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For most of the game, the Rangers had the lead thanks to Jaromir Jagr’s scoring prowess and Henrik Lundqvist’s brilliance in goal. So, when Martin Rucinsky scored to give New York a two-goal lead with just over eleven minutes to play, it seemed like the game was in the bag. Maybe that’s what the Rangers felt, because Philadelphia stormed back and eventually won the game 3-2 in overtime.
Joni Pitkanen got the Flyers on the board when he fired a slap shot that deflected off of Steve Ruccin’s foot. The Rangers looked like they would hang on after killing off a power play, but Mike Richards made a great move to knot the game at 2. Pitkanen struck again and scored the winning goal 90 seconds into overtime giving Philadelphia the win and putting them four points ahead of New York.
After the game, Tom Renney blamed himself for what appeared to be a slow line change on the winning goal. Renney may take the blame for that play, but the whole team needs to figure out how they let Philadelphia come back and win such an important contest.
Photo by AP/Julie Jacobson via ESPN
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hockey is boring. anything of interest to beer-swilling white guys typically is.
1994!
(Hmm, it doesn't have the same ring as "1940!" Not that I care about hockey since the labour problems.)
wow - three people who don't know or care anything about hockey weighing in on - hockey.
Rucchin blew it on one of the 3rd period goals by deflecting what would have been an easy save for Lundqvist. Still, if a whole game can go south because of one mistake, there's more of a problem. We'll have a chance to get them back Sunday.
A bigger problem with the Rangers is their lack of scoring forward depth and size. If Jagr doesn't score, then the Rangers lose. While he did score in that game, there weren't enough contributions from other players to clinch the victory. The Flyers used their size to push the Rangers around with the forecheck which helped their come from behind victory.
Renney deserves kudos for helping the Rangers overcheive with their talent deficit if any credit at all.
Before the Buffalo game, Jagr was on a three or four game scoring draught and the Rangers were still winning. They've got strong scorers in Rucinsky, Straka, Prucha, and Sykora, plus Moore for the empty netter. I don't really worry about scoring anymore. I do agree that they could stand to take the body a little more, especially on defense with big guys like Malik and Poti.
the problem in dancing larry. that freakin guy in 407 that has been dancin to that same song for a dozen years.. and every time he does, the other team ties it up.
come on larry,you had a nice run, but time to hang up the dancin shoes. no one likes you.
especially annoying is that the flyers did not have possession of the puck for the first minute-and-a-half of OT as the jagr line dominated. and as soon as he went off for that change -- boomf, turnover and goal. so frustrating.
Hey, is there any way the sports entries on Gothamist could have more specific titles? I read Gothamist through my firefox feed bookmark. I go through and choose the titles that seem interesting to me. I have no interest in anything spots related, but I always waste my time clicking on things like this because "What Happened?" tells me nothing about the article. Could we do sports articles more like, "Rangers: What Happened?" Pretty please?