The Bruins and Rangers will take to the ice for Game 3 tonight at Madison Square Garden. Equally important will be the men skating beside them – tonight’s referees: Dan O’Rourke and Kevin Pollock. O’Rourke and Pollock are coming off Game 1 of Red Wings/Blackhawks, a game Chicago won 4-1. Calls were right down the ...
The Rangers’ power play is bad, but did you realize just how awful it is? The team’s repeated failures to convert are causing them to lose all momentum and strong penalty kills look to be giving their opponents a spark. What if the Blueshirts are actually worse off on the power play? (Hint: They are.) Taking ...
On Thursday night, fans were treated to 60+ minutes of hockey between two teams days removed from a grueling seven-game series in the first round of the 2013 NHL postseason. For the first 40 minutes of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, it was pretty obvious that both the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers were feeling the effects of their Game 7s played on Monday night. It was sloppy hockey from two tired teams in a game that seemed to be headed for irrelevancy, surely not to be remembered in playoff folklore for it’s thrilling moments and edge-of-your seat exciting.
Things changed in the third period, but hey, that’s nothing new–especially for the Bruins.
How much do you know about the men that will be wearing the striped sweaters for tonight’s game? One is a Boston native and the other was called “a terrible official” by Rangers’ coach John Tortorella. Does that make you nervous, Rangers fans? Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals matchup between the New York ...
It was a frightening first round series for New York Ranger fans. Down 2-0 to start the series, and down 3-2 after a game five OT loss, the Rangers found themselves staring elimination in the face before shutting the Washington Capitals out in back to back games to take the series in seven. It was ...
The Rough Start When the Rangers went down 2-0 to the Capitals after a 1-0 overtime loss in game two, many questions were raised about the Rangers ability to generate offense. They had been outscored 4-1 by Washington, with Carl Hagelin registering the only goal. Ryan McDonagh and Ryan Callahan were the only two players ...
For all the fear of the Capitals’ scoring and their power play, listen to the words of the immortal Flavor Flav — don’t believe the hype. Sure, the Caps tied Game 1 – a game they went on to win – on the strength of an Alexander Ovechkin power play goal. The much-lauded Capitals power ...
This year’s Rangers were supposed to be better than last year’s squad that reached the Eastern Conference Finals. On paper, it looked like they would be… but that’s why they play the games. On the ice, the team failed to meet expectations. Picked by many as Stanley Cup favorites, the Blueshirts battled just to reach ...
After earning another Southeast Division title prior to realignment, the Washington Capitals hope they can defeat the sixth seed New York Rangers this time around, unlike last postseason. The Rangers defeated Washington at Madison Square Garden following the Capitals first round victory over the Boston Bruins last postseason. You can view a playoff history between ...
With the Rangers and Capitals facing off in the postseason for the third time in four years, let’s take a look back at the two teams’ previous playoff meetings: Playoff Statistics: Series Matchups: 7 Rangers: 3 Capitals: 4 Playoff Games: 19-22 Goals For: 105 Goals Against: 120 Playoff History: 1986 – Round 2 ...
