Rangers Vs. Bruins: Rangers Get The Win In Overtime Against Defending Cup Champs
by Bryan Winters on Jan 21, 2012 4:02 PM EST
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PrintThe New York Rangers came out with a very hard fought victory this afternoon against the Boston Bruins. However, the officiating was very, very questionable today but it wound up helping the Rangers in the end. Marian Gaborik had two goals today, including the game winner with 3.6 seconds remaining in overtime.
The first period was about as even as you can get, the shots were tied 8-8, and the score remained 0-0. Ryan Callahan opened the scoring just 1:31 into the second period, coming out of the penalty box. Brand Prust made a great play to spring Callahan on a 3-on-1. Callahan let a quick shot go that rang off of the post and into the net for the 1-0 lead.
Just two minutes later, Andrew Ference evened up the game with a great passing play in the slot. Brandon Dubinsky made a great effort to get back on the play, but looked a little lost in the slot when the Bruins scored.
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Just under ten minutes later, Marian Gaborik got his first goal in six games to put the Rangers up 2-1 late in the second period. Hagelin got off a quick shot that deflected in front, and Gaborik wound up and ripped a slap shot past Tuuka Rask.
Again, the Rangers gave up another late goal, as Adam McQuaid's quick wrist shot that beat Henrik Lundqvist shot side. However, after looking at the replay, the puck deflected off of a Ranger's stick in front of the net. The officiating was seriously questioned in this period, as there were a lack of calls in favor of the Rangers, but more going against them.
Coming into the third period, this was the biggest period for both teams. However, we didn't have a winner after several chances by both teams. Just 1:50 into overtime, Andrew Ference made a careless and dirty play that sent Ryan McDonagh into the board face first. Ference would get an eventual five-minute major, accompanied by a game misconduct. That would give the Rangers the rest of the overtime period to score on the power play. I honestly hope Brenddan Shanahan throws the book at Ference after that one, it's just unacceptable.
After an awful couple of minutes on the power play, the Rangers finally cashed in at the right time. Ryan Callahan came out from the goal line, got off a quick back-hand that was stopped by Rask. Marian Gaborik would eventually find the loose puck and flip it over the sprawling Rask to give the Rangers the win. The goal came with 3.6 seconds left, and Marian Gaborik celebrated with a well-deserved fist pump.
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big win.
literally jumped up in the air when i tuned in as gaborik scored.
really wish i could have watched this live but the replay will definitely suffice.
with that said, i hope mcD is alright. crucial.
by VVIZARD on Jan 21, 2012 4:08 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Good win, need McD to be ok. torts already has very little confidence in stralman and bickel.
remember last year we wanted to bring in a guy like richards to get gabby going? do we now have to bring somebody in to get richards going?
after years of the Rangers PP being absolutely terrible, and acquisition after acquisition brought in to help improve the PP ive come to the conclusion the PP would be terrible even if we had gretzky mess and lemeuix in their primes out there on the ice. is it possible to hire a coach that focuses solely on the PP? Sully just aint cuttin it. dont want him fired but just stripped of his PP responsibilities
Watch the GWG again. Richards makes a key play moving the net, getting Chara to think shot (and leading Chara to put his stick in the shooting lane not the passing lane), and moves the puck down low to Callahan, which starts the sequence.
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What a great game, bruins deserved to lose after the ferrence hit, I didn’t get to see a replay on the fedotenko incident before the ferrence hit, maybe we got away with one their? Edwards and Brickley did what ever they possibly could to defend ferrence afterwards, hopefully McD is ok, btw the sbnation mobile app keeps crashing on me
by ImMike88 on Jan 21, 2012 4:20 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
A little bad luck for Ference in that he really didn’t hit McDonough that hard. That said, that is exactly the type of play that the NHL, NHPLA, and coaches at every level of hockey, should use in training videos. Ference (and any other player in that position) needs to learn to not make that hit. You’ve got a guy moving towards the board, with his back to you, with speed? And you hit him in the numbers? Those plays need to be taught out of the game.
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I doubt he was attempting to injure anyone, but yeah it needs to be taught to let off there.
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I watched it again and it really looked and sounded much worse then it was. He definitely had too much speed coming in and it was called right but I would not say it was dirty.
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by Blueshirt in Paris on Jan 22, 2012 3:51 AM EST up reply actions
tremendous victory, especially being up here in Boston
just a hard fought well played hockey game, so proud of the team
shot blocking amazing as usual, there was cally going up against chara bombs again, you gotta love the guy
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by BombersGmenBlueshirts25 on Jan 21, 2012 4:20 PM EST reply actions
I’m also glad their we’re no broken bones after those blocked chara bombs!
by ImMike88 on Jan 21, 2012 4:22 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Best quote by an opposing team:
""It felt like we were playing against five goalies at times," McQuaid said after the game, referring to New York’s penchant for clogging shooting lanes and breaking up passes."
Go D!
by teknics on Jan 21, 2012 4:23 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Rangers said nothing will be released on his status tonight. We’ll find out tomorrow afternoon.
by Bryan Winters on Jan 21, 2012 5:49 PM EST up reply actions
saturday afternoon
Torts set a new record today 21 different line combonations.But it worked!
on top of the world ma
Refs sure were blind but we won even fighting the refs. We need to rid of sully 4 on 3for 3 min and we almost blow it it was the pits there no excuse for the first 3 min on that pp something has to be done or playoffs will not go far with no pp. Other then that for the first time the other teams announcers gave the rangers credit for being a top team. this shows we can beat the best in the east magine if we can get the pp to click great game lets keep rolling
Two things to work on
1. Breakout
Good lord, I’ve been wondering all year why nobody’s mentioned this, but to me, it always seems like it’s such an effort to get out of the defensive zone. It needs to be smoother, and less “chip it out to the red line and chase” (despite that being the majority of our game plan).
2. Power play.
Pa-the-tic. No movement at all. Except for that last ten seconds, which was nearly textbook, the rest of the PPs on our side were unreasonably poor. What is it with this team and being unable to crash the net after a shot on the PP?
Also, fucking AWESOME win against Boston. I don’t think we deserved to win, but hey, that’s not what counts.
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Re: the breakout – The Bruins dominated in this regard on both ends of the ice. I think the Rangers have been pretty good on this, but the Bruins were just too strong in the offensive end tonight and it got the Rangers running around and tired.
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No trade for Booby Ryanz today?
by Prustyballs94 on Jan 21, 2012 5:15 PM EST via Android app reply actions
posted this in the game thread but RE McD
the referees have something to do with it I think. When a team feels they are being favored by the officials, they begin to take liberties, which can quickly get out of hand.
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Definitely an issue that has to be looked at.
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cally
the captain set the tone today he was a machine today this is a statement game today for boston that we can hang with the big boys we beat the flyers beat the pens canucks and now boston . got to see how we do against chicago
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This Win . . .
. . . reminded me of how the NYG defeated the Packers last Sunday despite the officiating.
Sorry, George.
This was a big win, but I thought it was scary how badly outplayed the NYR were. I’ll be very interested to see the chance #s for this game. And I dont know if this stat is tracked anywhere, but it seemed to me the Rangers got killed in “time of possession” throughout.
When I watch a game, I look to see which team is better making and catching passes. Watching the Bruins make pinpoint passes to get the puck out of their zone was so impressive, and there were what, 5 shifts where it looked like the Bruins were on a PP? The Rangers, on the other hand, not their best game “passing” wise.
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Time of possession is pretty well approximated by Corsi, and yeah, it was bad.
Chances were fine though, 20-14 NYR. They had 6 on the last PP (incl 3 in 3 seconds leading to the goal). Boston’s D had over half of their shot attempts for most of the game (didn’t check the final count)
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by George E. Ays on Jan 21, 2012 5:59 PM EST up reply actions
I dont even want to know what the Corsi was …-30?
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by George E. Ays on Jan 21, 2012 6:05 PM EST up reply actions
How does that compare to other games? If my eyes were right (ahem), that’s got to be one of the worst showings of the NYR year.
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4th worst. Pit game 8 games ago was -35. Other two were early season vs VAN & OTT
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by George E. Ays on Jan 21, 2012 6:10 PM EST up reply actions
And we won 3 out of 4 of those games, getting 7 of 8 points, outscoring opponents 15-7?
Listen, I believe in the validity of stats and all… but at some point if we continue being successful like this, we can stop talking about regressing to the mean.
George, do you feel like this was one of our worst played games of the season?
Won them all actually, wrong OTT game.
No, not one of the worst, that would be either the PIT game mentioned above or the first loss in MTL this season. We allowed 20+ chances in both of those.
And no, I don’t think to stop talking about regression makes sense. It was a good win tonight, but none of these stats are designed for one game samples. They’ve got 6 points in their last 6 games now after 58 in 40 to start the year, and they’ve shot 5.9% over that stretch. That’s the kind of thing that one expected to hit at some point,
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by George E. Ays on Jan 21, 2012 6:38 PM EST up reply actions
Well, I have agreed throughout that we need to play more statistically sounds games if we wanna stay on top. The two options are to either regress, or play better, so I hope it is the latter.
just pictured a reporter asking Torts if his team needs to be "more statistically sound"
and chuckled
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Feel like we were watching different games. Not only do I not think we were outplayed “scarily badly” but I don’t think we were really outplayed much at all. The Bruins are the best team in the East and this was a playoff-atmosphere game in their arena. The poor officiating was definitely a momentum builder for them and killer for us.
I don’t think we were badly outplayed or barely keeping up, I felt like it was a competitive and somewhat even game. Us getting less shots or chances and winning is nothing new.
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Totally agree. I would definitely say Boston had the better of play but not by a considerable margin.
by Zuppa Di Pesce on Jan 21, 2012 6:48 PM EST up reply actions
Apologies to all BSB Members
Some of my posts the past few weeks were in poor taste and I apologize for the bad decision making. I specifically owe apologies to Brandon C. and Dig who keep this place runnning during the week. Big win today.
by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Jan 21, 2012 6:43 PM EST reply actions
Oh god… so is the threat of SOPA already neutering us of our character? You are going to be like Avery, with Torts “not letting him play his game” so you can’t be an effective commenter!
it sounds like....
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I agree with most of what you guys already said..but as I mentioned in the thread earlier…I think that the rupp fight was the turning point. 1st period we weren’t outplayed that bad except for the first 5 minutes…2nd started the exact way we wanted..snipe by cally…then stupid/pointless fight w/Thornton.
If they score first..yes…that is your job rupp..go after some momentum and square up. We weren’t the same after that. Gabby had a sick one bounce snipe shot to take the lead..and we came back to win. Love hanks play as always..and the reffing was garbage. Just glad we “stuck with it..and came out with a win”. PS…our PP is a joke
by inHANKweTruST on Jan 21, 2012 6:44 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I feel like its almost impossible to say what affect the fight had on the game. Maybe if Rupp got his ass handed to him I’d be inclined to agree with you but if anything I’d say Rupp won the fight. I agree with you that it could have been timed better on Rupp’s part but I’m not convinced it helped the bruins.
by Zuppa Di Pesce on Jan 21, 2012 6:57 PM EST up reply actions
rupp won the fight. as with many games this year, rangers start slow and tentative, sort of feeling their way and assessing the other team. lundqvist makes some saves, and then you literally see the rangers emerge and start to compete and assert themselves.
i was on fedotenko the other day but he had a nice game today.
i love the bruins announcers on the McD hit. “Ference was moving too fast to stop, entirely unintentional”.
Shoot the puck Barry!!!
But it goes both ways sometimes. The ‘code’ would say next time if the Rangers need a spark Thornton would ‘owe’ Rupp a dance.
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by Blueshirt in Paris on Jan 22, 2012 3:54 AM EST up reply actions
Replays
I’ve only been able to see one replay of the hit on McD and only from one angle. Anyone know where different views of it can be found?
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don cherry on McD hit
“keep your head up”.. Um his head was up, he acknowledged that ferrence was on his tail and braced for impact, ferrence didn’t slow down and McD went face first into the boards. A lot of teams around the league are starting to recognize these kind of hits BOS dishes out and it’s only a matter of time till justice is served. Also, lucic is an Oscar Meyer, after they had us hemmed into our zone after one or two icings I think, he goes over and chops McD in the back than jabs him in the face while he was dog ass tired.. I’d like to see loo-cheech pull that crap on prust and see what happens
by ImMike88 on Jan 21, 2012 8:07 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
yeah but its don cherry..
"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."
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exactly. I am honestly BAFFLED that he was an NHL coach. There a literally dozens of guys (or gals) that comment here, that are far more insightful and are more knowledgable about the game of hockey. Every time he says something it is blatantly obvious he has no idea what he is talking about, hell I’d say Maloney has a better grasp of the game than him.
by Zuppa Di Pesce on Jan 21, 2012 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe he does it on purpose.
I mean, it gets him attention.
"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."
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yeah Don Cherry is a piece of shit, he needs to shut the F*** up.
by CrazyRangerFan on Jan 22, 2012 1:11 AM EST up reply actions
What?
"keep your head up"
I just watched coaches corner, he’s referring to Simmonds/whatever Flyer player it was who got nailed by the NJ d-man. He never said one negative thing about McDonagh.
Don’t be Peter King and brutalize quotations.
Don Cherry is still a chump whose primitive, pro-violence ramblings embarrass the sport. Just wanted to add that.
Prole art threat.
by greifi griffie on Jan 22, 2012 8:28 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah...
Him calling for no-touch icing and advocating the “bear-hug” rule to prevent such hits like McDonagh experienced yesterday is so primitive and pro-violence. Those generalizations are fueled by people who don’t bother to actually watch coaches corner and see if its true or not.
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by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Jan 21, 2012 8:17 PM EST reply actions
:)
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Very good win today against a very good team.Its almost ironic that power play dediced the game in overtime.Rangers still have to improve it to get better..Thanks guys and go Rangers!!!
Ferrence to have a Phone Hearing in a few hours with the League
It has been reported by ESPN that Boston Bruins forward will have a phone hearing with Shanahan Sunday morning to discuss the hit on McD. As a result, there will be no long term suspension handed out to Ferrence since the maximum term that can be handed out over the phone is usually less than 5 games (5 games or more requires the player to attend a hearing in person)
Also word is McD was taken to Boston area Hospital with “concussion like symptoms” which of course was expected.
2 or 3 games is my guess.
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by Blueshirt in Paris on Jan 22, 2012 3:55 AM EST up reply actions
Those reports on McD are incorrent since the Rangers announced right away that he flew back to NY with the rest of the team.
by SnowKitten35 on Jan 22, 2012 7:44 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Ranger Report 1/21 @ 5:00 PM
McDonagh Hurt In Victory
January 21, 05:00 PM EST
Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh was hurt 1:50 into overtime Saturday when Boston’s Andrew Ferrence ran him into the boards behind New York’s net. Ferrence made no attempt to play the puck and instead chose to run the defenseless McDonagh, who was down on the ice for several minutes before finally skating off and heading to the dressing room with the team’s trainer.
Ferrence received a five-minute charging major—-which ultimately led to Marian Gaborik’s game-winning goal—-as well as a game misconduct.
McDonagh was not available to speak with the media following the game, and Rangers head coach John Tortorella said he was unsure of McDonagh’s health status. The team did report later that McDonagh would be able to travel back to New York with the rest of the team Saturday night, and that there would be no further updates on his condition the remainder of the evening.
“It’s one of the most dangerous hits I’ve seen in a while,” Tortorella said. “Nothing has to be said as far as what should be done. It’s a pretty easy call as far as I am concerned. I talked to (McDonagh) really quickly after the game, but I haven’t talked to him since.”
McDonagh crumpled to the ice after the hit, and was face-down for a while before being able to roll to his side and then get up on his knees. When he did arise he skated very gingerly off the ice hunched over at the waist.
“I was on the bench so I didn’t see (the hit), but I’m sure it was nasty by the way the guys were talking about it,” explained Gaborik. “Plus (Ferrence) got a game misconduct, but, no, I did not see it.”
Ryan Callahan added, "Obviously from the result it looks pretty bad, so going into that power play you definitely want to make them pay and want to score that goal so that Mac’s not taking that hit for nothing
ESPN report was well AFTER 5:00PM (closer to 11:00PM) and Rangers did not leave Boston right away due to weather conditions. So this Ranger press release may not have been the final disposition. As a note,Rangers usually bus to Boston, Philly, NJ & LI when they leave & return to the NY metro area. They generally would only fly if they were going to a destination further away after the game. I also doubt that they would let McD fly immediately after taking a severe jar like that. They are home against the Jets next game on Tuesday so I would guess they took the bus.
I also read about a phone hearing that results in 5 games max. WHEN is this corrupt league going to protect its players? WHEN is this corrupt league going to stop showing its favoritism for some teams and bias against other teams on the ice? These calls on the ice are unexplainable. The Bees go 3 quarters of a physical game without being shorthanded? How is that possible? The bias against the Rangers is real my friends and it will cost us on the ice one of the days. God knows they have tried over and over again. Ferrence getting 5 games max is a disgrace. McIlrath got 8 and should have gotten more for doing less than Ferrence. This league ruins the best sport in the world.
Sorry but you are way off base here. Not about biased and uneven reffing, which is leaguewide, but about Ferrence getting 5 games or less. This was NOT a dirty play and was NOT intent to injure. This was careless, irresponsible, and dangerous, yes, and 2-5 games seems appropriate.
As far as McIlrath, it was his 2nd hit to the head this season. Repeat offender, hit to the head, and injury – intent probably doesn’t matter but that’s going to be more games. Not to mention suspensions are governed differently down there. For what it’s worth, McIlrath is not a dirty player… I was reading a piece saying how there are a lot more size mismatches at that level and players that are 6’4++ need to be really careful about hitting shorter player’s heads.
did you hear what torts said after the game? “That was one of the most dangerous plays I have seen in a long time.” Maybe that doesn’t imply intent but he is not a whiner. for him to say that then you know it was bad. intent or not, McD was vulnerable and Joe M was exactly right in saying that the lack of respect in the game is driving the ship lately. the only way to offset it is to come down hard on these guys. oh, btw, ferrence is a repeat offender too. and I thought McIlrath should have gotten more than 8 games based on what he did. I mean how long is it going to take for the league to have a no tolerance rule for headshots? Marc Savard said it should be a mandatory 10 games even for first offenses which is what I have been saying for a long time now. how many players in the league are we going to lose?
McIlrath hit
thx, when I saw it the other day I was pissed about it, meaning that there is no place in the game for it.
by Richter1994 on Jan 22, 2012 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
Things that matter
Time of possession is an important stat only in that it leads to scoring chances for and cuts down on opponent scoring oops. However its really the scoring oops that count. Also shootin percentage obviously. Have to finish. The other thing that really counts is goaltending. This is a huge reason why the rangers are winning at the moment. Hank and Marty combined were third best in the league last time I looked.
by Chec on Jan 22, 2012 9:00 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I know some of you are think Ferrence’s hit wasn’t dirty, but its more open to interpretation than you’d like to think.
McD was already speeding into the boards; his back was to Ferrence… what other possible outcome did Ferrence think there could have been? He had to know it was dangerous, and if not (for some effed up reason), he still took advantage of a vulnerable player who was speeding towards the boards… that showed the utter lack of respect he had for McD at that moment, and there was only one possible outcome for a hit like that. In my book, thats dirty as hell.
by j-red on Jan 22, 2012 10:09 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
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by Richter1994 on Jan 22, 2012 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
I agree. Ference has got to respect that McD beat him to the puck and has a step or two on him and adjust his play. I believe he was trying to come more from the side and angle McD off of the puck. But it was obvious that, even going as fast as he was, that Ference wasn’t going to be able to get the angle he wanted for a cleaner check into the boards before McD was gone around the other side of the net. Ference has to make the decision to bypass McD to either side (between the boards or outside around the net) and come at him from another way.
It especially angers me that so many people are blaming McD for “getting in the way of a freight train and then slowing down”. He was making a good defensive play. Is he supposed to just stand aside and let Ference grab the puck right in front of him? Also, he was turning to go around the net and that’s why he was slowing down, it’s simple physics. I also loved Julien’s whole “his legs were pretty far apart and that’s why the hit was so bad comment”. Reality check: McD wasn’t off-balance until he got clipped from behind and careened into the boards.
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Noticed one thing. The Rangers have won all games this season where officiating was horrible, to say the least.
So I assume it’s a big boost for a team when they need to play not only against tough opposition nut also against the refs and entire NHL.
by 68 Forever on Jan 22, 2012 10:59 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions
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