Aside from some early carelessness that led to 4 Oilers power plays in the opening 26 minutes, the Rangers put on what can be described as their best performance thus far in the season. The Rangers went 3-for-6 on the power play, out-shot their opponents 39-28 (a new season-high), went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill, and blocked 28 shots (led by Marc Staal with 5) in front of a solid performance by Steve Valiquette to play the complete game.
* Chris Higgins scored his 2nd goal in as many games, with several other amazing opportunities/break-ins. Now this is the player I was talking about!
* Matt Gilroy played a much better game after the loss to the Canucks, and added a nice assist on Chris Higgins' marker. In fact, I noticed a couple instances that these two seemed to connect very nicely and I hope they are on the ice together much more in the future.
* Marc Staal, who is trying to become more offensive, has scored points in 3 of his last 4 games, going 1-2-3 over the span - tying Girardi for 2nd on the team (7) behind Del Zotto (13).
* Ales Kotalik (1-2-3), Ryan Callahan (1-1-2), and Michael Del Zotto (0-1-1) ended their scoring woes that we mentioned in last weekend's 1-0 victory over the Bruins.
Chris Higgins, Ryan Callahan, Steve Valiquette Post-Game:
John Tortorella Post-Game:
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