NJ Panther

3-0

never mind. It was a joke.

its not going that far unless thr rangers decided to show up!!

When did the Rangers get Bobby Orr???

oh good another power play!!!

not anymore. go Devils!!

Do you think the Rangers will make it through the pregame warmups before taking their 1st penalty tonight ???

I hope your right!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs2006...tory?id=2419955 Rangers change goalies for second game vs. Devils ESPN.com news services NEW YORK -- Jaromir Jagr won't play Monday night for the New York Rangers in Game 2 of their series against New Jersey. But Kevin Weekes will. Rangers coach Tom Renney said Monday that Weekes will start ahead of rookie Henrik Lundqvist, who was in the nets for Saturday's 6-1 loss. Jagr is out with an injury to his left arm suffered late in Saturday's game when he lunged at Devils' center Scott Gomez. Renney officially called Jagr's status "questionable at best," according to the Toronto Globe and Mail. Petr Sykora will replace Jagr on New York's top line with center Michael Nylander and left wing Martin Straka. Weekes was told Monday morning, just hours before Game 2 of the first-round, best-of-seven series, that he would get the starting nod over Lundqvist. "No additional pressure,'' said the 30-year-old Weekes. "We want to try to put our best foot forward against these guys.'' As for the goaltender move, Renney said part of his decision was based on Weekes' play against the Devils this season, plus his performance four years ago in leading the Carolina Hurricanes to a surprising upset of the then-defending Stanley Cup champion Devils. Weekes has been in eight career playoff games, all in 2002 with Carolina. That is seven more than Renney has coached in the postseason. "We're sort of playing a hunch as much as anything,'' Renney said after the pregame morning skate. "He's played New Jersey well, and our last good game of hockey was here against them with Kevin in goal, so I don't think that is unreasonable at all.'' Weekes went 2-3 in five games against New Jersey this season and allowed 11 goals. His last appearance versus the Devils was a 3-2 loss on April 9. Lundqvist missed seven games down the stretch with a hip injury and didn't get back into the lineup until the regular-season finale -- a 5-1 home loss to Ottawa. The 11 goals he yielded in his last two starts are more than he had in any three-game stretch. Lundqvist received little help in front in the opener as the Rangers gave the Devils 13 power-play chances and allowed five goals. Most were not Lundqvist's fault, but the goalie admitted that he had trouble throughout the game picking up the puck. He was disappointed in Renney's decision, but was quick to say he supported the move and would work harder to get his No. 1 job back. "It was a tough game for me,'' Lundqvist said. "It's a new experience for me coming back from the injury. My game is maybe not on the top right now but I felt pretty good anyway.'' Jason Ward is also out for the Rangers. He sprained his knee on Saturday and won't return in the series. New Jersey will be without Colin White, who has a groin injury.

GO DEVILS

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs2006...k_ej&id=2418399 Jagr's status uncertain for Game 2 on Monday By EJ Hradek ESPN The Magazine Archive EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- In his first playoff game as a Ranger, Jaromir Jagr, the club's de facto captain, didn't have a Mark Messier moment. In fact, Jagr didn't finish the game, leaving with an apparent injury to his left arm/shoulder with just under six minutes remaining in the club's 6-1 Game 1 loss to the rival Devils. "I don't know right now," said Jagr, when asked about his status. "I'm gonna talk to the doctors and figure out something. I'll wait to [sunday] and try to get ready. I know I'm gonna do everything I can to get ready to play." Jagr's injury was strange for a couple of reasons. First, he was on the ice in a penalty-killing situation. Jagr, not known for his defensive prowess, has been called upon to kill penalties only a handful of times during the course of the season. After the game, Rangers coach Tom Renney said he put Jagr on the ice in that situation to give him some "practice." At that time, the Rangers trailed 5-1. However, after watching his team give the Devils 13 power-play chances, Renney probably figured he might need Jagr to play in that role at some point in the series. The other reason? Jagr's injury was self-inflicted. Holding the puck on his stick just inside his blue line on the penalty kill, Jagr decided to try and deliver a blow to onrushing Devils forechecker Scott Gomez. Jagr, however, missed with his forearm. Gomez was able to gain control of the puck, beginning a sequence that led to Patrik Elias' second goal of the game. "At first, I didn't know what he was doing," said Gomez, who finished the game with a goal and two assists. "Then, I realized he wanted to hit me. I think he was trying to do something like Peter Forsberg does, when he's skating fast, hits the breaks and puts his shoulder into you. But, he wasn't really moving at the time, so I could see it coming." Throughout the third period, perhaps annoyed by the constant attention he received from the Devils, a frustrated Jagr was looking to get physical. He focused his anger on the Devils' checking line. He took a couple of chops at left wing Jay Pandolfo, who shadowed Jagr during the game, and crosschecked center John Madden into the boards from behind. "We could see he was getting madder and madder as the game went on," Madden said. "I thought we did a good job on him. We just tried to play him honest." When Jagr swung at Gomez, something went wrong. He looked like a big-league pitcher, who heard something pop after throwing a pitch. As Gomez skated away with the puck, Jagr seemed frozen in some sort of discomfort. He flexed his left arm near the Rangers' bench. Moments later, Elias scored his goal and Jagr headed to the locker room. In his postgame press conference, Renney said it was an "upper body injury." (For the record, didn't recently fired Leafs coach Pat Quinn invent that very phrase?) Jagr finally met the media nearly an hour after the game. Clearly disappointed by the day's events, Jagr still wouldn't admit to losing his cool during the game. "It's the playoffs," Jagr said. "I did what I had to do. And what happened, happened. I'm trying to play as hard as I can until the last minute. In a playoff series, every shift can mean a little later on." Jagr is certainly right about that. His unnecessary action on his last shift of the game could dramatically impact his team's playoff hopes. If his injury keeps him on the sidelines, the Rangers' feel-good season will be coming to an end very soon.

Did you enjoy your Meadowlands visit?

Welcome to the NHL playoffs Henrik. This ain't the stinking Olympics!!

Rangers game 1 - 1st step towards complete collapse

6-1

He hasn't been doing much in the Intrepid anyway.

It looks like the Devils have figured out this new NHL.

Looks like it is time for another name change.

6-1 It's a power play goal!!!!

How about this the Devils are better than the Rangers because we won the division (you finished 3rd) and we are kicking your ass 3-1 today.

The rangers have had 8 penalties the Devils 7. Not that big of a difference. DEVILS 3 rangers 1

They will only be 1 man down. The 1st penalty ended with 4 secs left in the 1st period.

I don't care if all 19,040 are Rangers fans as long as the Devils win.