NYR TODAY Wed. 11/23: Game Day Preview, Today in NYR History

NEW YORK RANGERS GAME DAY PREVIEW

NEW YORK RANGERS (14-5-1) PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (11-5-3)
Madison Square Garden, NYC 7:00 PM TV: MSG RADIO: WEPN 98.7 FM

Tonight the Rangers host the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second game of a home and home series at the Garden. The Rangers backstopped by Antti Raanta and bostered by five unanswered goals defeated the Pens in game one 5-2.

In Wednesday's match up Rangers Michael Grabner tallied his 12th goal of the season putting him in the top spot tied in goals scored with the Pens Sidney Crosby and Winnipeg's Patrick Laine. Grabner leads the league in even strength goals with all 12 coming with no man advantage.

Henrik Lundqvist gets the start in net tonight for the Rangers.

NYR TEAM LEADERS:
GOALS: MICHAEL GRABNER 12
ASSISTS: RYAN McDONAGH 13
POINTS: J.T. MILLER 18
FACE OFF%: MICHAEL GRABNER 66.67%
+/-: MICHAEL GRABNER +19
GWG: DAN GIRARDI 3
PPG: BRANDON PIRRI 3

GOALIE STATS:
HENRIK LUNDQVIST  9-6-0 GAA: 2.27 SV%: .938
ANTTI RAANTA 5-0-0 GAA: 2.05 SV%: .918

NYR TEAM STATS
2nd Overall NHL
1st Metropolitan Division
POINTS: 28 (Rank #2)
WIN%: 0.725 (Rank #2)
GOALS FOR: 81 (Rank #1)
GOALS AGAINST: 46 (Rank #8)
POWER PLAY GOALS: 13 (Rank #11)
SHORT HANDED GOALS: 3 (Rank #1)
POWER PLAY GOALS AGAINST: 8 (Rank #4)
POWER PLAY RANK: 21.67 (Rank #9)
PENALTY KILL: 85.45 (Rank #8)
SHUTOUTS: 1
EMPTY NET GOALS: 5
SHOOTOUTS: 0/1

Today in NYR History November 23:

1977: Rod Gilbert plays in his final NHL game, a 6-3 Rangers victory over the Colorado Rockies at MSG.

2014: New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist shuts out Montreal 5-0 at Madison Square Garden, four days after his backup, Cam Talbot, defeats the Philadelphia Flyers 2-0. It's the first time the Rangers get back-to-back shutouts from different goaltenders since Wayne Thomas wins 4-0 at the St. Louis Blues on Nov. 30, 1977, and John Davidson wins 4-0 at the Minnesota North Stars three days later.