The press room is filling up, so some quick hits on tonight:
At home, the Rangers are 23-23 in Game 3s...
The last time the Rangers overcame a 2-0 playoff defecit was in 1996, when they came beat to beat Montreal in six...
Including the regular season, the Rangers are 9-1-3 at home coming into tonight...
Paul Devorski and Mike Leggo are the refs...
Jagr's eight assists are tied for the league lead.
Gomez and Avery have four playoff goals; Dubinsky has three...
In the two playoff games here at MSG the Rangers are 3-for-9 on the power play (against the Devils); they were 1-for-9 in Pittsburgh.
For Pittsburgh, Gary Roberts is a healthy scratch...
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HICKORY, N.C. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Tuesday he was outraged by the NY Rangers and rejected the notion that he secretly roots for them.
Obama is seeking to tamp down the growing fury over Sean Avery and his incendiary remarks that threaten to undermine his campaign at a tough time. The Illinois senator is coming off a loss in Pennsylvania to rival Hillary Rodham Clinton (Ranger Fan) and trying to win over white working-class voters in Indiana and North Carolina in next Tuesday's primaries.
"I am outraged by the comments that were made and saddened by the spectacle that we saw yesterday," Obama told reporters at a news conference.