Typically the third game of an 82-game season would not be considered important since, well, there are still 79 others to play. But tomorrow's match against the rival New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum has grown in importance as the week has gone on, especially after the Isles destructed the Tampa Bay Lightning last night, 5-1. There's always hype going into these match-ups, but this particular game seems to have a little bit more excitement surrounding it than most do.
The Rangers need to have a strong response tomorrow night -- win or lose -- after dropping two straight games in extra time to begin the season in Europe. More irksome than the fact that they've started the year off 0-0-2 is that they didn't look too great out on the ice in either tilt. There were two strong periods in the first game against the Los Angeles Kings, but that was about it. Simply unacceptable.
The biggest concern right now is the defense, as you would expect with Marc Staal stil...
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The Rangers Tribune:
PLAYERS:
Marc Staal,
Henrik Lundqvist,
Brad Richards,
Derek Stepan,
Ruslan Fedotenko
TEAMS: New York Rangers, New York Islanders, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings
TEAMS: New York Rangers, New York Islanders, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings
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