Just wanted to give you guys a headsup that I'll be an in-studio guest of the Hockey This Week podcast during their "Hockey Night in New York" event this Saturday night, March 26th from 7-10pm in the Canada Cabin at The Windfall, 23 West 39th Street in Manhattan.

I plan on getting there around 8pm and my set should begin shorty after. I've been told that plenty of other guests will be on hand including WFAN's own Brian Monzo, Max Herman and Chris LoPresti.

There will be a Canadien themed menu as well as $4 drafts and $5 Canadian beer bottles.

With the Rangers playing earlier in the day at Boston there will be a lot to talk about.

Should be a great time and I hope to see everyone there.

If you can't make it you can listen to the broadcast here.

On Tuesday night I was a guest on Hockey This Week during their show from The Beach House in Long Beach. For a replay click here.

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The New York Rangers (41-30-5) defeated the Boston Bruins (41-23-10) by the score of 1-0, last night. For a recap and box score go to Yahoo! Sports and newyorkrangers.com.

...the Rangers went into that game with an obvious game plan to make this a 2-1 or 1-0 game and boy did they stick to that game plan. That was almost a Tom Renney game plan.

...all you have to know about how well Lundqvist is playing is the Rangers have scored three goals in the last three games and have five points.

...Girardi is officially the most under-rated defenseman in the NHL.

...congrats to Stepan on 20. I knew Stepan was good, but never expected 20.

...you think Avery was picturing Colin's face when he was fighting his son?

...got to cut it short. Big win, now tied with Montreal for 6th. Off till Wednesday in Buffalo.

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Update, 12:50 p.m.:
Tuukka Rask in is goal for Boston this afternoon, not Thomas.

...Rask is a good goalie but that is a big time break for the Rangers.

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The New York Rangers (40-30-5, 85 pts., 7th in East) visit the Boston Bruins (41-22-10, 92 pts., 3rd in East) at TD Garden today starting at 1:00 p.m. For a preview go to Yahoo! Sports.

Rangers Game Notes

TV: MSG; Radio: 1050AM ESPN Radio, XM 205

Probable Lines:
Gaborik-Stepan-Prospal
Dubinsky-Anisimov-Callahan
Avery-Christensen-Wolski
Fedotenko-Boyle-Prust

Staal-Girardi
McDonagh-Sauer
McCabe-Eminger

Goaltenders:
Henrik Lundqvist - 32-24-5, 2.28 gaa, .922 sv%, 10 so.

Tim Thomas - 31-10-8, 2.02 gaa, .938 sv%, 8 so.

Opponent Notes:
- The Bruins are 2-0-0 in the first two games of their three game home stand outscoring their opponents 11-1.

- Zdeno Chara has six points (1g, 5a) in his last two games

- The Bruins are 3 for their last 40 with the man-advantage.

- The Bruins are 31-1-3 when holding a two-goal lead at any point in a game this year, 20-1-2 when scoring the first two goals of the game and 22-0 with a three-goal lead.

- David Krejci has 3g, 9a in the last 10 games

- Milan Lucic has 18 points (6g, 12a) in the last 14 games.

- Michael Ryder has no goals in his last 10 games, one in his last 18.

- Tomas Kaberle has 1g, 5a in 15 games since being aquired from the Maple Leafs.

- Marc Savard (concussion) is out for the season.

2010-11 Season Series:
Oct. 23 Rangers 3, Bruins 2 at Boston
Nov. 17 Rangers 2 vs. Bruins 3 at MSG
March 26 Rangers vs. Bruins at Boston
April 4 Rangers vs. Bruins at MSG

Opponent Blog:
Days of Y'Orr

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...makes sense. MZA hasn't been producing lately. Give him a game to sit and watch against the much bigger Bruins.

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Christopher Botta at Slap Shot reports on Henrik Lundqvist taking his game to the next level since Martin Biron went down with a broken collarbone.

Lundqvist on the advantage of knowing he's starting every game...

"You definitely get in a rhythm You don't have to think too much or wonder if you're playing this game or that game. Being focused and ready is not a problem."

He adds...

"The thing you have to keep in mind is, you know how important every game is this time of year. So not only do I have the luxury of knowing I'll probably get the next start, I'm locked in because of how crucial the two points are. This is fun. This is exciting."

Lundqvist, who has started 19 straight games, is 7-1-1 with a 1.86 goals-against average, .936 save percentage and two shutouts in his last nine games.

...getting Hank some rest early in the season has really helped as he seems fresher than in past years. But you have to wonder how long he can keep this up. Could you imagine how many games in a row he'll start if the Rangers actually make a run in the playoffs?

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Jesse Rubenstein at The Prospect Park reports that Rangers 2009 first round pick  Chris Kreider (broken jaw) returned to the Boston College lineup last night for the team's NCAA first round matchup against Colorado College.

Unfortunately for Kreider, the defending champion and #1 ranked Golden Eagle fell to CC 8-4 in a big time upset. Kreider had five shots on goal but was held scoreless.

Kreider ended his sophomore season with 11g, 12a in 37 games.

...from all the reports I've read, it sounds like Kreider is going to stay at BC at least another year. And with the disappointing end to his season he might have extra motivation to come back to try and go out on top.

In other playoff prospect news, Rubstein says that Christian Thomas has 2g, 5a in the first two playoff games of Oshawa's first round matchup. While Dylan McIlrath played Marc Staal type defense in helping his Moose Jaw Warriors shutout Kootenay 4-0 last night.

Yahoo's junior hockey blog Buzzing the Net named Dylan McIlrath their 3rd Star for last night, while TheNYRBlog reader Mark M. sent me this article from the Toronto Star on Thomas.

...the more I read about Thomas the more I can't wait for him to be in camp next season.

...as far as McIlrath goes all I have to say is Fowler who?

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Bergen Record - Wiser King doesn't take playoff berth for granted

New York Post - Rangers take step up in class

Daily News - Bruins next as schedule heats up

New York Times - The Bruins’ Percentage Player

Newsday - 7 games left for Rangers to get on track

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Justin Bourne at Puck Daddy takes a look at a few teams that are scarier than their current seading including your New York Rangers...

"In net, the Rangers sport one of the few people who could cancel the pending coronation of Tim Thomas as a two-time Vezina winner. Henrik Lundqvist has led the Rangers to a 7-2-1 record over the past ten games of the playoff push, and appears to be able to play roughly 10,000 consecutive games without taking a night off.

The Rangers, as much as any team if not more, were ravaged by injuries this season. At the deepest depths of their injury woes, it looked like John Tortorella was a shoo-in to be at least considered for the Jack Adams, as he somehow managed to keep them afloat the entire time. As the team has slowly healed, it's come to the league's attention that the Rangers are actually kind of decent -- an annoying realization when you've battled all year for a top seed, only to see a team finally hitting their stride at the bottom of the pack."

...Bourne hits it right on the head here. Hank and health make the Rangers a scary team. The Rangers have finally, after going through almost the entire season with key injuries, gotten their full compliment of players back. And although they struggled initially they really seem to be gelling of late.

...h/t to reader Chris H.

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Bruce Berlet at The Howlings reports that Michael Del Zotto is back skating on his own and hopes to return for the AHL playoffs.

...good to see Del Zotto progressing. Would love for him to gain some confidence before the end of the season which should help going into next year's camp.

...i refuse to get on the 'Dump Del Zotto' bandwagon. Even if it's not next year, I feel he's an important part of the Rangers organization going forward.

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Update, 1:21 p.m.:
Cerny adds that Torts did say he wants to give the Gabby-EC-Prospal line more opportunity together so to expect EC back in tomorrow.

Torts quote...

"I want it to play well, want to force it to play well...I'd like for it to work"

Update, 1:20 p.m.:
While Torts did not reveal tomorrow's lineup, JimCerny feels Sean Avery will be back in it.

Update, 1:05 p.m.:
According to @thenyrangers, John Tortorella says that Anisimov received a maintenance day today and is expected to play tomorrow in Boston.

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Andrew Gross tweets that Artem Anisimov is the only player not practicing today.

...could be the reason he wasn't chosen to participate in the shootout last night.

Gross also reports that Henrik Lundqvist was again hit up high with a shot practice, this time from Ruslan Fedotenko.

...don't worry guys it's not like you need him to get into the playoffs or anything.

Yesterday, Marc Staal ripped one off Lundqvist's mask.

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