Rangers goalie #30 Henrik "The King" Lundqvist recorded his 23rd shutout of his career after stopping all 27 shots that he faced.Henrik looked on, it was really good to see because it was one of few games this season where all of the Rangers were playing exceptional Hockey.
This is the man the team relies on to get the job done, lets hope he toughens up in the games that mean the most.
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The offense was rolling they scored 3 goals within the first 8 minutes of the game, with #42 Artem Anisimov being the first one to reach the back of the net with his 11th goal.
#10 Marian Gaborik followed as he ended up with two goals on the night adding to his season total which now stands at 39.
I can write about Marian's talent every day, but the fact is he will have to step it up like he has if this team wants any part of the post season.
Their agitator #16 Sean Avery got underneath the skin of the whole New York Islanders team, as they were worried about gunning for him every shift.
You can see it that Sean has a way of making some of the greatest players in the league lose their mind, look for more of that when he takes on Ilya Kovalchuck and the Devils tomorrow night.
It was also good to see the Rangers mixing up their power play by starting out with #24 Ryan Callahan over the captain #23 Chris Drury.
The power play unit was gelling well together, it is a lot easier when you don't have an idiot taking ridiculous shots that are not even in the same zip code.
The defense was incredible tonight you can really see that they have a lot of great moments from their young defensemen.
#18 Marc Staal has grown into one of the better defensemen in the game, he is on the verge of recognizing his talent.
19 year old rookie defensemen #4 Michael Del Zotto is just a dream come true, there is not many times that you get a player as young as this who plays the game the way he does.
In the 5-0 win Michael managed to sneak one past Islanders goalie #30 Dwayne Roloson, who was fantastic in net making 39 saves on 44 shots.
Look I know some may turn their head to why I said D. Roloson had a good game, but if you watched it all throughout you would have seen that a lot of other goalies might have let in 10 goals tonight.
The Rangers were playing better than they ever have, they came out with a lot of fire which is what they desperately needed.
I also want to point out that another quick whistle cost the Rangers early in the game when it was still a one point game.
Now I've said it numerous times but it is getting out of hand how poor of a job the officials do, it almost seems like they are blind at times.
How could you be a NHL referee and not ever be able to pick up the puck?
Anyway back to the main focus the New York Rangers will have another opportunity to pick up two points in the standings, tomorrow night they will take on the Devils in New Jersey at 7:00 pm eastern time.
The Rangers must maintain the momentum from tonight, time is running out with 9 games left in the regular season.
Henrik Lundqvist will have to have another remarkable performance if he wants to beat his counter part Devils legendary #30 Martin Brodeur, who has 40 wins on the year at the age of 38.
At this point just go out there have fun play every game like it is the Stanley Cup finals, and go from there.
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