Bantering Points: New York Rangers Day In Review

By Bryan Winters@BTW8892 Dec 27, 2011, 6:00am EST

The New York Rangers cruised to a 3-0 victory over the New York Islanders last night, and currently sit atop of the Eastern Conference. Carl Hagelin scored twice, and Michael Del Zotto set up Hagelin on both of his goals. Marian Gaborik also had an empty net goal, and increased his league leading goal total to 22.
After some hard skating practices, Marc Staal has officially been cleared to receive contact. Although Staal is cleared for contact, he needs to get back into game shape before returning to the line-up. Could the Winter Classic be too soon to see Staal?
Neil Greenberg has created a new metric called the ESPN Clutch Performance Indicator. George takes a look at how this new system is broken down, and how Brad Richards sticks out among players on the Rangers.
While we're on the topic of stats, Blueshirt in Paris made a very interesting FanPost about stats on the New York Rangers. Instead of jumping into the advanced stuff, he takes a look at a simplistic approach.