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| Time | Tuesday 7:00 PM |
TV | TSN, RDS2 |
| Season Series | 1-0 Rangers |
Last Meeting |
5-2 Rangers Nov.30/13 |
| The Enemy | Blueshirt Banter | Scoring Leaders | H. Sedin: 10-36-46 Stepan: 15-38-53 |
The game is on TSN, so get your barf bags ready. There will be non-stop Tortorella vs Vigneault talk and analysis. Non-stop talk about the fates of the two respective teams in their first season with their new coaches. That's ok I suppose, since a lot of us Nucks Misconduct community members have already had a ton of discussion in the comment section of vancitydan's Canuck-Ducks review post in regards to Tortorella, the current squad, Booth and more. We will be getting into the Canucks' status more in the weeks to come. But there are still 6 games left to play. No, the Canucks are not making the playoffs. But surely they will play with some desire to finish out the season.
I am not going to say anymore on that. I am just going to change the preview up a little and provide a bunch of comparative stats of the Rangers and Canucks. Just gonna put the info out there and leave it at that. Some brain food for you peeps. Speaking of brain food, what did you think of the Walking Dead season finale?
| RANGERS | CATEGORY | CANUCKS |
| 42-30-4 | SEASON RECORD | 34-31-11 |
| 88 | POINTS | 79 |
| 5th | CONFERENCE POSITION | 10th |
| Won 1 |
STREAK | Lost 2 |
| 7-3-0 | LAST 10 | 5-4-1 |
| 24-14-0 | ROAD RECORD / HOME RECORD | 18-12-6 |
| 1.06 (11) | 5 ON 5 GF / GA DIFF. | 0.93 (20) |
| 18.4 (12) | POWER PLAY % | 15.0 (27) |
| 84.6 (6) | PENALTY KILL % | 83.7 (9) |
| 201 (16) | GOALS SCORED | 179 (28) |
| 181 (5) | GOALS AGAINST | 199 (14) |
| 95 (24) | GOALS SCORED (HOME) |
92 (28) |
| 106 (4) | GOALS SCORED (ROAD) |
87 (26) |
| 86 (13) | GOALS AGAINST (HOME) |
84 (10) |
| 95 (4) | GOALS AGAINST (ROAD) |
115 (25) |
| 16-13-4 (16) |
1-GOAL GAME RECORD |
19-10-11 (18) |
| 11-7 (11) | 2-GOAL GAME RECORD |
7-9 (20) |
| 15-10 (9) | 3-GOAL GAME RECORD |
8-12 (21) |
| 48.8 (22) | FACEOFF % |
51.0 (11) |
| .833 (6) | WINNING %: SCORING FIRST | .556 (27) |
| .929 (4) | WINNING %: LEADING AFTER 2 |
.741 (27) |
| 33.0 (3) |
SHOTS PER GAME AVERAGE |
30.6 (13) |
| 33.0 (3) | SHOTS AGAINST PER GAME AVG. |
30.6 (13) |
| 267 (10) | MINOR PENALTY MINUTES TAKEN |
290 (20) |
| 1046 (17) | BLOCKED SHOTS |
1143 (6) |
| 669 (10) | GIVEAWAYS | 492 (24) |
| 523 (10) | TAKEAWAYS | 478 (19) |
| 1790 (14) | HITS | 1592 (21) |
| 4-2 | SHOOTOUT RECORD |
5-7 |
GOALTENDER STATS
Eddie Lack: 15-15-5, 4 shutouts, 2.41 GAA and .912 save %
Roberto Luongo: 19-16-6, 3 shutouts, 2.38 GAA and .917 save %
Henrik Lundqvist: 30-23-4, 5 shutouts, 2.44 GAA and .918 save %
Cam Talbot: 12-6-0, 3 shutouts, 1.67 GAA, ,940 save %. Holy hell who's this guy?
TOP 5 SCORING FORWARDS
CANUCKS
1. Henrik Sedin: 10-36-46
2. Daniel Sedin: 14-28-42
3. Ryan Kesler: 23-18-41
4. Chris Higgins: 17-22-39
5. Mike Santorelli: 10-18-28. How long has Santa been out for? And he's #5??? Shoot me now.
RANGERS
1. Derek Stepan: 15-38-53
2. Mats Zuccarello: 17-36-53
3. Brad Richards: 18-31-49
4. Derick Brassard: 18-24-42
5. Rick Nash: 25-12-37 (59 GP)
TOP 3 SCORING DEFENCEMEN
CANUCKS
1. Jason Garrison: 7-25-32
2. Kevin Bieksa: 4-20-24
3. Dan Hamhuis: 5-15-20
RANGERS
1. Ryan McDonagh: 14-29-43
2. Dan Girardi: 5-17-22
3. Marc Staal: 3-10-13
TOP 3 PLUS-MINUS PLAYERS
CANUCKS
1. Dan Hamhuis: +13
2. Chris Tanev: +12
3. Mike Santorelli: +9
RANGERS
1. Chris Kreider: +14
2. Mats Zuccarello: +11
3. Ryan McDonagh: +11
WORST 3 PLUS-MINUS PLAYERS
CANUCKS
1. Alexander Edler: -32
2. Ryan Kesler: -16
3. Chris Higgins: -13
RANGERS
1. J.T. Miller: -6. WHO???
2. Richards/Falk/Asham: -5
Anyway, this preview has been brought to you by System Of A Down, singing a fitting tune for any hockey-mad market whose team misses the playoffs:
I point out "hockey-mad markets" because in these markets fans point fingers at which fanbase is worse than the other and really it's a f***ing pathetic event. We all hate to lose just as much as everyone else.Every fanbase has idiotic fans that do or say idiotic shit.
Vigneault. Tortorella. Blah blah blah! Any Canuck fan old enough to remember will have one thing that comes to their mind when they hear the name "New York Rangers":
The best Stanley Cup Finals that I have ever seen. The best game 7 that I have ever seen. I have watched that series about 10 times. You might say I'm crazy but that was phenomenal hockey that we will not see again in this current NHL.
SCORE-PREDICTING WIZARDS UPDATE
kiwinuck was the only numbskull to get any points last game, predicting a 5-1 Ducks win. Well done! The updated list can be seen here