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REGULAR SEASON GAME #41 — 4/11/21

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Location: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Time: 7:00 PM

TV: MSG+, MSG2+, ESPN+

Radio: 98.7 FM, 107.1 FM, 710 AM, Sirius XM

USEFUL LINKS:

Coverage: @NYP_Brooksie • @RickCarpiniello • @ColinSNewsday • @vzmercogliano

Team Official: @NYRangers • NYR on Instagram

Official Team Websites: rangers.nhl.com • islanders.nhl.com

GameCenter - here

Standings:

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[td]RECORD:[/td]

[td]19-16-5 (41 Points)[/td]

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[td]POSITION:[/td]

[td]6th – MassMutual East[/td]

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[td]ROW:[/td]

[td]18[/td]

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[td]P%[/td]

[td].537[/td]

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[td]HOME:[/td]

[td]9-7-3[/td]

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[td]AWAY:[/td]

[td]10-9-2[/td]

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[td]S/O:[/td]

[td]1-2[/td]

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[td]LAST 10:[/td]

[td]6-3-1[/td]

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[td]STREAK:[/td]

[td]W1[/td]

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Team Statistics:

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[td]DIFF:[/td]

[td]+22 (9th)[/td]

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[td]GF/GP:[/td]

[td]3.25 (8th)[/td]

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[td]GA/GP:[/td]

[td]2.68 (10th)[/td]

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[td]PP%:[/td]

[td]19.9% (18th)[/td]

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[td]PK%:[/td]

[td]84.4% (4th)[/td]

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[td]Corsi For (CF)%[/td]

[td]48.2% (23rd)[/td]

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Team Leaders:

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[td]Goals:[/td]

[td]Chris Kreider (17)[/td]

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[td]Assists:[/td]

[td]Adam Fox (32)[/td]

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[td]Points:[/td]

[td]Artemi Panarin (42)[/td]

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[td]+/-:[/td]

[td]Adam Fox (+13)[/td]

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[td]PIM:[/td]

[td]Brendan Smith (39)[/td]

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[td]TOI/G (D):[/td]

[td]Adam Fox (24:32)[/td]

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[td]TOI/G (F):[/td]

[td]Mika Zibanejad (20:14)[/td]

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Starting Lineup:^

Chris Kreider A / Mika Zibanejad A / Pavel Buchnevich

Artemi Panarin A / Ryan Strome / Colin Blackwell

Alexis L?fr?n??r? / Filip Chytil / Kaapo Kakko

Kevin Rooney / Brett Howden / Vitaly KRAVSTOV?

Ryan Lindgren / Adam Norris Fox

K'Andre Miller / Jacob Trouba A

Libor Hajek / Brendan Smith

^ Subject to change

Starting Goaltender:

Igor Shesterkin

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[td]GS[/td]

[td]21[/td]

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[td]REC[/td]

[td]10-9-2[/td]

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[td]SV%[/td]

[td].921[/td]

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[td]GAA[/td]

[td]2.44[/td]

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[td]SO[/td]

[td]0[/td]

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Healthy Scratches:

Phil DiGiuseppe

Brett Howden

Taxi Squad:

Tony DeAngelo, Adam Huska, Ty Ronning, Anthony Bitetto, Tarmo Reunanen

Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

[D] Jack Johnson [iR] - PITA removal; Out for season

Standings:

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[td]RECORD:[/td]

[td]26-11-4 (56 Points)[/td]

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[td]POSITION:[/td]

[td]1st - MassMutual East[/td]

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[td]RW:[/td]

[td]20[/td]

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[td]P%[/td]

[td].683[/td]

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[td]HOME:[/td]

[td]17-2-2[/td]

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[td]AWAY:[/td]

[td]9-9-2[/td]

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[td]S/O:[/td]

[td]4-1[/td]

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[td]LAST 10:[/td]

[td]7-3-0[/td]

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[td]STREAK:[/td]

[td]L1[/td]

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Team Statistics:

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[td]DIFF:[/td]

[td]+26 (6th)[/td]

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[td]GF/GP:[/td]

[td]2.88 (15th)[/td]

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[td]GA/GP:[/td]

[td]2.32 (2nd)[/td]

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[td]PP%:[/td]

[td]18.2% (23rd)[/td]

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[td]PK%:[/td]

[td]81.0% (11th)[/td]

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[td]Corsi For (CF)%[/td]

[td]49.3% (15th)[/td]

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Team Leaders:

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[td]Goals:[/td]

[td]Brock Nelson (15)[/td]

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[td]Assists:[/td]

[td]Mathew Barzal (22)[/td]

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[td]Points:[/td]

[td]Mathew Barzal (35)[/td]

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[td]+/-:[/td]

[td]Mathew Barzal (+16)[/td]

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[td]PIM:[/td]

[td]Mathew Barzal (38)[/td]

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[td]TOI/G (D):[/td]

[td]Ryan Pulock (22:28)[/td]

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[td]TOI/G (F):[/td]

[td]Mathew Barzal (19:00)[/td]

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Starting Lineup:^

Leo Komarov / Mathew Barzal / Jordan Eberle

Anthony Beauvillier / Brock Nelson / Josh Bailey A

Kyle Palmieri / Jean-Gabriel Pageau / Travis Zajac

Cal Clutterbuck A / Casey Cizikas / Matt Martin

Adam Pelech / Ryan Pulock

Nick Leddy / Scott Mayfield

Noah Dobson / Andy Greene

^ Subject to change

Starting Goaltender:

Semyon Varlamov

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[td]GS[/td]

[td]27[/td]

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[td]REC[/td]

[td]16-8-3[/td]

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[td]SV%[/td]

[td].922[/td]

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[td]GAA[/td]

[td]2.21[/td]

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[td]SO[/td]

[td]4[/td]

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Healthy Scratches:

Sebastian Aho, Oliver Wahlstrom

Taxi Squad:

Thomas Hickey, Kieffer Bellows, Otto Koivula, Austin Czarnik, Dmytro Timashov

Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

D Johnny Boychuk [LTIR] — Eye injury

F Michael Dal Cole [iR] — Lower-body injury; out since 3/27/21

F Anders Lee C [iR] — Lower-body surgery; out for season

G Cory Schneider [iR] — ?\_(ツ)_/?

QUOTE(S) TO NOTE:

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"The skill is there obviously for him, but he’s learning what he needs to do consistently to generate offense, and I think he’s really made a lot of progress in the last two weeks. I really like the direction of his game."

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— Public Enemy #2 David Quinn on Alexis L?fr?n??r?'s improvement over time

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