Well, fortunately for you fans, I have a few minutes to hang out and update the blog before my train pulls out of Penn Station.
Pretty encouraging performance tonight, huh?
Tonight's performance sort of erases a lot of the negativity brought on by an absolutely pitiful effort in Pittsburgh on Saturday.
So much to write about -- and I only have about 10 minutes before I have to pack up!
We had a nice chuckle in the press box over John Tortorella's ejection. Not that we were picking on the Ligthning coach -- but just because you could sort of understand his frustration and you could almost see his anger reaching the boiling point.
His team wasn't playing well, the Rangers had an ostensibly questionable goal allowed and the Lightning had another goal that could have gone either way disallowed.
I'm just surprised he didn't reach for the stick rack and start throwing things onto the ice. Just wasn't his (or the Lightning's night).
Congrats are in order to Jaromir Jagr, who should eclipse 700 before his career is done and has a reasonable chance at 750. That would place him third on the all-time goals list, behind only Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe, in case you were wondering. Not bad, huh?
It was also nice to see Henrik Lundqvist playing really well at home. Tonight's game may have been his best of the season. He was sharp when he had to be, controlled rebounds and made a couple of borderline-spectacular stops. (His best being a kick save on Martin St. Louis in the third period.)
I also wanted to mention how impressed I was by the performance of the Rangers' newly-created checking line: Blair Betts, Jason Ward and Marcel Hossa. The trio played most of the night against the Vincent Lecavalier-Martin St. Louis line, and held the duo to seven shots and no points.
Well, it's time to pack up and get out of here. I'm pretty sure I will be seeing you again next Sunday. Until then, Happy Blueshirting.