The Rangers take on the Capitals Saturday nigh on the front end of back-to-back games, which culminate Sunday at home against the Sabres. In what has to be viewed as a strange move, Alex Auld gets his first start as a Ranger. That is not the strange part as the Rangers should rest Henrik Lundqvist when they can, but why do it against Washington rather than a weaker offense of Buffalo and at ho…
Washington Capitals (43-21; 94 points; 1st Southeast Division, 1st Eastern Conference, 1st Overall) vs. New York Rangers (29-35; 66 points; 3rd Atlantic Division, 9th Eastern Conference, 22nd Overall):Caps Game #64, Home Game #30, NHL Game #943Caps “Magic Numbers” (Caps Points Earned+Lost by team named) to clinch: Playoff Spot: 8 New York Rangers Southeast Division Championship: 12 AtlantaEastern Conference #1 Seed: 23 New JerseyPresident’s Trophy: 33 San Jose and Chicago Verizon Center, Washington, DC 7:07 pm
The Rangers will have their leading scorer back when they face the NHL’s highest-scoring team Saturday. Marian Gaborik will return against the Capitals in Washington after missing the last three games due first to a laceration in his thigh.
Chris Bosh’s ankle is healed. Unfortunately, his stomach isn’t. Raptors fans had to sit through their seventh straight contest without their all-star and leader who was taken to hospital for further evaluation on his abnormal stomach pains.
New York Knicks swingman Bill Walker is getting a chance to show his stuff, something he was rarely given an opportunity to do on the extremely talented Boston Celtics squad he used to be on. Mike Ganter of the Toronto Sun reports: “It was just more mentally challenging,” Walker said of his time in Boston, a huge
Last night was a shame to watch. A team that was soaring and rocking to new heights a month ago is now facing a losing streak since the 5-game down streak back in the beginning of January. Two straight 4-1 losses to teams like the New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes who have struggled to
50 saves in a hockey game is pretty remarkable. New York Rangers’ netminder Henrik Lundqvist made 50 saves in last night’s game against the high-octane Pittsburgh Penguins in a 5-4 overtime loss.
Marian Gaborik, who has missed the past three Rangers games and four of five spanning the Olympic break because of a thigh skate cut and resulting compensating muscle pull, will be back in the lineup Saturday night in Washington. “In a perfect world I would (take) more rest, but there…
In the third period of Thursday night’s New York Rangers’ loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, Sean Avery(notes) hit Max Talbot(notes) after the whistle with check. The Penguins’ mercurial winger didn’t take kindly to this agitation and struck back with a few punches … although “punches” may not be the proper terminology.
