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Practice Notes: Lundqvist to start against Canadiens
Bobby Bevilacqua
The last time that the Rangers played the Canadiens at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers won Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals and advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 20 years.
The Rangers will play their first game in four days on Sunday when they face off against the Montreal Canadiens for the second time this season. This time, the two teams will play in New York.
The last time the Rangers played Montreal, it was at the Bell Centre, with the Habs coming away with a 3-1 victory. Carl Hagelin scored the lone goal for New York, assisted by Anthony Duclair and Dan Girardi. Carey Price led the Canadiens to victory, stopping 34 shots in the process.
Despite Talbots fantastic performance against the Flyers, where he earned his first victory of the season in a 2-0 shutout win, Vigneault has decided to start Lundqvist on Sunday.
Rangers shut out the Flyers at home; Kevin Klein scores 4th goal of the season
Bobby Bevilacqua
The Rangers ended their three game skid with a 2-0 win over the Flyers. Talbot played extremely well and the Rangers looked much improved from Monday’s game. Photo courtesy of MSG Photos.
“That was a little better, eh?!”
That was head coach Alain Vigneault after the Rangers (8-7-4) responded to Monday’s loss in a big way, shutting out the Flyers (7-8-2) at Madison Square Garden and ending their three game skid.
The Rangers controlled play for most of the game, and outshot the Flyers throughout the second period, until the Flyers pulled their goalie with 3:33 left to play and upped their shot total. Read the rest of this entry
Rangers take on Flyers at the Garden; Stempniak out of the lineup
Bobby Bevilacqua
Cam Talbot will be in net tonight against the Flyers, and is looking for his first win this season. Talbot has struggled so far in his starts, and has a tough task ahead of him against a talented Philadelphia team.
In an important matchup for both the Rangers (7-7-4) and the Flyers (7-7-2), the bitter rivalry between the two teams continues at 8 PM at Madison Square Garden.
The Rangers have made two lineup changes following the loss to the Lightning on Monday. Cam Talbot will start in net, and will be searching for his first win of the season. He has struggled his starts this season, and has a 3.48 GAA and an .880 save percentage in four appearances. Read the rest of this entry
Practice Notes: Talbot to start against Flyers, Stempniak listed as day-to-day
Bobby Bevilacqua
Cam Talbot will be in net against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night, and is still looking for his first win of the season. Photo courtesy of rangers.nhl.com
After getting shut down by the Lightning on Monday, the Rangers (7-7-4) will face off against; the Philadelphia Flyers (7-7-2) on Wednesday, in a rematch of the first round of last season’s playoffs, where the Rangers eliminated Philadelphia in seven games.
This is the first matchup of the season for these two teams, and the first time they have played each other since the Rangers eliminated the Flyers in Game 7 of the first round of last year’s playoffs. Read the rest of this entry
Rangers dominated by Tampa at home; St. Louis scores against his former team
Bobby Bevilacqua
The Rangers were very dissapointing tonight, falling to the NHL’s best offense in the Tampa Bay Lightning by a score of 5-1. Photo courtesy of MSG Photos.
It was set up to be a great matchup against the Lightning with players from both teams facing their former club. Instead, the Rangers (7-7-4) were embarrassed at home by the Lightning (13-4-2), mustering a measly 16 shots in the process.
In his return to the Garden, Callahan was great, scoring two goals, one on the power play, including the game winner. Steven Stamkos was just as good, scoring once and tallying two assists. Read the rest of this entry
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