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Avery Gets It Done
by Patrick Hoffman on 03/15/09 at 07:30 PM ET
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NBC promoted this afternoon’s game as “Sean Avery’s New York Rangers” against the Philadelphia Flyers. It was only fitting that Avery and the Blueshirts went out beat the Flyers by a score of 4-1, with Avery scoring two goals, getting into a couple of scrums and causing the Flyers to focus on him rather than on playing the game.
What’s more is that the Rangers actually scored three power play goals and once again peppered the Flyers net with 39 shots on goal and this time, were rewarded for it.
The win puts the Blueshirts in a tie for sixth place in the Eastern Conference with the Montreal Canadiens, a team they will take on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre, a place that has been a nightmare of sorts for the team the past couple of visits.
However, with that said, this is a much different Ranger team. This team creates more chances, gets a lot of shots, scores more goals, forechecks more, goes harder to the net and plays with pride. No longer are they satisfied with scoring just one goal and playing trap-hockey. They aren’t afraid to go for it and hopefully, they will continue that play the next couple of weeks.
With that said, this is an extremely crucial week for the Rangers. They have the Habs on Tuesday, the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night, and the Ottawa Senators on Sunday. For the Rangers to put themselves in good position heading into the last five weeks of the season, I would say picking up four out of a possible six points would be good. Obviously, six would be the optimum situation but four out of six might give them some breathing room, depending of course how the teams in front and directly behind them do.
If the Rangers play the rest of the season like they did this afternoon, they should be in great shape heading into the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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