New York Rangers – One of the Favorites in Hockey
The New York Rangers enter the weekend as the 3rd location team in the Atlantic Division. Having said that, only two points separate them from the last location Philadelphia Flyers. Their record of 24-20-7 areas them in 6th location in the Eastern Conference standings. The race to obtain one of the eight Stanley Cup playoff spots is heating up, as eight teams are separated by only five points. The Rangers are only five points ahead of the 13th location Tampa Bay Lightning. Fundamentally, the Rangers are in a nine-team race for four playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. new york rangers watch The Rangers offense has been hit or miss in the month of January. They went by means of a 172-minute goalless drought, ahead of exploding last week in two games against Montreal and Tampa Bay, an offensive outpouring of 14 goals. It was the very first time since Jan. 23 and Jan. 26, 2002 that the Rangers had back-to-back games with at the least six goals. It was also the very first time eight different Rangers scored in 1 game since they beat Montreal, 10-5, on Dec. 13, 1992, and only the third time in Rangers history that 16 different players registered at the least a point. “It feels terrific that we were in a position to shut them down and run up the score,” said Vinny Prospal, who spent six seasons with Tampa Bay, five of them under the present Rangers coach, John Tortorella. The Rangers must begin scoring goals in a consistent fashion. toronto maple leafs watch The scoring offensive only lasted two games, as the Rangers were then shutout by the Philadelphia Flyers 2-0 on Thursday night. Nobody in the Ranger space was extremely pleased to start with following being shut out for the second straight game against the Flyers along with the third time in six games overall, primarily following they had erupted for 14 goals in two games at the Garden. Ray Emery was the most recent to blank the Rangers as they had all kinds of trouble slogging by means of the Flyers in the neutral zone, generating 24 saves for his second shutout in his third game back from a five-week layoff with an abdominal injury.