Having survived the flu and a full morning skate, Henrik Lundqvist will be back in the net tonight at the Garden.
"It's good to feel fresh," said Lundqvist, who had practice about a half-hour with goaltender coach Benoit Allaire on Monday, before going home to rest.
"We have a busy week coming up, so we wanted to be safe," said Lundqvist.
The top three new lines: Straka-Gomez-Jagr, Dawes-Drury-Shanahan, Prucha-Dubinsky-Callahan and the HBO trio will debut, Renney said.
The scratches tonight: Marek Malik, who skated but Renney said was under the weather; Marcel Hossa and Sean Avery.
Jagr, Shanahan, Gomez, Drury, Straka and Tyutin skipped the optional practice, which included G Al Montoya and Steve Valiquette and was punctuated by a crisp rebuke early on from assistant coach Perry Pearn, who blew the whistle to halt play.
"This is an optional practice," he barked. "If you don;t want to be here, get the ---- off," he said, pointing his stick toward the bench. "When the whistle blows, be ready to go. Wake the -----up!"
More from MSG later....
"It's good to feel fresh," said Lundqvist, who had practice about a half-hour with goaltender coach Benoit Allaire on Monday, before going home to rest.
"We have a busy week coming up, so we wanted to be safe," said Lundqvist.
The top three new lines: Straka-Gomez-Jagr, Dawes-Drury-Shanahan, Prucha-Dubinsky-Callahan and the HBO trio will debut, Renney said.
The scratches tonight: Marek Malik, who skated but Renney said was under the weather; Marcel Hossa and Sean Avery.
Jagr, Shanahan, Gomez, Drury, Straka and Tyutin skipped the optional practice, which included G Al Montoya and Steve Valiquette and was punctuated by a crisp rebuke early on from assistant coach Perry Pearn, who blew the whistle to halt play.
"This is an optional practice," he barked. "If you don;t want to be here, get the ---- off," he said, pointing his stick toward the bench. "When the whistle blows, be ready to go. Wake the -----up!"
More from MSG later....
