A Boston Bruins team featuring 2-time All-Star ('08 and '09) Marc Savard may not have lost to the Rangers 1-0 in today's 1pm matinee - especially with 5 power plays to aid the Bruins' offense. However it was the Rangers' star Marian Gaborik who scored the game's lone goal, returning from a 2-game hiatus with right-leg soreness.
* Sean Avery was called for a boarding penalty in the 2nd period for what was absolutely a shoulder-to-shoulder hit. Later on in the frame, Zdeno Chara crushed Ryan Callahan face-first into the glass, causing the Rangers' assistant captain to slump to the ice, mouth bloodied, without any calls made.
* Henrik Lundqvist recorded his first shutout of the '09-10 campaign.
* Hopefully just an anomaly on the stat sheet, but several of the higher-scoring Rangers through the first 12 games this season have seem to hit a road block.
Brandon Dubinsky, Michael Del Zotto, Ales Kotalik, Enver Lisin ---- 0 points in 3
Chris Drury, Ryan Callahan ---- 0 points in 6
Chris Higgins ---- 0 points in 12
In the past 7 games (including today's win over the Bruins), the Rangers have been outscored 24-15 and gathered 5 out of a possible 14 points in this span. Hopefully today's home win, perhaps coupled with Marian Gaborik's triumphant return, will help jump-start this team into the group that went 7-1 in their first 8 games, outscoring their opponents 32-15 and gathering 14 out of a possible 16 points.
Marian Gaborik, Ales Kotalik, Henrik Lundqvist Post-Game:
John Tortorella Post-Game:
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