Game Thread: 01/23/14 • St. Louis Blues v. Rangers • 7:00PM • MSG [HD]

[Johnnydollaz89]

Team Statistics:

GP: 52| W: 27 | L: 22 | OTL: 3 | PTS: 57 | ROW: 24
Division: 2nd — Metropolitan | Home Record: 12-12-3 | Away Record: 15-10-0 | S/O: 3-2
Last Ten: 7-2-1 | Streak: Lost 1

Goals Per Game: 2.46 (22nd)
Goals Against Per Game: 2.52 (12th)
Goal Differential: -2 (13th)
PP Efficiency: 21.0% (6th)
PK Efficiency: 83.9% (9th)
Face-Off Efficiency: 49.9% (16th)


Team Leaders:

Goals: Rick Nash (16)
Assists: Brad Richards (25)
Points: Brad Richards (38)
+/-: Chris(t) Kreider (+13)
PIM: Derek Dorsett (103)
TOI/G (Defenseman): Ryan McDonagh (24:39)
TOI/G (Forward): Brad Richards (19:06)


Starting Lineup:^

Chris(t) Kreider / Derek Stepan / Rick Nash
Carl Hagelin / Brad Richards "A" / Ryan Callahan "C"
Benoit Pouliot / Derick Brassard / Mats Zuccarello
Brian Boyle / Dominic Moore / Daniel Carcillo

Ryan McDonagh / Dan Girardi "A"
Marc Staal "A"/ Anton Strålman
John Moore / Welcome to NY, Kevin Klein

^ Subject to change


Starting Goaltender:

Henrik Lundqvist

GP: 38 | W: 17 | L: 17 | OT: 3
GA: 91 | SV%: .915 | GAA: 2.54 | SO: 3


Healthy Scratches:

Justin Falk


Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

[F] Derek Dorsett [IR] — Broken fibula; Out 4-6 weeks

Team Statistics:

GP: 49 | W: 33 | L: 11 | OTL: 5 | PTS: 71 | ROW: 29
Division: 2nd — Central | Home Record: 18-5-2 | Away Record: 15-6-3 | S/O: 4-2
Last Ten: 6-4-0 | Streak: Lost 1

Goals Per Game: 3.41 (2nd)
Goals Against Per Game: 2.31 (4th)
Goal Differential: +56 (1st)
PP Efficiency: 23.6% (2nd)
PK Efficiency: 83.9% (8th)
Face-Off Efficiency: 51.2% (11th)


Team Leaders:

Goals: Alex Steen (25)
Assists: T.J. Oshie (30)
Points: Alex Steen, T.J. Oshie (41)
+/-: Jaden Schwartz (+21)
PIM: Chris Stewart (91)
TOI/G (Defenseman): Alex Pietrangelo (25:24)
TOI/G (Forward): Alex Steen (20:24)


Starting Lineup:^

Alex Steen "A" / Jaden Schwartz / David Backes "C"
T.J. Oshie "A" / Vladimir Sobotka / Patrik Berglund
Brenden Morrow / Ryan Reaves / Adam Cracknell
Magnus Pääjärvi / Derek Roy / Chris Stewart

Jay Bouwmeester / Alex Pietrangelo "A"
Jordan Leopold / Roman Polak
Barret Jackman "A" / Kevin Shattenkirk

^ Subject to change


Starting Goaltender:

Brian Elliott

GP: 22 | W: 18 | L: 13 | OT: 4
GA: 40 | SV%: .917 | GAA: 2.06 | SO: 3

^ Subject to change


Healthy Scratches:

Carlo Colaiacovo
Ian Cole


Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

[F] Maxim Lapierre [IR] — Lower-body injury; No timetable



Big game tonight! Klein making his debut as a NYR and will be paired with Moore on defense.

 

[Pastafazul]

these guys got thrashed in NJ, we better make em know real quick we ain't given into them

 

[David_son]

The way you beat the blues is hit them get them frustrated and their game will go into the toilet pretty quick

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Polak blocks a Zucc shot that probably goes right in, of course

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Wonderful turnover that leads to a shit goal...

1-0 Blues

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Play is under review, and it standa. Good goal

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Teams skating 4 aside

 

[stealth]

The lousy Hankmis back 4 shots and a goal

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Rangers going to the PP!

 

[David_son]

So far typical rangers game.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW REF MISSES A BLATANT CALL RIGHT IN FROMT OF HIM

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Can already tell how this game will be called..

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Heyyyy now we're on a PP!! Delay of game on Jackman

 

[Pastafazul]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Blues are so agressive on the PK

 

[Pastafazul]

booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[Pastafazul]

how the puck is girardi still a ranger

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

1-0 Blues after 1

 

[Pastafazul]

who is that john moore with truatwig???? what da...... he's a dman?????? no wonder our d stinks, he's so girly.... we got a girly team man@!@ where's the grit on this team? callihan???????

 

[David_son]

To be fair we did hit two posts and missed two open nets. But their play took a dive the second half of the period. We can't play like we did vs the Islanders or Caps or we will definitely lose.