0-6 over the span. The Blueshirts’ last regulation loss in a game when entering the third with the lead was Feb. 4, 2010 (6-5 loss vs. WSH).

- The Rangers’ power play was 1-3 (4:56) in the contest, and is now 11-55 (20.0%) in the last 20 games.

- The Blueshirts won 41-66 faceoffs (62%), led by Derek Stepan’s game-high, 14 faceoff wins (14-25, 56%). J.T. Miller also won 10-13 faceoffs (77%) in the contest.

- With the win, Rangers’ Head Coach John Tortorella became the 30th coach in NHL history to record 400 career coaching victories.

Player Notes:
- Derek Stepan established a career-high with four points, including the game-winning goal and a career high-tying, three assists, won 14-25 faceoffs (56%), and posted a plus-three rating in 20:38 of ice time. He has now tallied a point in 11 of the last 14 games (seven goals, nine assists over the span).

- Rick Nash notched two goals, including his 300th career NHL goal, added an assist on the game-winning goal, tied for the team-high with five shots on goal, was credited with three blocked shots, and posted a plus-three rating in 19:37 of ice time. He has now tallied 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) in his last 18 games, including five points (three goals, two assists) in the last four games.

- Brad Richards registered two points, including a power play goal and his 800th career NHL point with an assist, and won 7-11 faceoffs (64%) in 15:30 of ice time. He has now tallied three points (one goal, two assists) in the last two games.

- Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves to improve to 14-12-2 overall, including a 4-6-1 mark on the road this season. It is the seventh time this season he posted 30+ saves in a game (2-4-1, 2.40 GAA, .932 Sv%), and has now held opponents to three goals or fewer in each of his last 13 games (7-5-1, 1.98 GAA, .929 Sv%).

- Chris Kreider registered a goal, four shots, and three hits in 13:00 of ice time. He has now tallied three points (two goals, one assist) in four games against Atlantic Division opponents.

- Michael Del Zotto tallied two assists, including one on the power play, was credited with two hits and three blocked shots, and logged 26:59 of ice time. He has now recorded five points (one goal, four assists) in the last four games.

- Carl Hagelin registered an assist, tied for the team-high with five shots on goal, and posted a plus-three rating in 18:52 of ice time to earn third star honors. The Rangers improved to 10-2-1 when he records a point.

- Dan Girardi tallied an assist, was credited with three hits and two blocked shots, and posted a plus-two rating in 27:32 of ice time. He has now recorded 23 assists in 40 career regular season contests against the Flyers.

- Steve Eminger was credited with a game-high, four blocked shots, and registered three hits in 19:05 of ice time.

Shutout in back to back games.

badbrains wrote:

@imseanavery: Fire this CLOWN, his players hate him and wont play for his BS.... @imseanavery is #winning

I know it's Sean, but lets be serious here, he's saying what every fan and right now player feels. Sorry torts, but you've lost this team. And trigger happy slats is doing nothing but watching the boat sink ever so slowly in the Hudson.... :fp:

tortorella... turning 40 goal scorers into shot blockers. fitting square pegs into circles.

tank the remaining 15 games, get a high pick, hire ruff in the offseason and start new next year. done.


this team blows. /negativity.

edit: fuck... even invite avery to camp. at least you are guaranteed one guy will skate with heart.

badbrains wrote:

@imseanavery: Fire this CLOWN, his players hate him and wont play for his BS.... @imseanavery is #winning

I know it's Sean, but lets be serious here, he's saying what every fan and right now player feels. Sorry torts, but you've lost this team. And trigger happy slats is doing nothing but watching the boat sink ever so slowly in the Hudson.... :fp:

I've always like Avery. I didn't like that they released him. I felt he could have helped in the playoffs.

lukin2006 wrote:

I think it's quite possible the rangers over achieved last year more than anything ...

100% this. this team had zero offense last year, scored a goal or two a playoff game and then hoped lundqvist kept the damange to a minimum. last year's playoff run was fun (2 game 7's), but all points considering, it is pretty amazing they made it to game 6 of the east finals. and the devils weren't a better team, the rangers just flat out ran out of gas because they were spread so thin from the first two rounds. would have been wise to pull the trigger on nash before the deadline...

nice win lastnight though. SILLY short handed goal by callahan :shock:

now back to backs against the penguins. just hoping they get 2 out of 4 possible points.

lukin2006 wrote:

I don't see any problem with players being expected to be two players ... Bowman turned yzerman into an effective two way player. Torts didn't just forget how to coach ... Same coach that lead them to the best record in the east last year.

I think it's quite possible the rangers over achieved last year more than anything ...

He wants everyone to be Jochen Hecht. He will bench Vanek, but will provide top minutes to Stafford and Hecht. I could see him clashing with Gaborik, Richards and Nash.

He also discourages aggressive/physical play.

Clowe most likely down to Van, Flyers or Rangers

TSNBobMcKenzie: As expected, Clowe has waived his NTC to go to NYR. SJ and NYR just to need to finalize but not expected to be a problem.

Good pickup for you guys. Instantly improves your toughness. He can score too, even though he hasnt done so this year.