Rangers Vs. Devils: Explosive Third Period Pushes Rangers Past Devils
by Bryan Winters on Dec 20, 2011 10:05 PM EST
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The New York Rangers took a very well earned 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils tonight and won their second straight game. Marian Gaborik had another two goal game and helped the Rangers take a very crucial divisional game over the Devils.
This game started off with a bang, as Mike Rupp and Cam Janssen dropped the gloves right off the puck drop. It was a pretty length fight with Rupp getting in some early jabs. Just a few minutes later, Brandon Dubinsky and David Clarkson dropped the mitts in the second scrap of the evening. It was another dancing match, but we finally got to see some real hockey following all of the scraps.
The Devils opened the scoring with a rebound goal coming from Travis Zajac. Henrik Lundqvist made a great initial save on the shot coming from Danius Zubrus, but was unable to locate the rebound to the side of him. The Rangers needed to rebound in the second period and they did just that.
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Late in the second period, Artem Anisimov tied the game up off of a great feed coming from Derek Stepan. Stepan's passing abilities were on display on this play once again, and got the puck over to Anisimov for the goal. The Rangers carried over the momentum into the third period, where Marian Gaborik notched the go-ahead goal for the Rangers.
Artem Anisimov made a great move to slip away from the Devils defenseman, and got the shot on net that fooled Martin Brodeur. The puck seemed to of hit the crossbar, and drop behind Brodeur where Gaborik was there waiting on the doorstep.
Just about halfway through the third period, Ryan McDonagh made a very undisciplined mistake, and threw the puck out of the zone. As a result, McDonagh was whistled down for closing his hand on the puck, which sent the Devils to the power play.
The Devils allowed nine shorthanded goals against this season, until Carl Hagelin made it ten. Ilya Kovalchuk mishandled the puck at the blue line, and Hagelin used his speed to break in on a 2-on-1. Hagelin snapped a quick shot under the glove of Brodeur, and gave the Rangers a very secure 3-1 lead late in the game. Marian Gaborik capped off the game with an empty net on a breakaway to put the nail in the coffin.
It's also worth mentioning that Marian Gaborik surpassed his 600th NHL point tonight, scoring two goals, and assisting on another. Also, this ties Gaborik for second in scoring, putting him behind league leading Steven Stamkos who has 20 goals.
Stu Bickel also recorded his first NHL point tonight, assisting on the shorthanded goal by Carl Hagelin. Henrik Lundqvist turned away 30 shots of 31 shots, and made some very key saves tonight for the Rangers. Even with four of the Rangers defensemen out, they are still finding ways to win, this team is great. Here are tonight's three stars of the game, along with the recipient of the Broadway Hat.
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The only thing more comical than Brodeur’s goaltending on the Hagelin goal was the Rangers trying to score on the empty net late.
It seemed like the Devils had the majority of the chances, but Lundqvist was the difference. Will be interested to see the scoring chance #s.
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24-16 Devs was my count on first pass (I have a few question marks to check for blocked shots that could cut some on review), but 14-13 Devs until Gaborik broke the 1-1 tie.
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by George E. Ays on Dec 20, 2011 11:34 PM EST up reply actions
Dare I say
Gaby for MVP?
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At this pace...
He’ll have 50 goals by the end of game 82.
I know that
but it still doesn’t answer the question
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by Kevin Power on Dec 20, 2011 11:02 PM EST up reply actions
Rangers are near the bottom in Fenwick, and near the top of the league in standing. No one on this team gets an MVP vote before Lundqvist at this point.
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I dunno, Hagelin’s trying to single handedly drag the team’s Fenwick to respectability.
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by George E. Ays on Dec 20, 2011 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
fenwick = speed
:)
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
If gabby keeps this play up and keeps getting those goals in the greasy part of the ice he could have a 40+ goal season.. Bottom line is and this is how I honestly feel, the NHL hates the rangers, the league hates the rangers, opposing fan bases hate us.. They’ll give a rocket Richard to a ovechkin or a datsyuk before they give it to a bastard child original 6 whipping boy ranger
by ImMike88 on Dec 20, 2011 11:12 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
I would have given the three stars to Hank, Step and Hagelin – with the hat to Gabby for his milestone. Step was noticable at both ends of the ice on virtually every shift. BTW- Props are due to MDZ. Kids’ been playing fantastic.
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Replace Hagelin with AA and your good.
AA scored a goal and was the reason the second one scored.
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
Erixon?
Had to watch the devils feed…boooo…didn’t see erixon much in the 3rd. Was he injured? Or did they put him on the bench for some reason?? Hope he’s good to go.
by inHANKweTruST on Dec 20, 2011 10:40 PM EST via mobile reply actions
i didnt see the game
but in the game thread everyine said he went down holding his shoulder? like late second or early third period. not sure any follow up.
@hankwetrust not sure if he was injured or not.. Sam and joe didn’t make a big deal about it so my guess is no.. When ever the erixon-Bickel pair was on the ice my nerves were going crazy.. I stood on my feet the entire 3rd period of the Yotes game and this game.. Big props to MDZ, I just want to say EC can score 20 goals in 5 games and ranger fans (me included) will still probably tar and feather his ass.. But say what u want about del zotto I love the kid and I am damn happy to have him wearing a blue sweater.. So MDZ haters, easy with that
by ImMike88 on Dec 20, 2011 10:49 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Also ive been a lifelong univ. of mich fan bc of their football team and hokey program.. The other day I was thinking about hags w a quick poke check on kovalsuck and w his speed BAM goal.. I was amped to see him blow one past fatso
by ImMike88 on Dec 20, 2011 10:55 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Congrets Rangers!!!
Nice win today against Devils! …every point matters,its a long season and you never know what might happen,..look at our latest injures..but still with young talent ,Rangers made it happen.also Gabby is playing super..19 goals on the season .one less than Stamkos!! Hope will be brake his old record this year of 42 goals! Go RANGERS<GO!!!!!!!!!
MDZ
was fantastic on defense tonight. He took some time but he is finally growing into his shoes.
absolutely
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
I was trapped in a house full of 8 devils fans and watched the game
When the devils scored first they all went nuts and got in my face and all. I just sat quietly and when they tied it up I was smiling and when Gabby scored i was grinning ear to ear. I didn’t say a word the whole game practically and after the game I proudly yelled Devils suck! As I drove away/
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by RichieToGabbySCORE on Dec 20, 2011 11:02 PM EST reply actions
why would u be in a room with every devil fan in existence?
by nyrangerfan521 on Dec 20, 2011 11:19 PM EST up reply actions
Good work.
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
Couple thoughts
- The shot metrics would indicate the score should be the other way around
- Parise is everywhere. that dude is good
- Stralman was brutally bad today. brutally bad
- Rupp is still useless
by nyrangerfan521 on Dec 20, 2011 11:18 PM EST reply actions
Stralman wasn’t all that bad tonight…he was one of their better defensemen
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A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
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by Kevin Power on Dec 20, 2011 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
disagree. he got beat several times and had to be bailed out by hank. was caught out of position alot too, mostly in the defensive zone. hes been ok to this point but this game was a clunker for him imo
by nyrangerfan521 on Dec 20, 2011 11:34 PM EST up reply actions
Hanks had to bail out every Ranger defenseman this year and last- that includes Staal, Girardi, et al.. I thought Stralman and Bickel played well (not hall of fame level) against a team with some fast and shifty players. For fill ins I’ll take that type of play every time.
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by RangerFanInChicago on Dec 20, 2011 11:41 PM EST up reply actions
point noted. goalies have to bail out defenseman in every game on every team. i think stralman just had to be bailed way too many times tonight. hes the only dman i had a problem with tonight
by nyrangerfan521 on Dec 20, 2011 11:43 PM EST up reply actions
I hear ya. Not to make excuses for him but he hasnt played all that much this year so he’s going to be a little rusty.
On a positive note- I was riding MDZ pretty hard in the beginning of the season when he kept giving the puck away. Now he’s playing “Top Notch” to quote judge Smales.
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by RangerFanInChicago on Dec 20, 2011 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
That just shows how shitty the rest were not how good he was (he wasn’t)
by teknics on Dec 20, 2011 11:35 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
girardi and mcd and mdz were good not great, bickel and erixon were ok in the limited time they got. i thought stralman was the only one that was bad
by nyrangerfan521 on Dec 20, 2011 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
The shot metrics would indicate the score should be the other way around
Not as bad as you’d think. Rangers were only -4 Corsi and -1 Fenwick tonight, and that’s with the Devils really turning it on down a goal in the 3rd. I won’t be able to run the score tied til tomorrow, but I don’t think it’d be much worse.
Hagelin flat out rules. +9 again tonight. Dude’s a possession/shot metric dynamo.
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by George E. Ays on Dec 20, 2011 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
Score Tied last night, Rangers were +3, getting 56.5% of Fenwick events. Pretty good, and a continuation of the upward trend they’ve been on.
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by George E. Ays on Dec 21, 2011 8:57 AM EST up reply actions
New Drinking game....
Instead of “pace” comments we drink to Dubinky shoots….wide! The best they could say was Dubinsky has had a good game tonight- thi safter several missed shots a fanned-on pass.
I was hoping the early fight might light a fire under him. Apparently not. Imagine Dubinsky, WW, EC and Avery cap room for a JP Parise signing next year?
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by RangerFanInChicago on Dec 20, 2011 11:45 PM EST reply actions
we already had that game for chris higgins. he was only a Ranger for half a season but 8% of Ranger fans died of alcohol intoxication that season
by nyrangerfan521 on Dec 20, 2011 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
+1
But we didnt pay Higgins $4mm per year
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by RangerFanInChicago on Dec 20, 2011 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
JP’s a bit old to be signing.
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by George E. Ays on Dec 20, 2011 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
Hello handsome
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A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
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by Kevin Power on Dec 20, 2011 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
Just showing my age George- still remember the fathers playing !
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by RangerFanInChicago on Dec 21, 2011 12:08 AM EST up reply actions
you know Zach, JP – sound similar :)
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by RangerFanInChicago on Dec 21, 2011 12:09 AM EST up reply actions
Indeed, close enough.
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by George E. Ays on Dec 21, 2011 12:12 AM EST up reply actions
JP would have still been a better draft choice than Jessiman.
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you had to say the j-word didn't you
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several missed shots
Through the awfulness/awesomeness of official scorers, he was only credited with one missed net tonight.
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by George E. Ays on Dec 20, 2011 11:58 PM EST up reply actions
One was a slap pass, but he missed (to my eye) 3.
So let’s call it 2.
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Rem. everyone wanted to trade Gabby last year? Now he is like owning a Stamkos.....think of that
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by -19-AgainstAll on Dec 20, 2011 11:47 PM EST via mobile reply actions
TRAID GABORICKS
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
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by Kevin Power on Dec 21, 2011 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
DOOOOO ITTTZZZZZ HE SUKKZZZ
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by -19-AgainstAll on Dec 21, 2011 12:12 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
On dubinsky
I understand his stats are crap, but he is still winning the majority of his possession battles, gaining the zone and leads the team in Faceoff %. He is one of our best PKers and to be dead honest Torts wouldn’t be giving him 17:00 TOI and 22 SPG if he was useless.
TRAID DOOBINSKIS
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by George E. Ays on Dec 21, 2011 12:44 AM EST up reply actions
+1
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
Trade him for Kovalchuckz . hurry do itz
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by -19-AgainstAll on Dec 21, 2011 2:37 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Our faceoffs would be dreadful without Dubinsky also, still need him even for that.
Proudly suffering as a Ranger fan.
Good God, he really has turned into Drury. We NEED him for face offs? It’s sad when we have a player coming into his prime after getting a big contract who for some reason can’t find the back of the net. Very Chris Drury like.
If you're good at something, never do it for free
Yes, we NEED to win faceoffs
I don’t know if you have noticed, but when the Rangers win more faceoffs, they score more goals, or at least play better.
I wasn’t saying we need to keep Dubinsky around just because he can win faceoffs, I’m adding to the fact that he’s our best faceoff man.
Sure, he can’t find the back of the net so far, but they guy plays good defense, good PKer, can hit, will fight, wins face-offs, has a nose for the net (just not much this season), good board play, and not only that, he has 13 assists which is 5th on the team.
Proudly suffering as a Ranger fan.
Line up changes next week?
Wolski is due back middle of next week. Mitchell is serviceable 4th line talent but Wolski has more production value.
Wolski in for Mitchell
Avery in for EC
Lines of:
Anisimov Stepan Gaborik
Wolski Richards Callahan
Hagelin Boyle Fedetenko
Avery Dubinsky Prust
by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Dec 21, 2011 6:53 AM EST via mobile reply actions
They’ve been trying it randomly during games
by teknics on Dec 21, 2011 7:57 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
wolski will work himself into the bottom six or out of the lineup within two games
i was a big fan of getting him (mostly because i was hoping they’d draft him in 2004 as a physical scoring winger) but he hasn’t turned out to have the mental dedication to play up to his talent level
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If you think Avery is going to go in for Rupp your crazy
by CrazyRangerFan on Dec 21, 2011 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
Anisimov-Stepan-Gaborik
Wolski-Richards-Callahan
Hagelin-Dubinsky-Mitchell
Fedetenko-Boyle-Prust
Rupp-Christensen-Avery
If Wolski can come back and play pretty well, get some offense going with BR, then it will benefit us a lot.
Only thing is, what do you do with the 3rd and 4th lines? Do you keep Mitchell or Rupp in? Who do you put with who? Have Dubinsky as a center or a wing? It’s confusing. Now if Wolski doesn’t produce any offense, then he isn’t doing much of anything, which means I would have no problem scratching him. Gotta give him some time to do something, but if he isn’t playing well at all, then you have to wonder to put Dub or Hagelin with BR?
Proudly suffering as a Ranger fan.
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