Rangers/Senators Game

Ottawa Senators: (36-23-4) 76 pts.

Leading Scorer: Anze Kopitar, 17-32-49 pts

Starting Goalie: Brian Elliott, 22-13-3 with a .910  SV% and a 2.59 GAA.

New York Rangers (28-27-7) 63 points

Leading Scorer: Marian Gaborik, 35-34-69 pts

Starting Goalie: Henrik Lundqvist, 25-22-6 with a 2.41 GAA and a .920 SV%.

Prediction: The Rangers are fresh off a next 2-week Olympic break. Hank only played 3 games in the last 2 weeks, so he’s been on a mini-vacation.

Marian Gaborik will not be in the line-up tonight after apparently injuring his groin while playing for Team Slovakia in the Olympics. He may or may not be injured. This maybe a case of John Tortorella giving him a day off.

As far as I know Lundqvist will be in net. I don’t think the Rangers will be able to beat the Sens tonight.

Prediction: Senators 3-1

Rangers/Senators Game 47

Ottawa Senators (22-21-4) 48 pts 5 game winning streak

Leading Scorer: Mike Fisher, 15-17-32 pts

Starting Goalie: Pascal LeClaire, 11-10-1 with a 3.07 GAA and a .890 SV%

New York Rangers (22-17-7) 51 points, 1 game losing streak

Leading Scorer: Marian Gaborik, 28-26-54 pts

Starting Goalie: Henrik Lundqvist, 20-14-5 with a 2.30 GAA and a .924 SV%.

Prediction: Wow, what a great game that I didn’t get to see! Fuck you Versus. Lundqvist and Brodeur both played extremely well and both deserved the shutout. Tonight is an easier, but no less important game for the Rangers. Ottawa is on a five game slide and their goalies are very average, plus they have a lot of injuries. Rangers win 6-2.