Rangers vs. Blues

7:00pm, Madison Square Garden

Rangers Record: 31-30-9

Blues Record: 32-28-9

Tonight we will get to see a battle between two teams that are trying to claw their way into the playoffs. Every game is huge and even though this is not an Eastern Conference matchup the Rangers cannot leave these two points on the table.

Consistency is the name of the game, and I don’t have to tell you what the Rangers are lacking in. Will we see the team that played the Flyers or the Canadians? Nobody really knows; but after Drury’s comments on the immaturity we can only hope this team wakes up.

With Boston coming up in a weekend matchup the Blueshirts can ill afford to lose this game, as they would need a small miracle to catch the Bruins for that last spot in the East. Boston would only have to play a bit better than 500 hockey to force the Rangers into a long summer vacation.

This also would have been a game to get Henrik a rest, as Auld has been solid, but the need their number one guy between the pipes. Henrik has only allowed five goals in his last three starts, yet the Rangers have only managed to win once.

Tonight is the night that this team needs to turn this level of compete around and maintain it from here on out. Someone needs to take this team over inside that locker room, and make sure everyone is in. All season these levels of compete have been different from game to game and player to player.

The Rangers cannot hit the snooze button one more time; it is time to get up!