Blueshirts bounce back in style, rout Sens on road

2010-11 Game No. 67; Road Game No. 34		Rangers' Record: 34-29-4
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GAME RECAP By Jim Cerny, newyorkrangers.com On Friday night at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, the Rangers not only scored the first goal of the game against the Senators, they netted the first four en-route to an important 4-1 victory that snapped a three-game skid. The win was the third straight on the road for the Blueshirts, who now have 20 victories away from Madison Square Garden this season. Their 20 road wins ties the Rangers for fourth in the league, just two behind co-leaders Boston and Detroit. “It’s a big win for us, and this time of year we need them,” said alternate captain Ryan Callahan. “We obviously didn’t want to lose another one, especially going back home against the Flyers, we didn’t want this losing streak to continue. It was a big game and a good win.” Just as they did 24 hours earlier against the Minnesota Wild, the Rangers scored the only goal of a well-played first period on Friday. However, unlike that 3-1 loss to the Wild, the Rangers came out strong in the second period and buried the Senators with a pair of goals scored 12 seconds apart to secure an imposing 3-0 lead. “It’s been a tough time for us trying to get off to good early starts, but we played well tonight and did what we needed to,” said Derek Stepan, who had a goal and assist. “It’s not like against the   ... • READ THE FULL STORY | PHOTO GALLERY

PHOTO OF THE GAME STAT OF THE GAME The Rangers are now 11-2-1 when Artem Anisimov tallies a goal and are 17-5-2 when he registers a point. THREE STARS (selected by the local media) 1. Lundqvist 2. Dan Girardi 3. D. Stepan

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THE BIGGER PICTURE This was a game the Rangers had to have, and they got the points in very convincing fashion on the road. Five games remain against teams like Ottawa that are already well out of the Eastern playoff race, and the Rangers showed they intend to win them all.

RANGERS LEADERS Icetime -- Staal (26:24) Shots -- Anisimov (6) Hits -- Girardi (5) Blocks -- Girardi (8) Takeaways -- Callahan (3) Faceoffs -- Anisimov (10)

NEW YORK RANGERS LINEUP AT OTTAWA
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Brandon Dubinsky	Artem Anisimov	Ryan Callahan
Wojtek Wolski	Derek Stepan	Mats Zuccarello
Sean Avery	Erik Christensen	Vinny Prospal
Ruslan Fedotenko	Brian Boyle	Brandon Prust

DEFENSE PAIRINGS
Left Defense	Right Defense
Marc Staal	Dan Girardi
Matt Gilroy	Michael Sauer
Bryan McCabe	Steve Eminger
Goaltenders: Henrik Lundqvist, Chad Johnson Starting Lineup: Lundqvist, Staal, Girardi, Dubinsky, Anisimov, Callahan.

POWER PLAY UNITS
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Vinny Prospal	Erik Christensen	Ryan Callahan
Brandon Dubinsky	Derek Stepan	Mats Zuccarello

POINT MEN
Left Point	Right Point
Wojtek Wolski	Bryan McCabe
Marc Staal	Dan Girardi

PENALTY KILLING UNITS
FORWARD UNITS
Forward	Forward
Ryan Callahan	Brandon Dubinsky
Brandon Prust	Brian Boyle
Ruslan Fedotenko	Stepan/Anisimov

DEFENSE PAIRINGS
Left Defense	Right Defense
Marc Staal	Dan Girardi
Matt Gilroy	Michael Sauer