NEW YORK RANGERS (40-21-2) vs BOSTON BRUINS (33-24-6)
Madison Square Garden, NYC 7:00 PM TV: MSG, NBCSN Radio: WEPN 98.7 FM
Leading the Eastern Conference Wild Card Race the Rangers come into tonight's contest with the Boston Bruins with a questionable lineup. Already without Dan Girardi (ankle-2 weeks), Kevin Klein (back-day to day) and Mika Zibanejad (wrist/hand-day to day) the Rangers found out on Wednesday that they have lost forward Jesper Fast to a shoulder separation. Fast will miss the next 2-3 weeks.
Also in question for tonight's game are Michael Grabner who left practice yesterday after taking a cross check to the hip from teammate Adam Clendening and Chris Kreider who missed minutes in the previous game and did not practice yesterday. Although Zibanejad skated yesterday and was quoted as being "miles ahead of where he was the day before" his status is still up in the air.
Henrik Lundqvist looking for career win 403, will get the start tonight for the Rangers. Lundqvist is 24-12-2 with a 1.95 goals against average, a .935 save percentage and six shutouts in goal against the Bruins.
During yesterday's practice Jimmy Vesey, Kevin Hayes and Michael Grabner, Brandon Pirri, Oscar Lindberg and Matt Puempel were the only set lines while the other forwards were mixing and matching. On defense Ryan McDonagh was paired with newly acquired with Brendan Smith, Marc Staal was paired with Nick Holden and Brady Skjei was paired with Adam Clendening.
NYR GAME DAY STATS:
RANGERS TEAM LEADERS:
GOALS: MICHAEL GRABNER 26
ASSISTS: MATS ZUCCARELLO 32
POINTS: J.T. MILLER 48
+/-: MICHAEL GRABNER +27
GWG: J.T. MILLER 6
PPG: BRANDON PIRRI, CHRIS KREIDER, RICK NASH, JIMMY VESEY 5
PPP: RYAN McDONAGH 12
SHG: J.T. MILLER 3
SHP KEVIN HAYES 6
PIM: CHRIS KREIDER 42
FO%: CHRIS KREIDER 62.50
GOALIE STATS:
WINS: HENRIK LUNDQVIST 28
GAA: ANTTI RAANTA 2.36
SO: HENRIK LUNDQVIST, ANTTI RANTA 2
SV%: ANTTI RAANTA .920
HENRIK LUNDQVIST 28-16-2 GAA: 2.67 SV%: .911 SO: 2
ANTTI RAANTA 12-4-0 GAA: 2.36 SV%: .912 SO: 2
RANGERS TEAM STATS
40-21-2
6th Overall NHL
4th Metropolitan Division
WINS: 40 (Rank #3)
POINTS: 82 (Rank #6)
WIN%: 0.651 (Rank #7)
GOALS FOR: 204 (Rank #4)
GOALS AGAINST: 166 (Rank #12)
POWER PLAY GOALS: 34 (Rank #19)
POWER PLAY %: 18.48 (Rank #17)
POWER PLAY GOALS AGAINST: 32 (Rank #8)
PENALTY KILL: 80.84 (Rank #16)
SHORT HANDED GOALS: 8 (Rank #1)
SHORT HANDED GOALS AGAINST: 3 (Rank #8)
SHUTOUTS: 5 (Rank #7)
EMPTY NET GOALS: 11
SHOOTOUTS: 3/5
NYR Alumni Birthdays March 2:
Eddie Johnstone RW (1975-1983) Joby Messier D (1992-1995) Darren Turcotte C (1988-1993)
NEW YORK RANGERS BIRTHDAY
Henrik Lundqvist
Born: March 2, 1982: Are, Sweden
Goaltender 2005-Present, NHL Vezina Trophy Winner 2011-2012
Drafted by New York Rangers 2000 NHL Entry Draft, Round 7, #205 Overall
Today in NYR History March 2:
1975: Rod Gilbert ties a franchise record with five assists in a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
2002: Brian Leetch skates in his 1,000th career game, becoming the third player to reach that milestone as a Ranger.
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