NEW YORK RANGERS (4-3-0) VS TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (5-3-0)
Madison Square Garden, NYC 7:30 PM. TV: MSG NETWORK, NHLN RADIO: WEPN 1050 AM
The Rangers look to rebound at home tonight as they face off with the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight in the teams first meeting of the season.
New York is coming off their first loss in four games while Tampa Bay has lost their last two games. No lineup for the Rangers has yet to be announced but it is possible that Backup Antti Raanta will get the nod in net over Henrik Lundqvist. Lundqvist allowed 3 goals on 18 shots on net versus Carolina in Friday's loss. Chris Kreider still dealing with neck spasms will most likely be a scratch once again as he has only just resumed skating on his own and has not been yet cleared for contact drills.
NYR TEAM LEADERS:
GOALS: MATS ZUCCARELLO, JIMMY VESEY, BRANDON PIRRI 4
ASSISTS: RYAN McDONAGH 7
POINTS: MIKA ZIBANEJAD 8
FACE OFF%: OSCAR LINDBERG 63.64%
NYR TEAM STATS/PER GAME AVERAGE
GOALS FOR: 3.6 (Rank #3)
SHOTS: 31.1
SHOTS ALLOWED: 25.3
POWER PLAY GOALS: 7
SHORT HANDED GOALS: 0
EMPTY NET GOALS: 3
POWER PLAY GOALS AGAINST: 4
POWER PLAY RANK: 25.9% (Rank #6)
PENALTY KILL: 81.0%
PIM: 46
SAVE%: 88.3%
NYR Alumni Birthdays October 30:
Cal Gardner C (1945-1948) Jim Mayer (1970-1980)
Today in NYR History October 30:
1988: The Rangers and Penguins combine for 292 penalty minutes in a 9-2 Rangers win at MSG. The 292 combined penalty minutes, and the 134 penalty minutes the Rangers had, are both team records. Tony Granato tallies four goals for his first Rangers hat trick in the victory.
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