Forever_Habs10 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 An original 6 match-up LAST 10: New York 8-2-0; Montreal 3-6-1 Season Series: The Original Six rivals are meeting for the third time this season. They split the first two, with the Rangers winning 5-3 at home on Nov. 5 and losing 4-0 at the Bell Centre two weeks later. The Rangers have dropped their last five visits to Montreal, where they are 64-197-40-2 all-time. Big Story: If ever the Rangers seemed primed for a win in a city where they've struggled for decades, this would be the night. New York is on top of the overall standings after a dominating 3-0 win at Toronto on Saturday, while the Habs continued to tumble out of the playoff race with a 3-2 shootout loss to Ottawa. Team Scope: Rangers: Coach John Tortorella knows how to get his point across. After lacing into his team for its poor showing in Thursday's 3-0 home loss to Ottawa, the Rangers responded by controlling play throughout the game against Toronto, denying the speedy Leafs time and space. They were credited with 47 hits, 27 of them in a first period that set the game's tone -- even though the first 20 minutes ended scoreless. In other words, they played the way their coach wanted them to while winning for the 10th time in 12 games. "That's a big part of our game," Tortorella said of the physical, shutdown style the Rangers used to bottle up Toronto's offense. "That's the way we have to play. We're not talented enough, we're not a good enough team if we don't play the way we're supposed to play. We define that as a team. We've developed an identity as a team." Canadiens: Not much is going right these days in Montreal, and even getting a point with a sixth-attacker goal wasn't enough on Saturday. Max Pacioretty tied the game in the final minute after the Canadiens pulled Carey Price for an extra skater, but the Habs couldn't score in the shootout and saw Ottawa win the tiebreaker when Daniel Alfredsson connected after the first five shooters failed. Montreal begins the night eight points behind eighth-place Washington in the East. "I think we're headed in the right direction," Price said. "Guys are working hard. "I think we deserve better, but we can't keep using that one, so I don't know what to say any more." Who's Hot: Biron improved to 9-2-0 by blanking the Leafs; one of the two losses came the last time the Rangers came to Montreal. Injury Report: The Rangers have been without forward Brandon Dubinsky (shoulder) for the past two games. Defenseman Michael Sauer (concussion) and Steve Eminger (shoulder) are out indefinitely. … Montreal got former Ranger Scott Gomez (groin) back on Saturday after a 21-game absence. Captain Brian Gionta (biceps surgery) is out indefinitely. Andrei Markov (knee) and Ryan White (sports hernia surgery) remain on IR. Montreal will have newcomer Rene Bourque in the lineup for the first time; he sat out the last of his five-game suspension on Saturday, two days after being acquired from Calgary. Stat Pack: The Rangers are now 6-0-1 in the front end of back-to-back games -- and are 5-0-1 in the back end entering this game. Since 2009-10, New York is 26-8-3 in the second game of back-to-backs. … The Canadiens are 1-6 in shootouts this season. Puck Drop: Sunday night games aren't common in Montreal, but Sunday night visits by the Rangers during the regular season are an extreme rarity. This one marks just the fifth time the Rangers have come to Montreal for a Sunday game -- not many when you consider that this is the Rangers' 304th visit. The last one was on Super Bowl Sunday in 2008, when the Rangers won 5-3 in an afternoon game -- which was also their last regulation win in Montreal. The other Sunday games were played in 1942, 1970 and 2000. video of the last time these two teams met.....Saturday, 19 November 2011................FINAL 4-0 Habs *Peter Budaj Gets The Nod Tonight In Goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever_Habs10 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 BOURQUE TO DEBUT WITH CANADIENS AGAINST RANGERS ON TSN HABS Rene Bourque, acquired by the Montreal Canadiens from the Calgary Flames on Thursday night, will make his debut against the New York Rangers this evening. Need to get bigger led Canadiens to trade for Bourque.....http://www.nhl.com/i...vid=DL|NHL|home "A way that it will help is that everyone knows that no one's safe. Mike was a big part of this team's future, they paid him a lot of money and he had almost a record-like playoff run. It shows that no one's untouchable, and that makes people dig a little bit deeper and find out how they have to play to stay."-- Max Pacioretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatethosebruins Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Thanks for the GDT FH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever_Habs10 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Thanks for the GDT FH No Problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrostatic Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Nice job on the GDT, FH. Not sure if I want us to win though (since we're this close to really truly missing the playoffs, and being the case I want us to draft as high as possible), but it would sure be a great morale boost to stick it to one of the best teams in the league right now! So yeah, let's win. Plenty of time to lose later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever_Habs10 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Nice job on the GDT, FH. Thank you kindly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever_Habs10 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Martin Biron shut out the Leafs Saturday night, so Henrik Lundqvist will get the start against the Canadiens. His opposite number will be Peter Budaj, making his sixth start in the Canadiens’ 45th game. Lundqvist will be starting for the 32nd time, as Rangers’ coach John Tortorella believes in 60 to 65 starts for his top goaltender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsRuleForever Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Great GDT FH! A regulation W is all I want. That's not too much to ask for, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever_Habs10 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 That's not too much to ask for, is it? Not saying a word. Great GDT FH! Tks bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever_Habs10 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 GO BUDAJ GO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marathon.Man Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 GO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenzed Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Go FH Go, GDT rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever_Habs10 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Go FH Go, GDT rocks COOL.....tks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepingminotaur Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Gosh, forgot that we were playing again today. Not sure I can handle another close, crushing loss. #onlypartiallyjoking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Let the comeback begin. It all starts tonight people. Make it so FH. Quick trip to the alley should fix the whole team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketPower Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 GO HABS GO !!!!!! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 I bow to your superior GDT, 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenzed Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Hopefully after this game we'll be talking about how good Bourque is going to be for this team....... I'm looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever_Habs10 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 I bow to your superior GDT, 10 I'm lost for words imagine ....................................................................tks dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwdemonwolf Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 My friend is coming over and we haven't seen each other in over a year so I think I will have to skip this one. I predict the three stars to be 1) Bourque 2) Budaj 3) Gomez GOGOGOGOGO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColRouleBleu Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 RC not confirming his lineup until after the warmup except that Bourque will play with Pleki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netcase Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Another game. Bah..whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 RC not confirming his lineup until after the warmup except that Bourque will play with Pleki. I hope that Bourque will find some chemistry with someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBIGGESTHABSFAN123 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Not much to say, kubby. Awesome as always dude! I hope that Bourque will find some chemistry with someone. Pleks? Gomez? Find out soon on the next episode of the 123 show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marathon.Man Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 GO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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