Second Period Notes: NYR 0 VAN 1
Posted On Thursday, January 3, 2008 at at 10:52 PM by Pucks on Broadway- Great trivia question. Off the top of my head, Alexei Kovalev, Trevor Linden...
- HBO Line starts again.
- Rangers have been lights out on faceoffs this season, particularly the last two weeks.
- Vancouver goal - Ryan Kesler. Bad goal by Valiquette. Reminiscent of Lundqvist's final goal against last night. Two minutes in.
- Vancouver 19 - 4 when they score first this season.
- Nice shot by Staal, too bad Rozsival took an hour to get it to him. Gomez penalty after Kesler goaded him. Bill McCreary doesn't like violence.
- Betts misses the open net, but makes a beautiful play and draws a penalty. He had a lot more time to put it in the net than he realized. 4:41 penalty to Krajicek, four on four for about forty seconds. Say that three times fast...
- Pam Andersen is in the house. Why is she in Vancouver? Silicone hardens in the cold.
- Rangers power play for a minute-fifteen.
- Lots of passing and no shooting. Finally Prucha gets a shot wide.
- Rangers were getting a power play after Dubinsky and Prucha had a strong play to the net. Then a major scrum ensued. Who jumps in first? Jaromir Jagr!
- Back to the trivia question - - is Martin Gelinas still playing? Bret Hedican is.
- Mike Weaver penalty at 6:48 for Vancouver.
- Jagr dictating the power play, but shoots into Miller. Prucha tripped up, no penalty.
- Puck loose in the slot, nobody looks at it for three seconds. Rangers 0/3 on the power play.
- Rangers out-shooting the 'Nucks 16 - 7 midway through the game.
- Trivia Question FINAL ANSWER - FOUR!
- Rangers four minute power play when Dan Girardi is high sticked at 11:18 by Kesler.
- Big open ice hit on Brandon Dubinsky by Matt Cooke. Ugly start to the power play. Gomez shot into the chest of Luongo.
- Tyutin giveaway on the blueline as the first two minutes is expiring.
- A few shots by Drury and Gomez, but no real quality scoring chances.
- Prucha is playing with considerably more confidence.
- Rangers can't get to the net cleanly.
- Mara and Jagr miscommunication. Thirty seconds left in the power play. Nothing to even build on.
- Rangers 0/5 (like last night) on the power play.
- Great play by Malik. He is deceptive in the offensive zone.
- Roughing penalty on Ryan Hollweg. What a waste. The Rangers could have built on the P.P. instead, they are still losing and now have to penalty kill.
- Good penalty kill. Didn't let Vancouver set up at all. Valiquette had to make one save.
- Renney continues to roll 4 lines. Good idea on back to back nights. Girardi still out with injury.
FINAL PERIOD STATS:
- SHOTS: NYR - 12/Total - 21, VAN - 4 /9
- POWERPLAYS - NYR - 0/5 (double minor), VAN - 0/4
- NOTES: Bad goal by Valiquette, but a decent period. The power play has become burdensome. The Rangers need to be quicker and harder to the net. Not enough pressure down low. Strong defense by Vancouver clogging up the shooting lanes.
