NEW YORK RANGERS (3-2-0) VS ARIZONA COYOTES (1-3-0)
Madison Square Garden, NYC 7:00 PM. TV: MSG, NHLN-US, RADIO: WEPN 1050 AM
The Rangers (3-2-0) start a five game home stand tonight at MSG taking on the Arizona Coyotes (1-3-0) who have dropped three straight to start a six-game road trip, including a 3-2 loss in Brooklyn to the Islanders on Friday. The Coyotes had an off day yesterday while the Rangers played a tough game against the Washington Capitals last night mounting a four unanswered goal comeback win. Rookie Jimmy Vesey was the star of the game for the Rangers picking up 2 goals in a span of 3 minutes during the second period.
Coach Alain Vigneault wasn't yet decided on who will be in net for the Rangers as of yesterday so look for that to be a game time decision between Lundqvist and Raanta.
Defenseman Dan Girardi coming off a "groin" injury may get his chance to be inserted into the lineup but will yet again possibly be a "game time" decision. Rookie Pavel Buchnevich likely will be sitting once again as he was still suffering from back spasms and has not returned to the practice squad as of Saturday.
Game time start of 7:00 PM for the Rangers and Coyotes will be shown on MSG Network and NHL Network in the US.
NYR TEAM LEADERS:
GOALS: CHRIS KREIDER 3
ASSISTS: CHRIS KREIDER, MIKA ZIBANEJAD 4
POINTS: CHRIS KREIDER 7
NYR TEAM STATS/PER GAME AVERAGE
GOALS FOR: 3.8 (Rank #3)
GOALS AGAINST: 2.8 (Rank #13)
SHOTS: 32.4
SHOTS ALLOWED: 24.6
POWER PLAY GOALS: 3
SHORT HANDED GOALS: 0
EMPTY NET GOALS: 4
POWER PLAY GOALS AGAINST: 3
POWER PLAY RANK: 17.6% (Rank #15)
PENALTY KILL: 83.3%
PIM: 38
SAVE%: 88.2%
NYR Alumni Birthdays October 23:
Jim "Sugar" Henry G (1941-42,1945-48) Fred Shero D (Player: 1947-1950, Coach: 1978-1980)
Today in NYR History October 22:
1968: Brad Park makes his NHL debut against the Oakland Seals at MSG.
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