from Rick Carpiniello of Rangers Report,

- And some calls. I mean, Justin Abdelkader took the mother of all stupid, needless, jackwagon penalties when he slew-footed Lundqvist with 5:42 left in the third period, tied 1-1. Not only was it a needless and brain-less play, but the Rangers had two players out of gas at the end of a long shift in their own end, including Dan Girardi, whose stick was on his knees as he hunched over. Just the stoppage was a blessing for the Rangers, never mind the penalty.

- Anyway, the Rangers go into Detroit and the Red Wings – who don’t wear their alternate jerseys for Original Six matchups, thank God – are pretty much all over them in the first.

- Meanwhile, Mrazek – under pressure during an early Rangers power play — got clubbed by Nash, who was shoved into him. Mrazek went down, stayed down. So I guess the Saturday Rulebook means the goalie can get a stoppage when he’s hurting. Ten days ago, Lundqvist didn’t go down, asked for a whistle, didn’t get it, freaked out and tossed the net and drew a penalty in Pittsburgh. Today’s opponent, Marc-Andre Fleury, by the way, called Lundqvist’s actions “baby stuff.”

- I see Richards is now playing fourth-line wing. Sounds familiar. Time for another mutiny?

- The Niklas Kronwall knee injury means more minutes for Mike Green, which could be enough to keep Detroit out of the playoffs. Ooops. Sorry, I meant lower-body injury.

- The Rangers hacking up two points to Detroit must have really irked Mr. Snider and his fine organization, which is chasing the Wings, among others.

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