Rangers Back Home, Look To Cut Into Caps' 2-0 Lead
The Rangers are anxiously waiting for their offense to show up and keep them in the postseason a little longer.
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The Rangers are anxiously waiting for their offense to show up and keep them in the postseason a little longer.
Jason Chimera and Jason Arnott scored in a 1:57 span in the second period, Michal Neuvirth made 22 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 2-0 on Friday night to take a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series.
Game, set, match and maybe the series? The Rangers have several things they must fix before Sunday's Game 3. If not, the Capitals will be sporting brooms next week.
Brian Monzo, producer for WFAN and hockey writer for WFAN.com, joined me to look back at Game 1 and ahead to Game 2 and the rest of the Rangers-Capitals series.
Goals. Assists. Saves. Those are the biggies. When fans dissect a hockey game, those are the numbers they look at first. Blocked shots? Not exactly the sexiest statistic.
With the Blueshirts currently in the NHL Playoffs and Boomer turning 50 on Sunday, Al Dukes reached out to the legend, Brian Leetch, to talk a little Rangers hockey.
Despite losing Game 1, the Rangers showed exactly why they are going to be the hardest team in the NHL to eliminate in a seven-game series.
Boomer's mood was quickly altered this morning when he learned that his frozen Alex Ovechkin jersey was, well, no longer frozen.
Even after losing Game 1, Boomer is still confident that the Blueshirts will rebound -- and he predicted the Rangers will win the Series in 7.
Alexander Semin scored at 18:24 of overtime and the Washington Capitals rallied for a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference playoff series on Wednesday night.
It came down to the last day - but the NHL playoffs are set. Here is a look at each match-up, starting in the West.
When the Rangers arrive on Wednesday night for Game 1 of their Eastern Conference playoff series, they'll face a Capitals team that is less elegant and more workmanlike than the one they routed during the Christmas shopping season.
With the NHL Playoffs getting underway tonight, Commissioner Gary Bettman is indeed a busy man. But he managed to carve some time out of his schedule to talk with Boomer & Craig this morning about the sport he oversees.
To Boomer's delight, Jerry Recco began his first update of the morning previewing the Rangers' upcoming playoff series against the Capitals.
With a win over the Devils and a little outside help, the Rangers find themselves head-to-head against the Washington Capitals. "We've been in the playoffs," Rangers coach John Tortorella said. "This is the next round of the playoffs for us."
