IGT: Rangers (50-22-7) vs Flyers (46-24-9)

[koldjerky]

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Tuesday April 3rd, 2012
7:00 PM ET
MSG 2 (HD),CSN-PH (HD)






TOP POINT SCORERS


Marion Gaborik
(40g - 34a - 74pts)


Brad Richards
(25g - 39a - 64pts)


Ryan Callahan
(28g - 25a - 53pts)

GOALTENDING


Henrik Lundqvist
(38-17-5, 1.92 GAA, .932 SV %)


Martin Biron
(12-5-2, 2.38 GAA, .906 SV %)


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TOP POINT SCORERS


Claude Giroux
(28g - 61a - 89pts)


Scott Hartnell
(36g - 30a - 66pts)


Jaromir Jagr
(18g - 35a - 53pts)


GOALTENDING


Ilya Brygalov
(32-15-7, 2.46 GAA, .910 SV %)


Sergei Bobrovsky
(14-9-2, 2.98 GAA, .901 SV %)

Injuries*

D Steve Eminger (ankle) has resumed skating but missed his eighth straight game Sunday with a sprained right ankle suffered March 17.
D Michael Sauer (concussion) remains out indefinitely with a concussion suffered Dec. 5.
RW Mats Zuccarello (wrist) suffered a fractured left wrist March 23 and will be sidelined indefinitely..

D Nick Grossmann left the game in the first period after a knee-to-knee hit with Pittsburgh C Joe Vitale. He did not return after 3:58 of ice time and is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
G Ilya Bryzgalov did not dress. He has a chip fracture in his right foot, but may play on Tuesday. He practiced on Friday with the team.
D Andrej Meszaros had successful surgery to remove a disc fragment in his back on March 21. He is expected to miss six-to-eight weeks, meaning a return wouldn't be likely until the second round of the playoffs.
RW Tom Sestito continues to rehab his groin. He had surgery for a tear on Feb. 21.
LW James van Riemsdyk had surgery on his broken left foot to insert a plate. He is on crutches, but is progressing in his rehab. He hopes to be back for the playoffs.

*According to yahoosports.com

[Hatch]

Should be an entertaining week for all three teams with us playing NY and Pitt and NY and Pitt playing each other as well.....let the pre-playoff fun begin

[ironman9518]

Let's keep it rollin' boys!!!!!!!!!! This group is so resilient, one guy guys down and two others step up. I'm extremely excited about this team

[phillyeaglesman]

just as an addition to KJ's injuries, because i don't believe i saw it, Danny Briere will miss the last 3 games of the season with back spasms.


i am officially concerned. back spasms are a lot different than back bruises, and i know this from experience. back spasms are just about the worst pain you can feel. you get locked up, you can't move well, and in severe cases you almost feel like you can't breathe without something hurting like hell.


in my 3 bouts with severe back spasms, i didn't feel 100% for 2-3 weeks. the worst part about them is that you have days during that span where you feel pretty good, but one quick or sudden movement could set them off again.


so depending on the severity of the spasms, this could cause him to miss some playoff time.



again, it depends on the severity. sometimes your back can just lock up on you for a couple days and feel fine after that. other times it takes its good old time releasing itself from the spasm.


hopefully Danny B can recover, recover fully, and be back in time for the playoffs. this is NOT an injury you want to come back from early and re-aggravate.

[Hatch]

philly...I might be inclined to suggest a signature upgrade for you to have Lavi's bench spaz fit............just for the remainder of the regular season and round 1 at least

[Claude28Giroux]

Joe vitale is a scumbag.....then again most of the penguins are
Let's go and beat the rangers. Show them we have what it takes to beat them ina series

[koldjerky]

I'm just strictly using yahoo's injury reports since that's the only one I can seem to find that lists them. They seem to be pretty up to date but don't have Danny's.

[StryderSox]

Joe vitale is a scumbag.....then again most of the penguins are
Let's go and beat the rangers. Show them we have what it takes to beat them ina series

They play BOS tonight so it will be interesting to say what BS Sid will be shovelling post game when they pull the same slash, punch, chip, cheap shot, whine, cry, whine some more **** against Boston. Is he going to say that they dont like Boston and the Bruins bring out the worst in them as well?

[StryderSox]

philly...I might be inclined to suggest a signature upgrade for you to have Lavi's bench spaz fit............just for the remainder of the regular season and round 1 at least

Can you add a sound bite as well of Mike Milbury calling in this morning to tell Dan Blysma to take off his skirt?

[Randall Stevens]

so pissed. was looking forward to seeing the first NYR game with Coburn, Kubina, and Grossmann in uniform. I wanted to see the difference in net presence, goalie protection, rebound maintenance, and battles won behind the goal line. Because it was going to be huge difference.

Maybe we'll see them in the playoffs

[phillyeaglesman]

philly...I might be inclined to suggest a signature upgrade for you to have Lavi's bench spaz fit............just for the remainder of the regular season and round 1 at least

i thought about it, but mine portrays a more positive image. i'll stick with mine.

appreciate the input, though

[phillyeaglesman]

so pissed. was looking forward to seeing the first NYR game with Coburn, Kubina, and Grossmann in uniform. I wanted to see the difference in net presence, goalie protection, rebound maintenance, and battles won behind the goal line. Because it was going to be huge difference.

Maybe we'll see them in the playoffs

i do find it interesting that not ONCE have the Flyers played the rangers at full or even close to full strength this year.

[phillyeaglesman]

gotta love the early jump in the game tonight for the boys

[phillyeaglesman]

well so much for the early jump.

too many turnovers in our own zone now.

[WoodandNails]

It's like we're trying to spot the opposition an early lead every game. It's incredible how many points we have despite how often we fall behind.