Goal Line Report
Set for a Great Tilt between the Rangers and Devils
by Patrick Hoffman on 01/12/10 at 12:09 PM ET
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Good afternoon folks. I’m looking forward to the New York Rangers vs. New Jersey Devils game tonight not only because it’s hockey, but also because I’ll be attending. My dad has been a season ticket holder for the past 20 seasons so I’ve been lucky enough to attend many, many Blueshirt games.
This one is shaping up to be a dandy as the Blueshirts are coming off a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins while the Devs’ are coming off a 4-2 “loss” to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Devils, however, sit atop the Eastern Conference with 63 points while the Rangers are sixth in the Conference with 50 points, just one point behind the fifth place Boston Bruins and seven points behind the fourth place and struggling Pittsburgh Penguins.
Tonight’s game also marks the return of Rangers’ forward Vinny Prospal. As of right now, it looks like Prospal will be back on the first line along with Marian Gaborik and Erik Christensen, who is certainly earning is red, white, and blue stripes as a Ranger.
According to Andrew Gross of Ranger Rants, below is what the lines looked like at yesterday’s practice. Gross did warn not to read too much into them as head coach John Tortorella had not decided on today yet:
Vinny Prospal-Erik Christensen-Marian Gaborik
Brandon Dubinsky-Chris Drury-Ryan Callahan
Sean Avery-Artem Anisimov-Christopher Higgins
Aaron Voros/Donald Brashear-Brian Boyle-Ales Kotalik/Enver Lisin
Based on the information above, it would appear that the only line in question is the club’s fourth line, which should come as no surprise as that has been a mix of players ever since the season started.
It should be a good one tonight, folks and if the Blueshirts are able to come out of it with two points, it will be even better.
Note: I wanted to let you folks know that I am returning to the full-time work force tomorrow so I will not be posting as much throughout the day. Believe me folks, I will still be contributing a lot to this blog - just not as much during the mornings and afternoons.
Thanks for understanding!
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