September 19, 2009

TONIGHT'S GAME
September 19, 2009: The Rangers face-off against the Boston Bruins in an afternoon matchup at TD Garden (4:00 p.m.), in the final of four games in five days to open their 2009-10 pre-season schedule. New York is currently 0-2-1 in pre-season play following a 4-3 loss to the Detroit Red Wings last night at Joe Louis Arena. Following today’s contest, the Rangers will return home to host the Detroit Red Wings on Monday, September 21 (7:00 p.m.), at Madison Square Garden. The Blueshirts will begin the 2009-2010 regular season against the defending Stanley Cup Champions, the Pittsburgh Penguins, on Friday, October 2 (7:30 p.m.), at Mellon Arena.

RECENT GAMES
September 18, 2009:

Rangers 3, Red Wings (4): The Rangers opened the game’s scoring at 7:26 of the first period with an even strength goal by Artem Anisimov (one goal and one assist), from Wade Redden. New York extended its lead early in the second, off an Enver Lisin goal at 3:39 of the frame, for a 2-0 advantage heading into the final frame. In the third, Detroit notched four straight goals to come from behind and take a two-goal lead late in the period. Ryan Callahan tallied his first goal of the pre-season, an unassisted goal, with two minutes remaining in regulation, but the Blueshirts were unable to complete their comeback. Henrik Lundqvist began the game in net for New York, and turned aside all 14 shots faced in 32:01 of icetime. Matt Zaba made 15 saves in relief of Lundqvist (26:19), and Evgeny Grachev also collected one assist in the contest.
September 16, 2009:

Rangers 2, Devils 3 (SO): New Jersey tallied the games first two goals, both power play goals by David Clarkson, to enter the third period with a 2-0 lead. In the final frame, Matt Gilroy began the Rangers’ comeback with an even strength goal, from Aaron Voros and Sean Avery, at 3:03 of the third. Jordan Owens tied the score later in the period to send the game into overtime. After a scoreless extra frame, Travis Zajac registered the game-deciding goal in the sixth round of the shootout to defeat the Rangers. Michael Del Zotto also collected one assist in the contest, and Henrik Lundqvist (16 saves) and Chad Johnson (19 saves) combined to stop 35 of 37 shots in net for the Blueshirts.
September 15, 2009:

Rangers 1, Bruins 2: The Bruins’ Zach Hamill opened the game’s scoring with a power play goal at 7:30 of the first period. After a scoreless middle frame, Boston extended the lead with their second goal of the game on the man advantage, from Max Sauve at 6:39 of the third. Christopher Higgins brought the Rangers to within one mid-way through the final frame with an even strength tally, from Alexei Semenov and Ales Kotalik, but the Blueshirts were unable to erase their early deficit. Steve Valiquette turned aside 18 of 19 shots in the game’s opening 31:17, and Matt Zaba finished the game in net for New York stopping 15 of 16 shots in 28:36 of icetime.

2009-2010 PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE:

September 15 NYR 1 vs. Boston 2

September 16 NYR 2 @ New Jersey 3 (SO)

September 18 NYR 3 @ Detroit 4

September 19 NYR @ Boston

September 21 NYR vs. Detroit

September 24 NYR vs. Washington

September 27 NYR @ Washington
RANGERS UPCOMING SCHEDULE:

Monday, September 21 Pre-season Game vs. Detroit 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, September 24 Pre-season Game vs. Washington 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, September 27 Pre-season Game at Washington 12:00 p.m.

*ALL TIMES FOR SCHEDULE ARE EASTERN STANDARD TIME

ROSTER MOVES:

September 17: Assigned goaltender Miika Wiikman; defensemen Trevor Glass, Brent Henley, Sam Klassen, Mike Sauer, David Urquhart, and Nigel Williams; and forwards Andres Ambuhl, Daniel Bartek, Devin DiDiomete, Brodie Dupont, Dan LaCouture, Matt Maccarone, Justin Soryal, and Dale Weise to Hartford (AHL) and returned goaltender Scott Stajcer (Owen Sound, OHL); defenseman Tomas Kundratek (Medicine Hat, WHL); and forwards Ryan Bourque (Quebec, QMJHL), Roman Horak (Chilliwack, WHL) and Ethan Werek (Kingston, OHL) to their respective junior club.

RANGERS INDIVIDUAL TICKETS ON-SALE
Tickets for the 2009-10 Rangers season home games went on-sale on Saturday, September 12th beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Ticketmaster via newyorkrangers.com, Ticketmaster charge-by-phone, 1-800-745-3000 and Ticketmaster outlets. Tickets are limited. Fans are limited to a maximum of four (4) tickets per game.
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