GAME THREAD: NHL: PHOENIX (14-16) at NY RANGERS (16-15)

NHL: PHOENIX (14-16) at NY RANGERS (16-15)

<h3>Lundqvist, Rangers set to host Coyotes</h3>

<div class="pre">Phoenix (14-16-0) at NY Rangers (16-12-3) 5:00 pm EST</div>

<div class="pre">NEW YORK (Ticker) - For the best defensive team in the NHL, the</div>New York Rangers sure have been allowing a lot of goals lately.

The Rangers and goaltender Henrik Lundqvist will look to getback to a defensive-minded mode when they host the PhoenixCoyotes on Sunday.


New York leads the league in fewest goals (70) allowed. However,they have struggled lately, giving up at least four goals infour of their last five contests.


Lundqvist, who owns a 2.05 goals-against average, has been in netfor three of the four setbacks.


Prior to the last five games, New York had only allowed fourgoals or more in a game twice this season.


The Coyotes may be just the team to get the Rangers back into adefensive rhythm, as they rank last in the Western Conferencewith just 74 goals scored this season. Phoenix has dropped sixof its last nine games, failing to score more than two goals inany of the losses.


The Coyotes did post a 4-1 win over the New Jersey Devils onSaturday.

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL AT NY RANGERS
STARTING GOALIES: PHO - ILJA BRYZGALOV
NYR - STEPHEN VALIQUETTE

OFFICIALS: REF - CHRIS LEE, DAN O'ROURKE
LIN - JONNY MURRAY, PIERRE RACICOT</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

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

PHOENIX NY RANGERS

M ZIGOMANIS HEALTHY M HOSSA FLU
C WELLER HEALTHY R HOLLWEG HEALTHY
M JONES HEALTHY</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL PHOENIX 0
NY RANGERS 0 19:55 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL PHOENIX 0
NY RANGERS 0 19:35 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL PHOENIX 1
NY RANGERS 0
1ST PRD: PHO - (PP) JOEL PERRAULT 1 (MIKE YORK, ED JOVANOVSKI) 3:11</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL PHOENIX 1
NY RANGERS 0 15:30 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL PHOENIX 1
NY RANGERS 0 12:44 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL PHOENIX 1
NY RANGERS 0 9:52 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL PHOENIX 1
NY RANGERS 0 5:21 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL PHOENIX 1
NY RANGERS 0 4:33 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

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

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: PHO - (PP) JOEL PERRAULT 1 (MIKE YORK, ED JOVANOVSKI) 3:11

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
PHO 10 10
NYR 11 11

GOALIES: PHO - ILJA BRYZGALOV
NYR - STEPHEN VALIQUETTE</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">------------------------
Phoenix 1 --1
Ny Rangers 0 --0
------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Phoenix, Joel Perrault 1 (power play) (Mike
York, Ed Jovanovski), 3:11. Penalties: Z Michalek, Pho (holding),
0:25; B Dubinsky, Nyr (tripping), 2:16; M Hanzal, Pho (holding),
15:04.

Shots on goal:
-----------------------------
Phoenix 10 --10
Ny Rangers 11 --11
-----------------------------

Goalies : Phoenix, Ilja Bryzgalov (11 shots, 11 saves). Ny Rangers,
Stephen Valiquette (10 shots, 9 saves). Referees: Chris Lee, Dan
O'Rourke. Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Pierre Racicot.</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL PHOENIX 1
NY RANGERS 0 19:55 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL PHOENIX 2
NY RANGERS 0
2ND PRD: PHO - DANIEL CARCILLO 5 (UNASSISTED) 2:14</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL PHOENIX 3
NY RANGERS 0
2ND PRD: PHO - DANIEL CARCILLO 6 (JOEL PERRAULT, DANIEL WINNIK) 2:14</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL PHOENIX 2
NY RANGERS 0
2ND PRD: PHO - DANIEL CARCILLO 5 (JOEL PERRAULT, DANIEL WINNIK) 2:14</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL PHOENIX 3
NY RANGERS 0
2ND PRD: PHO - RADIM VRBATA 13 (KEITH YANDLE) 3:30</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL PHOENIX 3
NY RANGERS 0 12:58 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: PHOENIX at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL PHOENIX 3
NY RANGERS 0 9:48 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>