While many Rangers fans have packed up their hopes for the playoffs and shifted their focus towards the NHL Entry Draft, the Rangers don’t seem willing to head to the golf course without a fight.
On Wednesday night they completely manhandled the Islanders in their 5-0 victory at the Garden and moved within five points of the Boston Bruins, who occupy the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
As impressive as the stats read, however, there is no denying that the opponents made it really easy on the Rangers.
The Islanders simply didn’t have much fight in them, and they allowed the Rangers to take control right from the start. In fact, the Islanders gave the Rangers so few problems that Coach John Tortorella stuck with the same lines that he ...
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Rangers-Islanders: Rangers Stars Show Life, Keep Playoff Hopes Alive
Posted: 24th March 2010 by Broadway Hockey Daily in NHLComments Off on Rangers-Islanders: Rangers Stars Show Life, Keep Playoff Hopes Alive