The Rangers lose 4-2 to the Islanders Saturday night on Long Island, here's the good, the bad and the ugly on the game.
The Good- Henrik Lundqvist did everything he could to keep the Rangers in it, the top line showing good chemistry, Del Zotto shooting the puck alot more he's a much different guy from last year. PK wasn't terrible despite letting up 2 goals to Tavares. Woywitka wasn't bad in his limited minutes and might have a role on this team.
The Bad- Gaborik hooking penalty with 5 mins left was lazy on his part. Dubi-AA-Cally line weren't completely invisible but needed to be better. Why was the 4th line out with 2 mins left before Torts pulled Hank? Bad move by him perhaps a timeout there would have been better. The Rangers 4th line might be the worst in the league. Didn't notice Rupp or Zuccarello at all.
The Ugly- My number one key to the game was staying out of the penalty box which they failed to do. Rangers still haven't scored on the power play, they were 0-4 tonight but they did get their chances. The Rangers spent 30% of the game killing penalties, it's awfully hard to generate consistent offense when you have guys parading in and out of the box all night. The wins will start coming once the Rangers start taking less than 4-5 penalties a game. At least the absence of Staal isn't the cause of the Rangers losing the early games.
It doesn't get any easier from here, the Rangers next game is on Tuesday 10/18 against the Canucks in Vancouver to begin a 4 game, 6 day road trip through Canada.
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