While many Rangers fans have packed up their hopes for the playoffs and shifted their focus towards the NHL Entry Draft, the Rangers don’t seem willing to head to the golf course without a fight.
On Wednesday night they completely manhandled the Islanders in their 5-0 victory at the Garden and moved within five points of the Boston Bruins, who occupy the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
As impressive as the stats read, however, there is no denying that the opponents made it really easy on the Rangers.
The Islanders simply didn’t have much fight in them, and they allowed the Rangers to take control right from the start. In fact, the Islanders gave the Rangers so few problems that Coach John Tortorella stuck with the same lines that he started the game with, for the most part.
That phenomenon has become something of a rarity this season, with Torts drawing the ire of many fans for his tendency to shake up lines at the first sign of trouble.
Leading the way for the Rangers were Marian Gaborik and Sean Avery , who also happened ...
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