Wednesday's Bruins...

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BOSTON BRUINS at
NEW YORK RANGERS
Wednesday, January 23, 2002
Madison Square Garden; New York, New York
7:00 pm (ET) - Gametime
6:30 pm (ET) - Bruins Digest
NESN
Today's Game
The Bruins visit the Rangers tonight in the second of four games between these teams this season and the first of two games of this season's series at Madison Square Garden. The Bruins are 26-13-3-7 overall this season with a 10-7-7-3 record on the road. The Rangers are 22-21-4-3 overall this season with a 13-8-2-1 record on home ice. The Bruins are 6-3-0-2 vs. Atlantic Division opponents thus far this season and are 21-8-0-5 overall vs. Eastern Conference foes. The Rangers are 8-2-2-0 vs. Northeast Division opponents thus far this season and are 17-13-3-2 overall vs. Eastern Conference foes.

Lifetime Series
The Bruins are 270-221-97-1 lifetime vs. the Rangers with a 1895-1712 scoring advantage in those 589 games. On the road, the Bruins are 113-128-55-0 lifetime vs. New York with the Rangers holding a 902-835 scoring edge in those 296 games. The Rangers took the first game of this season's series with a 2-1 overtime win in Boston on Oct. 27. The Bruins won the last game between these teams in New York with a 3-2 decision on Mar. 25, 2001.

Recent Bruins Games
The Bruins have lost their last two games in overtime but have taken points out of seven of their last eight games at 4-1-0-3. In that span, they have a 7-4 win over Washington on Jan. 5, a 3-2 victory in Pittsburgh on Jan. 8 and a 5-0 win over Los Angeles on Jan. 10, a 5-4 loss to the NY Islanders on Jan. 12, a 1-0 overtime loss in Washington on Jan. 14, a 5-2 win over Ottawa on Jan. 17, a 2-1 overtime loss in St. Louis on Jan. 19 and 4-3 overtime loss to St. Louis on Jan. 21. They are 10-3-0-3 in their last 16 games, including their longest win streak of the season with a five-game win streak from Dec. 20-29, are 12-5-0-4 in their last 21 games, and have taken points out of 20 of their last 26 games at 15-6-0-5.

The Bruins are 11-4-0-2 in their last 17 home games and are 8-2-0-3 in their last 13 road games.

Recent Rangers Games
The Rangers are winless in their last nine games at 0-7-1-1 with a 5-0 loss in Phoenix on Dec. 31, 4-1 loss in Edmonton on Jan. 2, 3-2 overtime loss in Colorado on Jan. 3, 4-1 loss in Pittsburgh on Jan. 5, 4-0 loss to Los Angeles on Jan. 9, 4-2 loss in Philadelphia on Jan. 12, 2-2 tie with Columbus on Jan. 14, 2-0 loss in Columbus on Jan. 16, 6-4 loss at New Jersey on Jan. 17 and x-x xx at NY Islanders on Jan. 22. Their last win was a 5-4 victory at Los Angeles on Dec. 29.

Upcoming Bruins Games
The Bruins will conclude their current two-game road trip in Ottawa on Jan. 24 (both games at 7:00 p.m.; NESN & WBZ Radio). They will return home to host Florida on Jan. 26 (7:00 p.m.; UPN38 & WBZ Radio) and Chicago on Jan. 29 (7:00 p.m.; NESN & WBZ Radio).

Upcoming Rangers Games
The Rangers open a four-game home stand tonight, continuing by hosting Washington on Jan. 26, Tampa Bay on Jan. 28 and NY Islanders on Jan. 30.

Bruins Injuries
Kyle McLaren: Dec. 28 surgery to repair a torn right wrist ligament; out indefinitely.
Total Man-Games Lost: 102

Bruins January Transactions
Jan. 12: Scott Pellerin claimed on waivers by Dallas.
Jan. 12: Acquired Benoit Hogue from Dallas for future considerations.
Jan. 14: Recalled Dennis Bonvie from Providence/AHL and returned him to Providence/AHL after the game.
Jan. 15: Gord Murphy invited to practice with team on a try-out basis.

Rangers Injuries
Andreas Johansson: Fractured left wrist; 4-6 weeks.
Mark Messier: Shoulder strain; out indefinitely.

 

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This year's games

This year's games

Recent Meetings
Date Home Away Line ATS
10/27/2001 Bos. 1 NYR 2 0,-175/5.5 NYR/U

 

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...from the bad guys...

...from the bad guys...

Game Preview
Rangers (23-21-4-3) vs. Boston Bruins (26-13-3-7)
January 23, 2002 - Madison Square Garden (7:00 PM ET)

TV: MSG Network (6:30 PM ET)
Radio: WBBR 1130 AM or on-line

The New York Rangers seek their first home win of 2002 tonight when they begin a four-game homestand at Madison Square Garden against the Boston Bruins.

New York snapped a nine-game winless streak (0-7-1-1) Tuesday with a 5-4 victory over the New York Islanders, but has not won at home since defeating the Ottawa Senators, 3-2, on December 23.

The Rangers erased a three-goal deficit Tuesday as Theoren Fleury scored his second goal of the night with 11:58 left to snap a 4-4 tie. He is expected to skate in his 1,000th NHL game Wednesday.

New York goaltender Mike Richter stopped all 35 shots he faced in place of rookie Dan Blackburn, who gave up four goals on seven shots in the opening 8:48.

The Rangers are 3-6-2 in their last 11 home games and own a 13-8-2-1 mark at Madison Square Garden this season.

Boston has four losses in its last five games, but three of those have come in overtime, including a 4-3 setback to the St. Louis Blues on Monday. Sergei Samsonov, Benoit Hogue and defenseman Sean O'Donnell scored for Boston, which just 1-for-30 on the power play over the past seven contests.

The Bruins have dropped their last two road games, but are 8-2-0-3 in their last 13 contests away from home. Center Joe Thornton has six goals and seven assists in his last 11 games.

New York posted a 2-1 victory at Boston on October 27 as Fleury tallied in overtime. That win snapped a three-game losing streak to the Bruins for the Rangers, who are 8-2-2 in 12 games against Northeast Division opponents this season.

 

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Teammates take Stock in fight

Bruins Notebook/by Stephen Harris

Tuesday, January 22, 2002

Sitting on the bench and watching the St. Louis Blues inexorably steal away the Bruins' momentum in the second period yesterday, P.J. Stock knew what his job was and asked coach Robbie Ftorek to let him go do it. All Stock had to do was go out and trade monster punches with 6-foot-4, 215-pound St. Louis tough guy Reed Low.

``He wasn't playing very much, but he wanted to go out against that kid Low,'' Ftorek said. ``He wanted to get things going, because things were dead. We were flat. He knows his role. He knew he had to do it.''

And Stock, even if he maybe took a few more shots than he landed in his latest long, grizzly fight, did his job well. Inspired by Stock's willingness to go to war, the B's reawakened and quickly got the go-ahead goal from Benoit Hogue. The lead didn't last, as the Blues won, 4-3, in overtime, but Stock certainly did his job.

``That was a huge lift for our team,'' Bruin Bill Guerin said. ``That was a great fight and the timing was perfect. . . . It was great. It was exactly what we needed.''

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First line shakeup

Stock played just as many shifts in the third period - one - as erstwhile top center Jozef Stumpel, who was replaced in his spot between Guerin and Martin Lapointe by Hogue.

``Stump has been playing very well,'' Ftorek said. ``(Yesterday) I just didn't see the juice from that line so I thought I'd change it.'' . . .

The B's power play was disorganized and went 0-for-10 in the two losses to St. Louis.

``I think we're over overanalyzing, trying to do too many X's and O's,'' Guerin said. ``I think we have to simplify our power play, get shots, use our size and strength to crash the net and get some ugly goals.'' . . .

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The Bruins went to New York yesterday afternoon and will face the Rangers tonight. Then it's on to Ottawa for a meeting with the Senators on Thursday - a rematch, perhaps, after the teams' fight-filled affair at the FleetCenter last Thursday. . . .

A note that reveals how much easier it is to play for an East Coast team: The B's play only two more games this season outside the Eastern time zone - at Colorado on Feb. 11 and Vancouver on Feb. 12. Western Conference teams routinely criss-cross time zones. . .

 

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First time I used this website (Bruins radio site) so I'm not 100% sure if this is accurate from the teams or if this is their "projected" line-up. As always, if I hear something different, I will post ASAP.

Jim

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Pre-Game Show

Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 02:30 PM ET

(WBZ)

Boston Bruins
vs.
New York Rangers
January 23, 2002
Broadcast Time: 6:30 PM


SYBASE STARTING LINEUP

Boston Bruins
19 Joe Thornton - Center
27 Glen Murray - Rt Wing
14 Sergei Samsonov - Lt Wing
21 Sean O'Donnell - Defense
32 Don Sweeney - Defense
34 Byron Dafoe - Goalie

New York Rangers
16 Mike York - Rt Wing
14 Theoren Fleury - Lt Wing
88 Eric Lindros - Center
2 Brian Leetch - Defense
34 Bryan Berard - Defense
35 Mike Richter - Goalie

NORTHSHORE MAGNETIC IMAGING CENTER INJURY REPORT

Boston Bruins
Jay Henderson, LW, Knee surgery, I-R 9/21
Kyle McLaren, D, Wrist surgery, Out 10-12 weeks 12/28

New York Rangers
Mark Messier, C, Shoulder, Day-to-day. 1/22
Dave Karpa, D, Elbow, Day-to-day. 1/20
--Courtesy of CBS Sportsline