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| Time | Thurs. 4:00 PM PST |
TV | Sportsnet Pacific |
| Season Series | (09/10): 1-0 Canucks |
Last Meeting |
4-1 Canucks (Nov.03/09) |
| The Enemy | Blueshirt Banter | Scoring Leaders |
D. Sedin: 25-30-55 Dubinsky: 17-20-37 |
| Canucks |
Category | Rangers |
| 28-8-6 | Season Record | 25-16-3 |
| 1st |
Conference Position | 7th |
| Won 1 |
Streak | Lost 1 |
| 13-5-3 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
10-9-2 |
| 9-0-1 |
Last 10 | 5-3-2 |
| +43 |
Goals For / Against +/- | +18 |
| 3.40 (2) |
Goals Per Game | 2.82 (12) |
| 2.36 (4) |
Goals Against Per Game | 2.46 (6) |
| 1.34 (3) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 1.10 (12) |
| 24.7 (1) |
Power Play % |
15.9 (22) |
| 85.1 (5) |
Penalty Kill % |
83.6 (10) |
| 31.7 (13) |
Shots Per Game | 28.4 (26) |
| 30.4 (17) |
Shots Against Per Game | 30.2 (16) |
| 85.7 (2) |
Winning % When Scoring First | 70.8 (16) |
| 95.2 (1) |
Winning % When Leading After 1 | 76.9 (13) |
| 87.5 (16) |
Winning % When Leading After 2 | 100 (1) |
| 56.4 (1) |
Faceoffs % | 45.5 (28) |
| 11.8 (12) |
PIM's Per Game | 14.3 (24) |
| NHL.com |
UPDATE: Via Kristin Reid: Aaron Rome IN Andrew Alberts out.
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No, I'm not going to talk about 1994 or the Messier signing. But history has a way of making hate run deep. Canucks fans hate the Rangers, and for good reason. It makes these rare regular season meetings special and fun.
-Since December of 2005, the Canucks have only played the Rangers 4 times, winning all 4 of them! 4-1, 6-3, 3-0, and 3-2 scores going back in time. The math says we have outscored them 16-6. Isn't that facking lovely?
-The Canucks are 4-1 in their last 5 at Madison Square Garden.
-The Canucks have won 5 straight road games.
-The Rangers have won 3 of their last 4 games and are 3-2 in their last 5 at home.
Much more after the jump..
QUICK NOTES
-Raffi Torres will play against the Rangers. He missed a practice because he was sick but no matter.
-Watch for Sean Avery trying to get under the Canucks' skin. Brandon Prust is a former Flame. He's going to be a pest too.
-The Canucks can pull ahead of the Avalanche by 14 points tonight. 14 POINTS
LINKS
-How Wojtek Wolski will fit into the Rangers' system (Blueshirt Banter)
-What the Rozsival trade means for the Rangers' cap (Blueshirt Banter)
-John Tortorella doesn't believe in measuring sticks. Rangers focused for Canucks challenge. (Rangers Home Site)
-Tanner Glass, you f**king rule. (The Province)
-Tanner Glass honed his skills by fighting bears! Nice work, Pass It To Bulis!
-Quoted: "Louie just screams at me if I try it. Kind of makes a goalie mad."- Mason Raymond referring to doing the spin-o-rama against Luongo in practice. (The Province)
PROJECTED STARTING GOALIES
Cory Schneider puts his 'undefeated in regulation' streak on the line.
WHO'S HOT/COLD
CANUCKS
Hot
-Henrik Sedin: 3 goals and 15 assists in his last 11 games played
-Daniel Sedin: 9 goals and 8 assists in his last 11.
-Ryan Kesler: 9 goals and 9 assists in his last 12.
-Alexandre Burrows: 2 goals and 4 assists in his last 5 games.
Cold
-Mikael Samuelsson: 1 assist in his last 8 games.
-Manny Malhotra: 1 goal and 2 assists in his last 15 games.
-Jeff Tambellini: 0 points in his last 7 games. DE....MOTED
RANGERS
Hot
-Brandon Dubinsky: 1 goal and 4 assists in his last 4 games.
Cold
-Marian Gaborik: 1 assist in his last 5 games.
-Wojtek Wolski: 0 points in his last 8
-Brian Boyle: 0 points in 6 games.
-Chris Drury: 0 points in 7 games
-Ruslan Fedotenko: 1 goal in his last 6 games.
INJURIES
CANUCKS
-Rick Rypien (personal-out indefinitely)
-Sami Salo (achilles tear, week-to-week). He is traveling with the team on this road trip.
RANGERS
-Derek Boogaard
-Ryan Callahan (hand)
-Erik Christensen (knee)
-Alexander Frolov (MCL, done for the season)
-Vaclav Prospal (knee, won't play this season)
VIDEO
Mats Zuccarello's first NHL goal couldn't come at a better time for the Rangers:
The last time the 2 teams met:
Canucks-Rangers Game 6 1994 Game Highlights:
Trevor Linden Goal 1 Game 7 1994 Finals:
God damn, this PP goal by Linden in that same game was a sick display of passing:
Go Canucks! Bury these bastards!