The Rangers #16 Sean Avery played an excellent game throughout creating many scoring chances in the offensive zone.Sean is and always will be a pest to the opposition so get used to it he is the player you love and the player you love to hate.
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The game was a demonstration of two of the leagues best goalies in the Buffalo Sabres #30 Ryan Miller and the New York Rangers #30 Henrik "The King" Lundqvist.
Between the two they both made 65 saves with Ryan earning 35, and Henrik earning 30 as the Sabres were able to win it in overtime.
Once again New York was killed with horrible unprofessional officiating from the NHL referees.
The first strike against the Rangers came early for the second straight game when defensemen #5 Daniel Girardi was called for a ridiculous hooking penalty.
It was one of those calls that seems to only go against the Rangers who had a goal taken away from a bad offsides call along with a quick whistle while the puck was loose with 30 seconds left on the power play.
You talk about the power play not clicking on all cylinders well maybe that is because they hardly get to be out there considering it took the refs until 8 minutes left in the 3rd period to even give New York a power play.
#33 Michal Rozsival was clipped in the face with a high stick while #24 Ryan Callahan was knocked down behind the play both of these things are an example with how the calls have went in recent years.
If you take away the referees and want to talk about the game you have to point out Rangers Head Coach John Tortorella's moves with Michal Rozsival and captain #23 Chris Drury eating up loads of ice time.
The two have really brought the team down while combining for only 41 points all season.
On the first goal of the game Buffalo scored with the lack of protection on Michael Rozsival to Henrik Lundqvist in their defensive zone.
Michal's poor play in front of the net put New York behind leading them to possible defeat in regulation.
On the other hand Chris Drury seems to never want to turn it up when he is wearing a Rangers jersey it is getting tiring to watch this guy be unable to perform on the big stage.
If your inside the head of C. Drury you have to be upset with all the ice time you were given against your ex team considering he has turned into one of the biggest flops in franchise history.
Getting #12 Olli Jokinen was a great move but why stop there? There is many decisions on the table left to be made.
After being down 1-0 with only 5 minutes left New York went on a shooting rampage crashing the net, Ryan Callahan was able to draw a big penalty with a 1:30 to go in the third period.
R. Callahan skates hard every game so it was no surprise to see him go the net the way he did.
#17 Brandon Dubinsky once again put his name on the scoring sheet in a big spot when he scored his 16th goal of the season on the power play to the tie the game with only a minute to go.
The foolish thing that led to the Rangers loss in overtime was I'll say it again letting Chris Drury stay out there when you need to make something happen.
Why on earth do you start overtime with #10 Marian Gaborik, Sean Avery, and Olli Jokinen on the bench? Your telling me that at least one of these guys doesn't out play C. Drury night in and night out?
At the end of the tale New York lost 2-1 but earned a point in the standings a big point especially with being down with so little left in the game.
The Rangers will have another shot to earn two points in the standings they will play the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday at 7:00 pm eastern time as they will be on New Jersey's home ice.
That will be the game where you will have to look for your top scorers to step up their game even more, its great to see that they started doing more in front of the net.
You can really build on the effort that they showed in tonight's game, Henrik Lundqvist was outstanding there is no telling where the team would be without him in net.
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