Goal Line Report
A Win and a Loss In One Game
by Patrick Hoffman on 12/16/10 at 08:39 AM ET
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Going into Pittsburgh last night, the New York Rangers had a tough task ahead of them in tyring to beat one of the best/hottest teams in the National Hockey League: the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Down 1-0 going into the third period, the Blueshirts found their game and scored four goals en route to their league leading 12th victory on the road. Obviously, it is a two huge points for a club that has a game tonight at Madsion Square Garden against the Phoenix Coyotes and a game on Saturday in Philadelphia against another one of the league’s top teams in the Philadelphia Flyers.
Unfortunately for the Rangers, they did manage to lose something last night. Ryan Callahan broke his hand blocking a shot.
This is a huge loss for the team as they were finally on the path to having a healthy team as team captain Chris Drury returned to the lineup in last night’s tilt with the Penguins.
According to the Daily News’s Jesse Spector, Callahan could miss up to six weeks of action:
The initial prognosis on Callahan is that he will miss six weeks. He’ll see a doctor in New York in the morning, which should provide further details on how bad the break is and whether that estimate needs to be altered.
Again, this is a big loss for a team that Callahan has done so much for whether it is producing points, blocking shots, throwing hits, killing penalties, playing on the power play, etc. He was also a leader in the locker room.
With that said, the team has shown that they can play just fine when one of their players goes down with an injury. It will be up to them to prove that again and get contributions from everyone in the next six weeks to stay in playoff contention.
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