Jokinen, Penguins Have Rangers On Brink Of Elimination
"They're a good team and I don't want to take any credit away from how well they're playing right now," Vigneault said. "They're making it real hard on us."
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"They're a good team and I don't want to take any credit away from how well they're playing right now," Vigneault said. "They're making it real hard on us."
The Rangers' offense wasn't good enough before. One coach and one year later, it still isn't good enough.
Every person inside the Garden deserves a full refund for being subjected to the sloppy, out-of-sync, uninspired hockey produced by the Rangers.
That series-opening overtime win against the Penguins less than a week ago is now a distant memory as the Rangers have dropped three straight since — including back-to-back losses at MSG.
If Craig tried to prevent his radio partner from talking (venting) about his Blueshirts, I think we might have seriously had a problem in the Allstate Studio.
The Pittsburgh Penguins moved within one win of the Eastern Conference finals with a 4-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night.
After being shut out in consecutive games by Marc-Andre Fleury and the Penguins, the Rangers are in desperate need of a spark to ignite their slumping offense. It may come in the form of Chris Kreider.
The King has been good for three games, but Penguins counterpart Marc-Andre Fleury has gone from shaky question mark to star of the series with shutouts on consecutive days.
"If he's ready, he's gonna play," Francesa said on air on Tuesday afternoon. "I've heard rumblings. I don't have any confirmation, and I don't think there will be any. I would look for him tomorrow, though."
In Game 3, the Blueshirts established offensive-zone time, thoroughly outshot the Pens by a 35 to 15 margin and their power play finally began to show signs of life as the game went on.
Alain Vigneault finally took a shot at his club's taxing postseason schedule, but still won't say his players are tired. Judging by their effort in their latest loss to the Penguins, he might be right.
Marc-Andre Fleury earned his second shutout of the New York Rangers in two nights as the Pittsburgh Penguins regained home-ice advantage with a 2-0 victory in Game 3 on Monday night.
Boomer was present at the Garden for last night's shutout and had plenty to say about his unpleasant experience, so it was there that things got started today.
The Penguins handed New York three consecutive power play opportunities – and the Blueshirts failed to cash in. What unfolded was the most timid skating any fan has ever seen.
After taking Game 1 in overtime, New York looked very much like a team playing for the fourth time in six days, losing to the Penguins 3-0. And there's no rest in sight.
