Rangers Recap: Hedberg leads Thrashers past Rangers 5-3
by Jim Schmiedeberg on Nov 12, 2009 10:43 PM EST
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NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES AND QUOTES
November 12, 2009 - New York Rangers 3, Atlanta Thrashers 5 (Game #19, Home #9)
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- The Rangers were defeated by the Atlanta Thrashers, 5-3, in front of a sold-out crowd (18,200) at Madison Square Garden to drop to 10-8-1 (21 pts.) on the season and 6-3-0 at home.
- New York have sold out 165 consecutive regular season games, dating back to Nov. 5, 2005 against New Jersey; the last regular season non-sellout was Oct. 31, 2005 vs. Montreal (17,697); including the playoffs, the Rangers sellout streak is now at 179 games.
- The Rangers are 14-4-0 in their last 18 regular season games at MSG, and have out-scored their opponents, 63-36, during the stretch.
- New York out-shot Atlanta, 36-27, including an 18-5 advantage in the third period; the Rangers 18 shots in the final frame marked a season-high for shots in a single period.
- Marian Gaborik registered his eighth multi-point effort on the season with one goal and one assist, and led all skaters with seven shots in 26:02 of icetime; he has recorded a point in 15 of 17 games this season, including seven goals and 12 points in his last eight contests.
- Michael Del Zotto and Ales Kotalik each recorded two assists for the Rangers, including one power play assist apiece.
- Donald Brashear skated in his 1,000th NHL game; he made his NHL debut on Nov. 15, 1993 at Ottawa.
- Rookie center Artem Anisimov tallied the Rangers first goal at 4:08 of the first period, and won 10 of 15 (67%) faceoffs; Brian Boyle closed New York's scoring with his second of the season at 6:18 of the third period.
- Christopher Higgins recorded an assist on Boyle's third period goal while skating in his 300th NHL game; he now has three points (two goals and one assist) in the last four games.
- Vinny Prospal led all skaters with 27:52 of icetime and 20 faceoff wins; Ryan Callahan delivered a team-high six hits.
- The Rangers practice schedule for tomorrow, Nov. 13, is 12:00 p.m. at the MSG Training Center.
- The Rangers return to action on Saturday, Nov. 14, when they will face-off against the Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place (2:00 p.m.), in a matinee matchup; the game will be televised live on MSG Network and can be heard on 1050 ESPN Radio.
POST-GAME QUOTES
John Tortorella on the team's play after not playing for four nights...
"I think you just work yourself out of it. Again, it is something all coaches and all teams try to figure out how to get through that part, just fighting through the staleness you have a little bit after a trip like that. By no means is it an excuse but it happens. It happens to teams. I thought we worked through it. I thought we played a really good third period.
Henrik Lundqvist on giving up the early goal...
"We get a good start and they put it in the net. After that, we regrouped pretty well. It is tough to let in a goal like that right away...you get on your heels. We were 1-1 after the first. What killed us was the last five minutes of the second period. We played a great third period. The guys played really hard. We hit the post a couple of times. It was close, but it just wasn't enough tonight."
Ryan Callahan on playing without Chris Drury and Brandon Dubinsky...
"Obviously they are big players for our PKs (penalty kills). Some of our guys stepped up and guys did good on the PK (penalty kill), but we have to stay out of the box."
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Put this one on Lundquist's back
I actually thought the Rangers played very well for 17.5 minutes of the second period — outshot Atlanta and had some quality scoring chances. They were still very much in the game when the Thrashers went up 3-2 but the 4th goal was a backbreaker and I think it was Lundquist’s fault. When he went to handle the puck behind the net, he had a defenseman coming back to pick up the puck (don’t remember who was on the ice at the time) with one Thrasher forward – Kane — out in front of the net but with plenty of room to come out the other side and skate the puck out of the zone. Instead, Lundquist tried to wind it around the boards himself and the puck went right to Peverley. This had two consequences: 1, we gave up the puck and left our D out of position behind the net with Kane sitting in front of the net all alone, and 2. it left Lundquist out of position and scrambling to get back in net, just as the puck arrived on Kane’s stick — he gave himself no chance to make the save. It was that second goal, so close on the heels of the 3rd one that, IMO, took the wind out of the Rangers sails. Damn shame because he had an otherwise stellar performance, coming off an injury.
I agree with inHANKweTruST that Brashear just doesn’t have the legs anymore — just not fast enough to deliver the big hits that we need — and that we need much more than the occasional wrestling match masquerading as a fight. Watch almost any other team in the league (except perhaps Atlanta) and they continuously pound our defensemen when they chase a dump-in. We do not impose that punishment on the other teams and consequently, I think its got to take a toll by the time you get to the third period — either the D are banged up or at least gun-shy and rushing the clearing passes.
I agree with your point about the goal. But I still think overall the second period was very bad. Positional play was poor and guys were running into each other. Its sad to see because I thought they looked excellent on the whole in the third period. If only they could put that together for a whole game.
I think there is no reason to overreact. This is their first game back after a fairly long break and their first game back without Dubi and Drury, causing the lines to be all over the place. I just hope we can chalk up the lack of chemistry to that.
Call the kids
I am so sick of seeing brash barely make it up and down the ice and then when he drops the mits..he bear hugs his opponent EVERY TIME. Voros is the same way..can’t go one game without running into the boards and falling all over the place like a snow angel..can we PLEASE bring up the kids..call up Locke..grachev..or even sanguinetti. Locke is leading the pack in points and is a decent center..isnt that what we are lacking right now? grachev is an obvious call up for reasons we all know of..and bobby is first on the pack in points for d men..bench redden or rosi..voros and brash…torts/slats need to send a message to this team that we need to win games and win them now
Race to the bottom
The Rangers have been infected by the dreaded Knick disease which is deadlier than Swine Flu. We are only 3 points ahead of the Islanders who are now playing better hockey than we are. Tortorella’s system is not working with the players we have. Only a few players are contributing on a consistent basis. Lundqvist is looking quite ordinary. Can you imagine how badly the Rangers would be doing if Sather hadn’t picked up Gaborik and Prospal? They contribute most of the offense for this team.
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