Rangers enjoy a perfect night at Capitals' expense

2010-11 Game No. 32; Home Game No. 16		Rangers' Record: 18-13-1
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GAME RECAP By Jim Cerny, newyorkrangers.com Twenty-four hours after an extremely disappointing 3-1 loss on the road in Columbus, the Rangers returned home to Madison Square Garden on Sunday night and responded in extremely positive fashion with a dominating 7-0 victory over Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. The win puts the Rangers at a perfect 8-0-0 in second games of back-to-backs so far this season. Overall, the Blueshirts have now won six of their last nine games and 11 of 17. One night after surrendering a late fluky goal to Rick Nash, which cost the Rangers the game, Henrik Lundqvist bounced back on Sunday with a 31-save shutout, his fifth of the year and 29th of his career. “It really bothered me (Saturday night), and I probably didn’t let go of it until during the day (Sunday),” said Lundqvist. “I was happy they put me back in there (Sunday) so that I could get it out of my system. Sometimes when I get upset with myself I use it as energy for the next game. And this was the answer I was looking for.” Lundqvist was extremely sharp in the opening period and he retained his focus even as the Rangers built a substantial lead. His teammates seemed to want this shutout badly for Lundqvist, and they played with impressive passion down the stretch despite holding a seven-goal lead. When asked to make the big one-on-one save, Lundqvist did  ... • READ THE FULL STORY | PHOTO GALLERY

PHOTO OF THE GAME STAT OF THE GAME Seven different Rangers registered two points, marking the first time since Oct. 12, 2009 (in a 7-2 win over Toronto at The Garden, eight players) that seven or more Blueshirts posted multiple points in the same game. THREE STARS (selected by the local media) 1. Marc Staal 2. H. Lundqvist 3. B. Dubinsky

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THE BIGGER PICTURE The long-run most impressive thing about this very memorable game wasn't its lopsided score or the quality of the opponent. It was the nature of response to a frustrating loss one night earlier and its reaching 8-0-0 in the second half of back-to-back sets.

RANGERS LEADERS Time on Ice -- Staal (25:01) Shots -- Prust, Dubinsky (3) Hits -- Callahan (6) Blocks -- Boyle (7) Takeaways -- Five players tied (1) Faceoffs -- Christensen (16)

NEW YORK RANGERS LINEUP VS. WASHINGTON
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Ruslan Fedotenko	Derek Stepan	Marian Gaborik
Brandon Dubinsky	Artem Anisimov	Ryan Callahan
Alex Frolov	Brian Boyle	Brandon Prust
Sean Avery	Erik Christensen	Todd White

DEFENSE PAIRINGS
Left Defense	Right Defense
Marc Staal	Dan Girardi
Michael Del Zotto	Michal Rozsival
Steve Eminger	Michael Sauer
Goaltenders: Henrik Lundqvist, Martin Biron Starting Lineup: Lundqvist, Del Zotto, Rozsival, Frolov, Boyle, Prust.

POWER PLAY UNITS
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Ryan Callahan	Erik Christensen	Marian Gaborik
Alex Frolov	Brandon Dubinsky	Ruslan Fedotenko

POINT MEN
Left Point	Right Point
Michael Del Zotto	Derek Stepan
Marc Staal	Michal Rozsival

PENALTY KILLING UNITS
Forward	Forward
FORWARD UNITS
Ryan Callahan	Brian Boyle
Ruslan Fedotenko	Brandon Dubinsky

DEFENSE PAIRINGS
Left Defense	Right Defense
Marc Staal	Dan Girardi
Steve Eminger	Michal Rozsival