New York Rangers Game Threads

New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins: Open Game Thread

Saturday, Mar 28, 2009, 1:05 PM EDT
Mellon Arena

TV: MSG

RADIO: 1050 AM

Penguins on SBNation: Pensburgh

	GP	MIN	W	L	T	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2008 - Henrik Lundqvist	63	3737	34	22	7	3	154	2.47	1800	1646	.914	2

	GP	MIN	W	L	T	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2008 - Marc-Andre Fleury	56	3282	31	17	6	5	146	2.67	1673	1527	.913	4

Game Notes:

Pittsburgh is 2-1-2 against the Rangers this season. The Penguins won both previous meetings in Pittsburgh with a 3-0 shutout and 6-2 decision. The teams finished the season series in New York with the Penguins going 0-1-2 at Madison Square Garden.
The Rangers have seven games remaining in the ‘08-09 season, all of which are against playoff teams: Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Carolina, Boston, Montreal and Philadelphia (twice).
With seven games remaining, the Rangers almost surely will use Henrik Lundqvist the rest of the way, and he must first end his woes in Pittsburgh. He has one win in his last eight visits there, and is 3-7-2 with a 2.81 goals-against average in his career at Pittsburgh.

No other way to put it, the Rangers need a win today.