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NHL : ATS Matchup
Thursday 5/23/2013Line$ LineOU LineScore
BOSTON
 
NY RANGERS
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Final
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BOSTON (35-17-0-6, 76 pts.) at NY RANGERS (30-21-0-7, 67 pts.)
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Thursday, 5/23/2013 7:05 PM
Eastern Conference Semifinals - Best of 7 - Game 4 - BOS Leads 3-0
#1 GOALTENDERS: BOSTON - TUUKKA RASK, NY RANGERS - HENRIK LUNDQVIST
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
29BOSTON+100Ov 5,+125+100Ov 5,+125
30NY RANGERS-120Un 5,-145-120Un 5,-145
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
BOSTON - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games35-23-0+0.135-23+0.121-292.833.52.329.4
Team Stats (Road Games)15-13-0-1.815-13-1.810-142.631.52.429.0
Last 5 Games4-1-0+2.84-1+2.82-23.235.82.230.0
Playoff Games7-3-0+1.67-3+1.65-33.238.72.333.0
BOSTON Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)5816347575181219448.4%1472215.0%277
Team Stats (Road Games)2872232423268818.2%681217.6%118
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)516239201798.9%9111.1%30
Team Stats (Playoffs)103251212313878.3%25416.0%58
Stats Against (All Games) 1323345486817047.7%1932613.5%214
Stats Against (Road Games) 66182223338128.1%871112.6%109
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 11245001507.3%1417.1%19
Stats Against (Playoffs) 23599003307.0%31516.1%37
BOSTON - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
ANTON KHUDOBIN (All Games)141438935892.0%09-5+1.39-5-0+25-6
ANTON KHUDOBIN (Road Games)9922820690.4%05-4-0.25-4-0+14-4
ANTON KHUDOBIN (Last 4 Games)4412411391.1%02-2-1.92-2-0-22-0
ANTON KHUDOBIN (Playoff Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
TUUKKA RASK (All Games)46441310121792.9%426-18-1.226-18-0016-23
TUUKKA RASK (Road Games)211958154092.9%010-9-1.610-9-0-26-10
TUUKKA RASK (Last 4 Games)4412411592.7%04-0+4.24-0-0+42-1
TUUKKA RASK (Playoff Games)101033030793.0%07-3+1.67-3-0+25-3
TIM THOMAS (All Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
TIM THOMAS (Road Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
TIM THOMAS (Playoff Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0

NY RANGERS - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games30-28-0-6.330-28-6.319-272.630.82.329.2
Team Stats (Home Games)19-9-0+4.919-9+4.912-113.131.72.127.8
Last 5 Games2-3-0-1.42-3-1.41-22.230.42.035.2
Playoff Games4-6-0-2.34-6-2.33-52.130.12.234.0
NY RANGERS Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)581514446538717848.5%1912613.6%241
Team Stats (Home Games)2887302330458899.8%1001818.0%144
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)511263001527.2%1700.0%16
Team Stats (Playoffs)1021687003017.0%3825.3%36
Stats Against (All Games) 13436484371116927.9%1693218.9%225
Stats Against (Home Games) 59201918257797.6%851112.9%96
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 10135101765.7%7114.3%20
Stats Against (Playoffs) 222107303406.5%21419.0%41
NY RANGERS - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
MARTIN BIRON (All Games)6615614391.7%22-4-2.62-4-0-32-3
MARTIN BIRON (Home Games)22514792.2%00-2-2.70-2-0-32-0
MARTIN BIRON (Last 4 Games)441049490.4%21-3-2.61-3-0-31-2
MARTIN BIRON (Playoff Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
HENRIK LUNDQVIST (All Games)53521529141992.8%528-24-3.728-24-0-317-24
HENRIK LUNDQVIST (Home Games)272672567593.1%219-7+7.619-7-0+710-11
HENRIK LUNDQVIST (Last 4 Games)4414913993.3%01-3-2.31-3-0-21-1
HENRIK LUNDQVIST (Playoff Games)101034031893.5%24-6-2.34-6-0-23-5
Average power rating of opponents played: BOSTON 3.06,  NY RANGERS 3.2
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
BOSTON - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
4/27/2013at WASHINGTON2-3L0, -125L5 ovP
4/28/2013OTTAWA2-4L0, -185L5 unO
5/1/2013TORONTO4-1W0, -175W5 ovP
5/4/2013TORONTO2-4L0, -205L5 ovO
5/6/2013at TORONTO5-2W0, -135W5 ovO
5/8/2013at TORONTO4-3W0, -130W5 ovO
5/10/2013TORONTO1-2L0, -215L5.5 unU
5/12/2013at TORONTO1-2L0, -140L5 ovU
5/13/2013TORONTO5-4W0, -175W5 ovO
5/16/2013NY RANGERS3-2W0, -120W5 unP
5/19/2013NY RANGERS5-2W0, -125W5 unO
5/21/2013at NY RANGERS2-1W0, +120W5 unU
5/23/2013at NY RANGERS 

NY RANGERS - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
4/27/2013NEW JERSEY4-0W0, -155W5 unU
5/2/2013at WASHINGTON1-3L0, +110L5 unU
5/4/2013at WASHINGTON0-1L0, +110L5 unU
5/6/2013WASHINGTON4-3W0, -145W5 unO
5/8/2013WASHINGTON4-3W0, -135W5 unO
5/10/2013at WASHINGTON1-2L0, +100L5 unU
5/12/2013WASHINGTON1-0W0, -145W5 unU
5/13/2013at WASHINGTON5-0W0, +105W5 unP
5/16/2013at BOSTON2-3L0, +100L5 unP
5/19/2013at BOSTON2-5L0, +105L5 unO
5/21/2013BOSTON1-2L0, -140L5 unU
5/23/2013BOSTON 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
BOSTON:

LAST SEASON: 49-29-4, 102 points. Lost to Washington 4-3 in first round.

COACH: Claude Julien, 6th season with Bruins, 228-132-50; 10th overall, 347-218-10-73 in NHL.

ADDED: D Dougie Hamilton (rookie). F Chris Bourque.

LOST: G Tim Thomas (suspended). F Marc Savard (concussions).

PLAYER TO WATCH: G Tuukka Rask. With Thomas, the two-time Vezina Trophy winner, opting to take a year off, the Bruins will rely on former backup Rask as the primary goaltender. He won the job from Thomas in 2009-10, posting a 1.97 GAA. Anton Khudobin will be the backup.

OUTLOOK: The Bruins are essentially the same team that won the Stanley Cup two years ago - with the important exception of Thomas. The enigmatic Conn Smythe Trophy winner from the title run surprised the team by deciding to take a year off to rest. He will be placed on the suspended list.

NY RANGERS:

LAST SEASON: 51-24-7, 109 points. Lost to New Jersey 4-2 in Eastern Conference finals.

COACH: John Tortorella, 6th season with Rangers, 145-100-26; 14th overall, 384-322-100 in NHL.

ADDED: LW Rick Nash, RW Arron Asham, C Micheal Haley, LW Taylor Pyatt, C Jeff Halpern.

LOST: C Artem Anisimov, C Brandon Dubinsky, D Tim Erixon, C John Mitchell, RW Brandon Prust, G Chad Johnson, D Jeff Woywitka, D John Scott, LW Ruslan Fedotenko.

PLAYER TO WATCH: Nash. The big power forward has finally emerged from relative obscurity and landed on the big stage. The 28-year-old Nash, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2002 draft by Columbus, played in only four playoff games in nine seasons with the Blue Jackets. His size and scoring ability will both be major factors for the Rangers' offense, which now boasts three premier forwards in Nash, Marian Gaborik and Brad Richards.

OUTLOOK: With reigning Vezina Trophy winner Henrik Lundqvist in net, and Nash teaming up with Gaborik and Richards up front, the Rangers have every reason to believe they can again top the Eastern Conference in the regular season and carry that through the playoffs, as well.

PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NHL PLAYOFF PREVIEW (BOSTON-NY RANGERS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(Updates. With AP Photos.)

*Bruins-Rangers Preview* ========================

By IRA PODELL AP Sports Writer

Boston At Ny Rangers, Game Four, 7:00 p.m. EDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Boston Bruins are on the brink of the Eastern Conference finals, and they got there on the backs of their suddenly offensive defensemen and a potent fourth line of forwards.

They have outclassed the New York Rangers all over the ice in surging to a 3-0 lead in a series that could be over Thursday.

If the Bruins start firing on all cylinders, the Rangers will have little hope of even forcing a Game 5 let alone entertaining thoughts of matching the greatest comeback in sports.

The Bruins could afford to relax Wednesday, and many of them did, as the team held an optional practice at Madison Square Garden - the site of Boston's 2-1 comeback win a night earlier that pushed the Rangers within one loss of elimination.

New York also got back on the ice at its suburban practice facility, and it was clear the sting of Tuesday night's disheartening defeat lingered.

The Rangers are just over one week removed from back-to-back shutouts by Henrik Lundqvist in Games 6 and 7 against the Washington Capitals in the first round, but those good times feel a whole lot longer ago now.

Any kind of comeback now starts with Game 4 in New York. Three teams have recovered from an 0-3 hole to win an NHL series.

"We're not looking at odds or anything like that," Rangers captain Ryan Callahan said. "We're looking at one game at home, and we'll try to bring this thing back to Boston. That's the only way we can look at it, to try to win one game in our building."

The Bruins want to cut this short and not give the Rangers any reason to believe. New York trailed Washington 2-0 in the opening round and then 3-2 before advancing.

There is history hanging over Boston, including a blown 3-0 lead to Philadelphia in a series loss in 2010 and a squandered 3-1 edge in this year's first round to Toronto before the Bruins rallied to win Game 7.

"You learn from the past, but you live in the moment. You don't live in the past," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "I like where our team is right now. We're certainly not looking at it the way other people will look at it - trying to find reasons to give New York some hope, saying `These guys have done this, these guys have had trouble doing this.'

"We're certainly not even going there."

Rangers forwards Darroll Powe and Arron Asham were on that Philadelphia team that stunned the Bruins with an epic comeback in 2010.

While several players said Wednesday they believe this series can still be won, the mantra was the same as it has been all season - following the words of coach John Tortorella that the focus must be completely on the next game.

"Obviously, we can't win four games (Thursday) night. We have to focus on just the task at hand, which is coming out strong on our first shift," said Powe, who is currently sidelined by injury. "We go shift by shift, we just chip away. You've got to try to win every shift. That's how we're going to get back in the series."

The Rangers had been 3-0 at home in the playoffs and had won nine straight at Madison Square Garden, dating to the regular season.

Tuesday's loss was their first in regulation in which they led going into the third period since February 2010.

A fluke goal with 3:31 remaining by fourth-liner Daniel Paille, who put in a puck Lundqvist never saw, made the disappointment that much greater. Boston defenseman Johnny Boychuk scored his fourth goal of the postseason earlier in the third with a shot that might have clipped forward Shawn Thornton - Paille's bruising linemate along with Gregory Campbell.

That was enough to give the Bruins their second one-goal win of the series.

Paille had a goal and assist in Game 3 for his first points of the series. Thornton assisted on both goals, to get himself on the score sheet for the first time against the Rangers, and Campbell had an assist on the game-winner to go along with a goal he scored in Game 2.

"Hopefully it keeps going," Thornton said of the production from the line that was put together during the 2010-11 season. "We're trying to get back out there so we've got to give it everything we have. I have said it a million times, I am very fortunate to play with those two guys. They are extremely good hockey players and they would probably be on better lines than the fourth line on other teams."

The Rangers would be happy to get offense from anywhere. After busting out in a 5-0 win in Game 7 against the Capitals, New York has been held to five total goals in three games against goalie Tuukka Rask and the rest of the Bruins.

New York seemed to lack the required energy and urgency to take advantage in Game 4. The Rangers have also failed to capitalize on an injured Boston defense that is using three rookies with success.

"I like our team," Rangers coach John Tortorella said. "We've got good people. We need to have more people playing more minutes, consistently. We'll be ready to play. I hope we get to another level of desperation. That's not just running around all over the place, it's about winning those battles at key times."

While injured Bruins defensemen Dennis Seidenberg and Wade Redden continue to practice and move closer to returning, the Rangers are dealing with the loss of defenseman Anton Stralman, who got hurt when he was checked hard Tuesday night by Milan Lucic and left the game in the second period.

His status for Game 4 is questionable at best. If he sits out, the Rangers could turn to Roman Hamrlik or Matt Gilroy. Marc Staal doesn't appear ready to play because of an eye injury.

"To a defense that I think is lacking a little depth right now, it hurts us," Tortorella said of Stralman's injury. "We're down 0-3. There's no sense of feeling pressure. Players that get to play ... grab a hold of it and let it happen."


Last Updated: 3/28/2024 5:01:47 PM EST.


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