Goal Line Report
Step It Up
by Patrick Hoffman on 03/19/12 at 09:00 AM ET
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The New York Rangers need to do that with their play tonight against the New Jersey Devils at Madison Square Garden.
After all the hockey action this weekend, the Rangers are just now one point ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins for the Atlantic Division- and Eastern Conference- lead. Oh yeah, the Philadelphia Flyers are not playing too badly either as they are now just three points behind the Blueshirts.
The Blueshirts are coming off a 3-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche over the weekend. The team fired 42 shots at Avalanche netminder Semyon Varlamov but Varly was tremendous in turning aside 41 of them.
With that said, and it has been mentioned before, this Rangers’ team needs more offense. Right now, the only line that is producing is the Marian Gaborik, Brad Richards and Carl Hagelin line. Other than that trio, the offense has been extremely quiet.
On the other side, the Devils are coming off a 5-2 loss to the Penguins. In that game, the Devils allowed 44 shots but luckily, had Martin Brodeur between the pipes or else it could have been worse for the Devils.
With three more games (including this one) to go on the seven-game homestand, beating the Devils to start the week could go along way in helping the Rangers get off to a good start for the rest of homestand.
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