Thursday, February 25, 2016

NYR TODAY THURSDY 2/25

NEW YORK RANGERS GAME DAY

NEW YORK RANGERS (34-20-6) at ST LOUIS BLUES (35-18-9)

TONIGHT 8:00 PM MSG NETWORK

Season series: Mats Zuccarello had a goal and two assists, and Derick Brassard had a goal and assist in the New York Rangers' 6-3 victory against the St. Louis Blues on Nov. 12. Derek Stepan and Rick Nash each had two assists for the Rangers, who got goals from Kevin Hayes, J.T Miller, Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi. Vladimir Tarasenko, Troy Brouwer and Dmitrij Jaskin scored for St. Louis.

Rangers team scope: New York could have defensemen Marc Staal and McDonagh in the lineup against St. Louis; each will travel on the rest of the three-game trip that concludes Saturday at the Dallas Stars. Staal missed a 5-2 loss at the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday with a lower-body injury, and McDonagh could play after missing the past two games with a neck/jaw injury. The Rangers assigned defenseman Brady Skjei to Hartford of the American Hockey League. Zuccarello has two goals and five assists in the past six games, and Brassard has four goals and an assist the past five games.



NYR Alumni Birthdays 2/25 
Gary Doak D (1971-1972) Troy Malette LW (1989-1991) Clare Martin D (1951-1952) Ted Taylor LW (1965-1966)


Happy 65th Birthday NY Rangers Alumni Right Winger Anders Hedberg (1978-1985)

TODAY IN NYR HISTORY February 25
1940: The Rangers extend their franchise record home winning streak to 14 games with a 6-2 win over the Canadiens.


2004: Tom Renney is named the 33rd head coach in Rangers history.


2012: Henrik Lundqvist becomes the first goaltender in League history to record 30 or more wins in each of the first seven seasons of his career with a 3-2 win over Buffalo at MSG.

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