Rangers Go for 28th Road Win vs Capitals in Metro Division Showdown
NEW YORK RANGERS (47-26-6) vs WASHINGTON CAPITALS (53-18-8)
Verizon Center, Washington, DC 8:00 PM TV: NBCSN Radio: WEPN 98.7 FM
With the first round playoff match up already set between the Rangers and Montreal Canadiens the Rangers look to shake some rust off their dept chart and get some much needed rest for some of the regulars. Heading into tonight's match up with the Washington Capitals, Alain Vigneault has already announced that Ryan McDonagh, Mats Zuccarello, Rick Nash and Jesper Fast will all be out of the lineup tonight resting minor bumps and bruises. AV will go with the lines of Chris Kreider-Derek Stepan-Pavel Buchnevich, Brandon Pirri-Mika Zibanejad-Jimmy Vesey, Michael Grabner-Kevin Hayes-JT Miller, Tanner Glass-Oscar Lindberg-Matt Puempel. Tonight's defense pairs are still up in the air and will be a game time decision.
Henrik Lundqvist is scheduled to get his fifth straight start in a row since coming back from injury and will split the two remaining regular season games this weekend with Antti Raanta.
Lundqist is 2-1-0 in 3 games versus Washington this season with a 2.35 GAA and a .929 save percentage. He is 21-10-4 with four shutouts all-time against Washington, and 12-4-2 in his last 18 appearances against the Capitals dating back to Dec. 12, 2010.
Coming into the fourth and final game against the Caps the Rangers hold a 2-1 lead in the series, 1-0 in Washington and 1-1 at MSG.
The Rangers have 27 road wins, which is tops in the NHL and one behind their franchise record set back in 2014-15 and have won eight of their last 12 games away from The Garden.
UPCOMING RANGERS MILESTONES
Brandon Pirri - 2 points away from 100 in his NHL career
NYR GAME DAY STATS:
RANGERS TEAM LEADERS:
SKATERS:
GOALS: CHRIS KREIDER 28
ASSISTS: MATS ZUCCARELLO 44
POINTS: MATS ZUCCARELLO 59
+/-: MICHAEL GRABNER +23
GWG: J.T. MILLER 6
PPG: CHRIS KREIDER, RICK NASH 6
PPP: DEREK STEPAN 17
SHG: J.T. MILLER 3
SHP KEVIN HAYES 7
PIM: CHRIS KREIDER 56
FO%: BRANDON PIRRI 57.14
GOALIE STATS:
WINS: HENRIK LUNDQVIST 31
GAA: ANTTI RAANTA 2.26
SO: ANTTI RANTA 4
SV%: ANTTI RAANTA .922
ANTTI RAANTA 16-8-2 GAA: 2.26 SV%: .922 SO: 4
HENRIK LUNDQVIST 31-18-4 GAA: 2.75 SV%: .910 SO: 2
RANGERS TEAM STATS
Games Played: 79
47-26-6
Home: 20-16-4
Away: 27-10-2
8th Overall NHL
4th Metropolitan Division
WINS: 47
POINTS: 100
WIN%: 0.633
GOALS FOR: 249
GOALS AGAINST: 209
POWER PLAY GOALS: 46
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES: 230
POWER PLAY %: 20.00
POWER PLAY GOALS AGAINST: 44
TIMES SHORTHANDED: 217
PENALTY KILL: 79.72
SHORT HANDED GOALS: 9
SHORT HANDED GOALS AGAINST: 5
SHUTOUTS: 7
TIMES SHUT OUT: 2
EMPTY NET GOALS: 12
SHOOTOUTS: 3/7
NYR Alumni Birthday April 5:
John Hanna D (1958-1961)
Today in NYR History April 5:
1970: The New York Rangers pass the Montreal Canadiens for fourth place and the final Stanley Cup Playoff berth in the East Division on one of the wildest season-ending days in NHL history.
The Rangers enter their season finale against the Detroit Red Wings at Madison Square Garden needing not only a win and a Montreal loss to the Chicago Blackhawks that night, but also having to outscore the Canadiens by at least five goals (under the rules then in effect, the first tiebreaker for teams with identical records is goals scored).
Incredibly, the Rangers score nine goals before the midway point of the third period. Coach Emile Francis even pulls goaltender Ed Giacomin four times in the final minutes in an effort to get more; instead, New York gives up two shorthanded goals but finishes with a 9-5 win.
1990: NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary round of the 1990 playoffs.
2013: Henrik Lundqvist becomes the fourth Rangers goaltender to appear in 500 regular season games.
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