Game Updates

Standouts tonight in the Rangers 2-1 loss to the Bruins were Gilroy, Grachev and del Zotto... Christopher Higgins parked in front of the net scored the lone goal on a rebound. We'll see who plays tomorrow but the Rangers clearly were the better conditioned team as they dominated the third.

A low light of the night was the fans booing Donald Brasheer the first time he touched the puck. People obviously are still angry with him about the late hit on Blair Betts last year in the playoffs that cracked Betts' orbital bone. Like it or not Brasheer is a Ranger and that hit arguably turned the series around for his team. He does whatever he needs to to win.

Boy I did so miss these refs who are in mid-season form. Rangers short-handed 4 times though none of the penalties were detectable in the first. Hard to say how they look as they were short-handed the whole period. Staal and Gilroy look good together and Michael del Zotto looked solid throwing a few good hits...

All Russian line of Artem Anismov centering Evgeny Grachev and Enver Lisin could be emplosive and they startes the game. Grachev drawing rave reviews in camp so far with a good chance to make the team....

Defensive pairs are:
Gilroy-Staal
Girardi-del Zotto
Semenov-Sauer