NEW YORK RANGERS GAME DAY PREVIEW
Rangers Begin Round Two in Ottawa
NEW YORK RANGERS vs OTTAWA SENATORS EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI FINALS GAME 1
Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata, Ontario 7:00 PM, TV: CNBC, CBC, TVA Sports RADIO: 98.7 WEPN
Tonight the Rangers and Senators begin their best of seven Eastern Conference Semi Finals series ath ethe Canadian Tire Centwer.
The Rangers (48-28-6, 102 pts) lost the regular season series to the Senators (44-28-10, 98 points) 2 games to 1 and were outscored 8-5 in those 3 contests. Jean-Gabriel Pageau leads the Sens in points vs the Rangers with 5 and Ryan McDonagh leads the Rangers with 3 vs Ottawa.
Both teams finished their first round series in 6 games, Rangers defeating Montreal 4-2 and Ottawa defeating Boston 4-2.
The Ottawa power play faired better than the Ranger with a 21.7% with the man advantage, the Rangers with only 6.7%.
The Rangers defended better on the penalty kill with a percentage of 85%, Ottawa not far behind with 81.3%.
While the Rangers went 1 for 2 in Overtime Ottawa went 3 for 4.
Points leaders matchup Mika Zibanejad leads New York with 4 points (1 goal, 3 assists) while Derek Brassard leads Ottawa with 8 (2 goals, 6 assists).
Mats Zuccarell lead the Rangers with 3 goals while bobby Ryan leads the Sens with 4.
The Rangers led all teams in the first round with 285 total hits, 47.5 per game, after finishing 16th in the regular season with an average of 20.9 per game.
Ottawa finished the regular season 4th in hits, 25.7 per game, and 6th in the first round, 37.5 per game.
The Rangers lineup looks to remain the same from the last 2 games again Montreal to start game one. Henrik Lundqvist will once again man the twine for the Rangers.
Rangers Playoff Leaders
GOALS: Mats Zuccarello 3
ASSISTS: Mika Zibanejad 3
POINTS: Mika Zibanejad 4
WINS: Henrik Lundqvist 4
Senators Playoff Leaders
GOALS: Bobby Ryan 4
ASSISTS: Derick Brassard 6
POINTS: Derick Brassard 8
WINS: Fredrick Andersson 4
Rangers Probable Lineup
Forwards:
Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad, Pavel Buchnevich
Jimmy Vesey, Derek Stepan, Rick Nash
JT Miller, Kevin Hayes, Mats Zuccarello
Michael Grabner, Oscar Lindberg, Jesper Fast
Defense:
Ryan McDonagh, Dan Girardi
Marc Staal, Nick Holden
Brady Skjei, Brendan Smith
Starter:
Henrik Lundqvist
Backup:
Antti Raanta
Scratches:
Brandon Pirri, Tanner Glass, Matt Puempel, Adam Clendening, Steven Kampfer, Magnus Hellberg
NYR Alumni Birthdays April 27:
Vern Ayers D (1935-1936) Jeff Ulmer RW (2000-2001)
Today in NYR History April 27:
1990: Ron Greschner plays in his final game as a Ranger. He retires as the Rangers' all-time leader in penalty minutes and first among defensemen in goals, assists and points.
1992: Mike Gartner records his second playoff hat trick as a Ranger in a 8-5 win over New Jersey.
2013: Henrik Lundqvist records his 51st overall shutout (regular season and playoff) in a 4-0 win over the Devils. Lundqvist passes Ed Giacomin for the most overall shutouts in Rangers history.
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