You are getting sleepy, very sleepy. In a matter of moments you will forget what you have just witnessed. You will not remember the Canadiens making our defense look like swiss cheese, you will not remember our goaltender get pulled, you will not remember this game.
Why am I performing this mojo on you? Simple, the Rangers have to wait till Saturday to play next. The LAST thing these guys need is to focus on this loss. If they dwell on it, they could find themselves on the outside looking in. Remember, they are just 1 point ahead of 7 and 8, and only 3 points out of the playoffs. They absolutely, without a doubt, MUST win against the Flyers, and you know damn well the Flyers would cherish being the ones to knock us out of the playoffs.

I dont want to talk about this game anymore, its too painful. Here are the projections as of tonight:

How this works:

Basically what I do, is to take the points a team has managed till now, divide it by the games played, then multiply it by 82. That should accurately project what the team should finish like, unless there is an extreme streak one way or the other. I will no longer be including the points per game column because lets face it, you don’t care how many points per game!

As you can see, according to tonights calculations, I project the Rangers as MAKING the playoffs. Therefore using these numbers we can project what the Rangers would have to go over the remaining 5 games in order to secure the projected 93 points needed to secure the final playoff spot:

-Inferno

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During our last game against the Islanders I mentioned this:

Rangers play against a team, get pretty much owned the whole game, and pick up 2 points, then actually play worse in the next game, but get bailed out by their goaltending.
No, im not talking about yesterday and today, im talking about games against the Senators and the Stars that preceded the 7 game losing streak…

In both situations the Rangers were riding long winning streaks, and in both Henrik was bailing them out time and time again. Rangers need to get their head in this game. They may be leading 1-0 but we all know how quickly leads can evaporate.

-Inferno

Do I need to say more? Rangers just got utterly owned that period. The Habs showed us what speed can do in the new NHL, and man oh man were they ever flying. Henrik wasnt bad despite the 4 goals allowed, I mean, all 4 were scored from within 5 feet, and several off of point blank shots, or rebounds off of point blank shots.

Rangers had this coming, I’m not surprised, but they need to get their act together, and in a hurry.

Hockey Gods, help us out with some losses by other teams. We have that coming our way.

-Inferno

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Wow, I don’t know if I have seen a playoff hockey game as intense as that was. Everyone was flying, the passing, the hitting, the shooting, everything was top notch. While the Rangers may have a 2-0 lead, it is by no stretch of the imagination a safe one (like I need to explain that to you guys!). That period could have easily gone the habs way, as they hit a post, came within millimeters of scoring and had chances galore of the quality variety. This was so fun, so great, I want more!

Can anyone even remember the last time the Rangers followed up a bad break in the offensive zone and scored? Seriously, how often do you see the team hit the post, then have the puck come the other way for a goal against. I cant even remember the last time a play where the Rangers got unlucky was followed up shortly with a goal of their own anyway.

Halak was actually quite good in that period, despite the 2 goals allowed. The Rangers got an insane amount of quality scoring chances.

The key is to stay out of the box.

-Inferno

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