Rangers Aim to Tie Series at Two
NEW YORK RANGERS vs MONTREAL CANADIENS
EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER FINALS GAME 4 Montreal leads Series 2-1
Madison Square Garden, NYC 7:00 PM, TV: MSG, NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports RADIO: 98.7 WEPN
Coming of a 3-1 loss on Sunday in what Coach Alain Vigneault termed a bad time to have a very ordinary game the Rangers will look to move forward and make some possible changes in the lineup.
Monday at practice the Rangers used the lines of Jimmy Vesey, Derek Stepan, Rick Nash; Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad, Tanner Glass/Pavel Buchnevich; JT Miller, Kevin Hayes, Mats Zuccarello; Michael Grabner, Oscar Lindberg, Jesper Fast.
Tonight might possibly mark the first post season appearance of Pavel Buchnevich with Tanner Glass being the odd man out.
As far as the defense goes it looks as though Nick Holden who was scratched in Sunday's contest may return. On defense during practice the Rangers had Ryan McDonagh paired with Dan Girardi, Marc Staal paired with Nick Holden, Brady Skjei with Brendan Smith and a fourth pair of Steven Kampfer and Kevin Klein.
As far as what the actual lineup will be, Vigneault was very vague only stating "I'm not getting into, we have nine defensemen, and 15 forwards and I will decide."
New York Rangers Birthday
Mika Zibanejad 2016-Present
Center #93
Born: April 18, 1993 in Stockholm, Sweden
2011: 1st Rnd, 6th by Ottawa Senators. Acquired by NY Rangers in exchange for Derek Brassard
NYR Alumni Birthdays April 18:
Valeri Kamensky LW (1999-2001) Dan LaCouture LW (2003-2004)
Today in NYR History April 18:
1994: THe Rangers defeat the NY Islanders by the score of 6-0 for the second straight game to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
1995: Brian Leetch ties a franchise record with five assists in a game and sets franchise records for assists and points by a defenseman in a game with five against Pittsburgh.
1999: Wayne Gretzky says goodbye to the NHL as only he can.
Before a packed house at Madison Square Garden, Gretzky earns the 2,857th and final point of his NHL career, an assist in the New York Rangers' 2-1 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in their final game of the season.
Before the game, the festivities include videotaped messages from Gordie Howe, his boyhood idol. After Pittsburgh's Jaromir Jagr ends the game by scoring at 1:22 of OT, Gretzky takes a few laps around the Garden ice; they are reminiscent of the ones he took with the Stanley Cup during his days with the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980s.
Gretzky is still in uniform when he meets the media; when that's done, he sits for a while longer, allowing the moment to linger.
"Probably, subconsciously, I don't want to take it off,'' he says when asked why he hasn't changed. "I'm not going to pull it on ever again. It's hard. It's hard to take it off right now. I have to be honest with you. I don't want to take it off.
"I was a boy that happened to love a game and got lucky, and the good Lord gave me a passion for it."
2007: The Rangers defeat the Atlanta Thrashers, 4-2, to complete the sweep in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
2008: Jaromir Jagr scores a goal and two assists in a 5-3 win over the Devils in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. The Rangers win the series, 4-1.
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