gdt: (#60) Rangers vs. Philadelphia Flyers // 'Bout to Catch that Rocky Knockout

[Phil]

 

REGULAR SEASON GAME #60 — 2/18/2018

 

v.

 

Location: Madison Square Garden — New York, NY

Time: 12:00 PM

TV: MSG, MSG+ 2

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

 

 

USEFUL LINKS:

 

Coverage: @rangersreport • @stevezipay • @J_Tasch • @NYP_Brooksie • @HartnettHockey

 

Team Official: @NYRangers • NYR on Instagram

 

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

 

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Standings:

 

[table=width: 300, class: grid, align: center]

[tr]

[td]RECORD:[/td]

[td]27-27-5 (59 Points)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]POSITION:[/td]

[td]8th — Metropolitan[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]ROW:[/td]

[td]24[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]HOME:[/td]

[td]18-10-3[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]AWAY:[/td]

[td]9-17-2[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]S/O:[/td]

[td]3-4[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]LAST 10:[/td]

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

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]STREAK:[/td]

[td]L3[/td]

[/tr]

[/table]

 

 

Team Statistics:

 

[table=width: 300, class: grid, align: center]

[tr]

[td]DIFF:[/td]

[td]-15 (21st)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]GF/GP:[/td]

[td]2.81 (19th)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]GA/GP:[/td]

[td]3.05 (23rd)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]PP%:[/td]

[td]20.8% (14th)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]PK%:[/td]

[td]82.3% (8th)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]FOW%[/td]

[td]50.4 (13th)[/td]

[/tr]

[/table]

 

 

Team Leaders:

 

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[tr]

[td]Goals:[/td]

[td]Michael Grabner (25)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]Assists:[/td]

[td]Mats Zuccarello (32)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]Points:[/td]

[td]Mats Zuccarello (41)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]+/-:[/td]

[td]Michael Grabner (+10)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]PIM:[/td]

[td]Brendan Smith (69 - Nice)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

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

[td]Ryan McDonagh (23:54)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

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

[td]Mats Zuccarello (18:47)[/td]

[/tr]

[/table]

 

 

Starting Lineup:^

 

Rick Nash A / Mika Zibanejad / Pavel Buchnevich

Michael Grabner / Kevin Hayes / Mats Zuccarello A

Jimmy Vesey / David Desharnais / Jesper Fast

Cody McLeod / Peter Holland / J.T. Miller

 

Brady Skjei / Neal Pionk

Nick Holden / Tony DeAngelo

John Gilmour / Ryan Sproul

 

^ Subject to change

 

 

Starting Goaltender:

 

Henrik Lundqvist

 

[table=width: 300, class: grid, align: center]

[tr]

[td]GS[/td]

[td]49[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]REC[/td]

[td]23-20-4[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]SV%[/td]

[td].917[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]GAA[/td]

[td]2.80[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]SO[/td]

[td]2[/td]

[/tr]

[/table]

 

 

Healthy Scratches:

 

Paul Carey

 

 

Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

 

F Chris Kreider [iR] — Surgery due to blood clot; Out indefinitely

D Kevin Shattenkirk [iR] — Torn meniscus; Out indefinitely

D Marc Staal [DTD] — Cervical strain; Out indefinitely

D Steven Kampfer [iR] — Fractured hand; Out 4-6 weeks

G Ondrej Pavelec [iR] — Knee; Out 2-3 weeks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standings:

 

[table=width: 300, class: grid, align: center]

[tr]

[td]RECORD:[/td]

[td]29-19-10(68 points)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]POSITION:[/td]

[td]3rd - Metropolitan[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]ROW:[/td]

[td]28[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]HOME:[/td]

[td]14-9-6[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]AWAY:[/td]

[td]15-10-4[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]S/O:[/td]

[td]1-5[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]LAST 10:[/td]

[td]5-3-2[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]STREAK:[/td]

[td]W1[/td]

[/tr]

[/table]

 

 

Team Statistics:

 

[table=width: 300, class: grid, align: center]

[tr]

[td]DIFF:[/td]

[td]+3 (14th)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]GF/GP:[/td]

[td]2.93 (14th)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]GA/GP:[/td]

[td]2.81 (12th)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]PP%:[/td]

[td]21.5% (8th)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]PK%:[/td]

[td]75.0% (28th)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]FOW%[/td]

[td]52.9% (3rd)[/td]

[/tr]

[/table]

 

 

Team Leaders:

 

[table=width: 300, class: grid, align: center]

[tr]

[td]Goals:[/td]

[td]Sean Couturier (29)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]Assists:[/td]

[td]Jakub Voracek (54)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]Points:[/td]

[td]Claude Giroux (66)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]+/-:[/td]

[td]Sean Couturier (+21)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]PIM:[/td]

[td]Radko Gudas (66)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

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

[td]Ivan Provorov (24:30)[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

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

[td]Sean Couturier (21:26)[/td]

[/tr]

[/table]

 

 

Starting Lineup:^

 

Claude Giroux C / Sean Couturier / Travis Konecny

Jakub Voracek / Nolan Patrick / Wayne Simmonds A

Michael Raffl / Scott Laughton / Jordan Weal

Jori Lehtera / Valtteri Filppula / Dale Weise

 

Ivan Provorov / Shayne Gostisbehere

Robert Hagg / Andrew MacDonald

Brandon Manning / Radko Gudas

 

^ Subject to change

 

 

Starting Goaltender:

 

Michael Neuvirth

 

[table=width: 300, class: grid, align: center]

[tr]

[td]GS[/td]

[td]20[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]REC[/td]

[td]16-8-7[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]SV%[/td]

[td].919[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]GAA[/td]

[td]2.48[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]SO[/td]

[td]1[/td]

[/tr]

[/table]

 

 

Healthy Scratches:

 

Taylor Leier

 

 

Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

 

G Brian Elliot [iR] — Out 5-to-6 weeks after core muscle surgery

G Anthony Stolarz [iR] — Knee surgery; Likely out for season

 

 

QUOTE(S) TO NOTE:

 

 

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[tr]

[td=align: center]

“You can look at the goalie and say he needs to make more saves — but I see a couple plays where I can be better. I have stretches every year where I feel like I can play better, looking for a better feeling. But I feel like I’m tracking the puck pretty good, and one-on-one, I feel pretty good. But clearly it’s not enough. I’m giving up too many goals. It’s just not enough right now.”

[/td]

[/tr]

[/table]

– Henrik "Always Saying the Right Things" Lundqvist

 

 

[4EverRangerFrank]

I?m not a proponent of Day games. Especially following a day game out of town. Yikes!

 

(At least Henrik got a little rest yesterday. [emoji15]Oh, wait...)

[josh]

Let's go Rangers!

 

 

 

Rick being a professional when asked about the trade deadline

[Phil]

Flyers first goal... 1:18 in?

[Shane Falco]

Buch fighting LOL

 

The kid's a twig but he's got some spunk.

[josh]

Buch fighting LOL

 

The kid's a twig but he's got some spunk.

 

Yes!

[Shane Falco]

Hank with a softy.

[josh]

Gotta make that save

[4EverRangerFrank]

We need a cure for this team?s propensity for allowing early goals. I cannot recall such an affliction in any other previous season. Not to this degree.

[Parsley]

Lets Go Rangers. This may be the only sports highlight of my month IF they can beat Philly.

[4EverRangerFrank]

Nashty makes it 2-1

[4EverRangerFrank]

Tipped...2-2

[Dunny]

Hank has gone from entirely unbeatable down low to a complete sieve down low.

[josh]

So another fight.

[Dunny]

Good fight, McLeoed got a clean left in

[josh]

Hank has gone from entirely unbeatable down low to a complete sieve down low.

 

That last goal against is the most regular goal against him, the last few seasons. Much more so than high glove

[-ERIK-]

kudos to Deangelo for dropping the gloves with that beast Simmonds

[Myusername]

Entertaining game so far... or should I say just your typical Flyers-Rangers game

[Shane Falco]

Pull Hank

[-ERIK-]

jesus

[Dunny]

Seen about enough of Pionk.

[4EverRangerFrank]

2-3. Just a good shot to the short side.

[Myusername]

Hank made zero effort to get to that puck... it was stoppable

 

Sick pass by whoever that Flyers player was though

[larsgbvoldemort]

Anyone know why Hank have "50" on the front of the mask?

[4EverRangerFrank]

Anyone know why Hank have "50" on the front of the mask?

 

He?s letting us know how old he feels.