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Scoring Summary
First Period
11:08: Joni Pitkanen opened the scoring by beating Henrik Lundqvist
17:36: Erik Christensen (1) scored his first point as a Rangers by scoring a powerplay goal on a 5 on 3, from Marian Gaborik (24) and Ales Kotalik (14)
Second Period
No Scoring
Third Period
11:49: Brandon Dubinsky redeems himself after [...]

The Game:
The Rangers (18-17-4) try to end 2009 on a good note as they head down to Carolina to play the Hurricanes(10-22-7)
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The Goalies:
Henrik Lundqvist (16-14-4) vs Cam Ward (5-13-5)

Carolina’s Key Players:

Notes:
Aaron Voros is IN the lineup tonight, Donald Brashear is out of the lineup
All Time:

Overall: 52-45-7-1
At MSG: 33-15-4-1
At Hartford/Carolina: 19-30-3-0
2008-09 [...]

Happy New Year!!
Tough choice between Lundqvist and Jagr. Biggest difference, Lundqvist is still with the team.

USA Hockey will announce its roster for the 2010 Olympic Games tomorrow during the Winter Classic between the Flyers and Bruins.
At ESPN.com Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun list who they think will make team USA.
Burnside puts both Chris Drury and Ryan Callahan on his team while LeBrun just picks Drury.
….Them both picking Drury was surprising [...]

In the Rangers dreadful game last night, center Brandon Dubinsky was a minus four. Marian Gaborik and Sean Avery were close behind as minus three’s.
Rookie defenseman Michael Del Zotto was also a minus three bringing his season total to minus seventeen.
…Wow, thats a pretty decent number of goals to be scored against you. Good thing [...]

Leslie Treff, of Hockey’s Future, has an update on how the Rangers prospects are coming along in the AHL and ECHL.
For defenseman Michael Sauer:
A defensive blueliner who plays in all situations, Sauer has been very solid on the blue line since early last season. Although he started a bit slow this season, with errant passes [...]

The most anticipated part of anything Rangers related last night was John Tortorella’s press conference during MSG’s postgame show.
With the postgame from the Rangers last terrible loss, against the Isles, still fresh in our minds, it wasn’t far reaching to expect another expletive filled affair.
Instead, Tortorella was calm and direct about how the team and [...]

Christopher Higgins has four goals this season. He has taken 102 shots, third on the Rangers behind Marian Gaborik and Ryan Callahan.
His shooting percentage, an incredible 3.9%.
According to Larry Brooks that is the lowest percentage for skaters with at least 75 shots.
…It’s almost impressive to take that many shots and not score more. That percentage [...]

With the Rangers down 3-0 last night, Chad Johnson replaced Henrik Lundqvist to start the second period. His first ever NHL time. 23 seconds later Johnson faced his first shot. That same shot was also the first goal that Johnson gave up in his career, to Simon Gagne.
In the end, Johnson played the rest of [...]

The message that was continued to be spread following last nights rout by the Flyers, was that the team was ready to get back and play tonight in Carolina.
In his postgame press conference, John Tortorella spoke of starting over:
“We start over. That is the best thing for us right now is to get on a [...]