Score: 1-0 Islanders
The Rangers came out of the locker room on fire to start this one, and kept the intensity up for most of the period, but as we all know, unless you put pucks in the net, it doesn't matter how much pressure you put on your opponent.
The Islander's got a fluke goal with about 2 minutes left in the period that came from behind the net and went off of Rozsival's skate. Lundqvist didn't have a chance to stop it because he had no idea where it was. The blame for this goal goes to Marek Malik, who yet again, gave the put away behind the Rangers net. Malik has picked up his game of late, but this play reminded Ranger fans of how Malik has played for most of the season.
To look on the brighter side of this period, the Rangers dominated the first period, keeping the puck in the offensive end for most of the period. The Rangers first line of Avery, Dubinsky, and Jagr was absolutely flying, and looked terrific.
The Rangers need to keep the intensity up in the second, and if they do, this one goal deficit should not stand to be more of an obstacle, but again, the key is finishing.
Notable Scores throughout the East:
Florida- 0 Boston- 0 End 1st
Pittsburgh - 0 Tampa Bay- 0 Mid 1st
Buffalo - 2 Philadelphia- 1 End 1st
New Jersey- 1 Toronto- 0 Mid 1st
More later...
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