Bruins host Rangers in Original 6 Showdown

by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Jan 9, 2010 9:19 AM EST in Game Previews

The banged-up Bruins will look to avenge Monday's 3-2 lost to the New York Rangers when they host the Blueshirts in a matinee match-up at TD Garden at 1:00 today. The Bruins will be without Marc Savard, who suffered an apparent knee injury during the first shift of Thursday night's 5-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. Both teams are looking to get back on track after losing on Thursday night. The Rangers fell 2-1 to the Atlanta Thrashers in a shootout last time out.

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New York Rangers (21-17-6)

Head Coach: John Tortorella

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Leading Goal Scorer:

Marian Gaborik

#10 / Right Wing / New York Rangers

Height: 6-1

Weight: 200

Born: Feb 14, 1982

	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
2009 - Marian Gaborik	28	25	53	7	16

Goaltending:

Henrik Lundqvist

#30 / Goalie / New York Rangers

Height: 6-1

Weight: 195

Born: Mar 02, 1982

	GP	MIN	W	L	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2009 - Henrik Lundqvist	39	2247	19	14		90	2.40	1127	1037	.920	1

Chad Johnson

#29 / Goalie / New York Rangers

Height: 6-3

Weight: 200

Born: Jun 10, 1986

	GP	MIN	W	L	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2009 - Chad Johnson	2	105	0	0		4	2.29	52	48	.923	0

Injury Report

Boston Bruins Injuries

Doubtful

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Byron Bitz	back	01/08/2010

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Andrew Ference	groin	01/06/2010
Patrice Bergeron	thumb	01/05/2010
Mark Stuart	sternum	12/15/2009
Marc Savard	knee	01/07/2009

New York Rangers Injuries

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Vinny Prospal	knee	12/28/2009

Notes:

- Claude Julien is scheduled to speak with the media at 11:55 am and will likely give an update on Marc Savard's injury. The early rumor is that Savard will be out approximately 2-4 weeks with a right knee injury.

- With the injuries to Marc Savard and Byron Bitz (day-to-day with back problems). The Bruins have called up forward Trent Whitfield from the Providence Bruins.

- There is no morning skate today, so we will have to wait until game time to see who gets the start in goal. The lines for tonight are anyone's guess. With the all the injuries, it would be a fool's errand to speculate on possible line combos.

- I wondering if Chad Johnson ever thought about legally changing his name to Chad Dos Nueve?

- Former Bruins head coach Mike Sullivan is working as an assistant coach for the Rangers.

- Blake Wheeler is riding a 3-game goal scoring streak.

- Tuukka Rask is 1-1 with a shutout, a 1.51 GAA, and a .957 save percentage in 2 career starts vs. the Rangers.

- If the Bruins win today, Claude Julien will move into a tie with Lynn Patrick for 8th place on the Bruins' all-time win list with 117 wins.

- Puck drops at 1:00 and the open thread starts right here at 12:30.

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Who is Marian Gaborik?

Did they call him up or something?

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by Joe Fortunato on Jan 9, 2010 11:03 AM EST reply actions

Tortorella treated him like a call-up last game. What is the real story there?

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by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Jan 9, 2010 11:14 AM EST up reply actions

Honestly

Torts has been grinding him game after game with 22+ minutes. I think he was giving him sort-of a “half game” off if you will. I know Tort’s style and he never ever benched his top guys (unless they truly deserve it) and I didn’t see him do anything off.

So I am assuming he is trying to keep the wear and tear at a minimum.

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by Joe Fortunato on Jan 9, 2010 11:15 AM EST up reply actions

Obviously the wrong strategy. I want my goddamn Gaborik hurt, like we used to get in the old days. Harrumph.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 9, 2010 11:21 AM EST up reply actions

Supposedly

Gaborik kept getting groin, hip, and lower body injuries because of his faulty hip (which the Wild force him not to fix). Aside from the knee bruise earlier in the year he has been okay knock on wood.

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by Joe Fortunato on Jan 9, 2010 11:26 AM EST up reply actions