GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: NY RANGERS (2-5) at PITTSBURGH (4-3)

NHL: NY RANGERS (2-5) at PITTSBURGH (4-3)

<h3>Rangers take struggling offense to Pittsburgh</h3>

<div class="pre">NY Rangers (2-4-1) at Pittsburgh (4-3-0) 7:00 pm EDT</div>

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- After spending more than $80 million onScott Gomez and Chris Drury, the New York Rangers expected to bedoing better than ranked dead-last in the league in goalsscored.


The Rangers will hope to turn things around without MartinStraka when they take on the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.

Straka, who is tied for the team lead with two goals and is aformer member of the Penguins, suffered a broken right indexfinger in Saturday's 1-0 shootout loss to Boston.


The Rangers, who have won only once in their last six games,have scored just 13 goals this season.


Gomez and Drury have combined for three goals and six assists, andJaromir Jagr - also a former member of the Penguins - leads theteam with eight points.


New York will need all the scoring it can get as it has to dealwith reigning MVP Sidney Crosby.


Crosby, who led the league with 120 points last season, hasregistered two goals and seven assists on the season.

The 20-year-old Canadian will have to deal with Henrik Lundquistin net for the Rangers, who comes into the game with a 2.14goals-against average and is 7-3 against the Penguins in hiscareer.


Pittsburgh went 5-1-2 against the Rangers last season, and is4-0-1 against them in their last five contests at home.

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NHL AT PITTSBURGH
STARTING GOALIES: NYR - HENRIK LUNDQVIST
PIT - MARC-ANDRE FLEURY

OFFICIALS: REF - CHRIS LEE, WES MCCAULEY
LIN - LYLE SEITZ, SHANE HEYER</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NY RANGERS VS PITTSBURGH - SCRATCHES

NY RANGERS PITTSBURGH

J STRUDWICK HEALTHY G LARAQUE HEALTHY
M STRAKA FINGER INJURY A NASREDDINE HEALTHY
T POCK HEALTHY</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NY RANGERS VS PITTSBURGH - SCRATCHES

NY RANGERS PITTSBURGH

J STRUDWICK HEALTHY G LARAQUE HEALTHY
T POCK HEALTHY A NASREDDINE HEALTHY</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 0
PITTSBURGH 0 19:58 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 0
PITTSBURGH 0 17:59 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 0
PITTSBURGH 0 15:15 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 0
PITTSBURGH 0 14:10 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 0
PITTSBURGH 0 13:47 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 0
PITTSBURGH 0 11:17 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 0
PITTSBURGH 0 10:03 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 0
PITTSBURGH 0 8:35 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 0
PITTSBURGH 0 7:06 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 0
PITTSBURGH 0 5:49 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 0
PITTSBURGH 0 3:52 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 0
PITTSBURGH 0 2:34 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 0
PITTSBURGH 0 1:41 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL NY RANGERS 0
PITTSBURGH 0 0:07 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NY RANGERS 0 0
PITTSBURGH 0 0 END OF THE 1ST

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NONE

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NYR 12 12
PIT 7 7

GOALIES: NYR - HENRIK LUNDQVIST
PIT - MARC-ANDRE FLEURY</div>

 

NHL: NY RANGERS at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">------------------------
Ny Rangers 0 --0
Pittsburgh 0 --0
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: M Rozsival, Nyr (interference), 6:13; B
Orpik, Pit (delay of game), 9:57; R Callahan, Nyr (holding), 14:11; P
Sykora, Pit (high sticking), 17:26.

Shots on goal:
-----------------------------
Ny Rangers 12 --12
Pittsburgh 7 --7
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Goalies : Ny Rangers, Henrik Lundqvist (7 shots, 7 saves). Pittsburgh,
Marc-Andre Fleury (12 shots, 12 saves). Referees: Chris Lee, Wes
Mccauley. Linesmen: Lyle Seitz, Shane Heyer.</div>