John Giannone tweets that Ryan Callahan was on ice with Marty Biron this morning in Carolina working with a stick and reported "less pain" in broken hand.

Callahan is still targeting Feb 1 return.

Giannone also reports that Eric Christensen worked off-ice today on strength, lateral movement & balance with his injured knee. EC hopes to skate again in a week and return early February.

...look at Giannone reporting some news. I didn't realize he also works over at NHL Live. How is that possible? You would think the NHL would hire someone with actual knowledge of hockey. Zing!

Finally, Steve Zipay reports that Chad Kolarik will wear #25, while Brody Dupont will don #39.

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Mitch Beck over at Howlings was able to catch up with Brody Dupont before he headed to Carolina to meetup with the Rangers before tonight's game.

Dupont had this to say about adapting to his new surroundings...

"There are a lot of familiar faces there for me (Dale Weise, Kris Newbury, Mats Zuccarello, Ryan McDonagh) so it will help me with the butterflies, but I'm sure I'll be nervous."

According to Beck, Dupont, a Rangers 2005 third round pick, has been playing exceptionally well the past couple of weeks with four goals and three assists in his last ten games.

...every prospect who's been recalled has been ready to play so there's no reason to think Dupont won't excel tonight.

...h/t to Andrew Gross at Rangers Rants.

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Fox Sports awards Kris Newbury as the #9 "Tough Guy" for his battle last week against the Canadiens Travis Moen...

9. Kris Newbury - In his first game since getting called up from the minors, Kris Newbury tried to get the Rangers going Saturday night in Montreal after the Canadiens went up 3-1 on New York. Hoping to provide his new team with a spark, the feisty fireplug dropped the gloves with Montreal's Travis Moen seconds after Andrei Kostitsyn put the Habs up by two goals.

...i've liked what Newbury has brought so far. A little toughness and a hard working attitude that fits right in with the current Rangers team. Plus he laid a 'Sloppy Seconds' beating on Phaneuf last night...



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Bergen Record - Gaborik's four-goal game tainted by injuries to Ranger teammates Dubinsky, Fedotenko

Bergen Record - Rangers notes: Avoiding Colton Orr

New York Post - Gabby's big night lights up Garden

New York Post - Rangers' Dubinsky is latest casualty

New York Post - Rest assured, Tortorella pleased with 'D'

Daily News - Gaborik finds scoring touch in Blueshirts' 7-0 rout of Maple Leafs

Daily News - Dubinsky to miss 3-4 weeks with leg injury

New York Times - Rangers Lose Two Forwards, but Get Four Goals From Gaborik

Newsday - Gaborik scores 4 in win; Dubinsky out

Newsday - Fedotenko leaves with shoulder injury

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Rangers head coach John Tortorella speaks with reporters after the Blueshirts routed Toronto 7-0 on Jan. 19 at Madison Square Garden.


Rangers vs. Maple Leafs highlights.

Rick Carpiniello at the Rangers Report has numerous player quotes.

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Andrew Gross at Rangers Rants reports that Ruslan Fedotenko will miss 2-4 weeks with a second-degree AC sprain in his left shoulder so in addition to calling up Chad Kolarik (17g, 16a) from the CT Whale, the Rangers have also recalled Brodie Dupont (8g, 12a).

Gross also has this quote from Brandon Dubinsky on his injury...

"It's not the worst thing, it's not as bad is it could be," Dubinsky said on his way out of Madison Square Garden tonight. "If we were in the playoffs right now, I'd be in the lineup."

...in all my years as a Rangers fan don't think I've ever witnessed anything like this. But the amazing thing is that the team hasn't missed a beat. Players continue to step-up (see Gabby, Anisimov and Avery tonight) while the CT Whale contingent are proving they are NHL ready.

...in a weird way the injuries may be the best thing to happen to this team. Really seems to have brought the team close together.

...Grachev not getting called up says a lot about what the Rangers organization thinks about him right now.

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The New York Rangers (27-18-3) defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs (18-22-5) by the score of 3-2, tonight. For a recap and box score go to Yahoo! Sports and newyorkrangers.com.

...you just have to be so impressed with the resiliency of this team. No Dubinksy, no problem. Fedotenko goes down in the middle of the game, no worries. If Torts isn't the front runner for coach of the year I might have to stop watching hockey. Nah, I'd never do that.

...who would have thought putting Avery back on a line with Gaborik would jump start the Rangers sniper? Oh wait, that would be me and almost all my readers.

...i think I heard every Ranger fan rejoice after finally watching the big bodied Boyle park himself in front of the net on the power play and tipping one home. It only took the Rangers ten years to figure that strategy out.

...Arty the playmaking center (4a). I like it.

...MZA from Stepan. I can't say it enough.

...did hell freeze over? Rangers 2-for-4 on the power play and 27-for-50 on faceoffs.

...with all the scoring excitement you almost forgot Hank put up his seventh shutout of the year.

...Rangers finally catch an injury break as it looks like Eminger's wrist is fine after taking a cheap shot slash from Orr.

...i see Weise used the Aaron Voros "Use Your Face to Block Punches" strategy in his fight with Schenn. Not very effective.

...who would have thought losing Fedotenko for 2-4 weeks would be a big deal before the season started?

...i normally don't talk about the opponent, but how bad were the Maple Leafs tonight? It seemed like the Rangers were the only team on the ice at certain points.

...not sure I remember the last time both Staal and Girardi had less than 20 minutes of ice time. With the grueling up-coming schedule they'll appreciate the rest.

...the Rangers only two wins in the Heritage jerseys are both 7-0 victories. Fun fact courtesy of reader Chris H.

...right back at it tomorrow night in Carolina.

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I'm going to get this going at around 10pm. Hope to see everyone here post game.



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The New York Rangers (26-18-3) host the Toronto Maple Leafs (18-21-5) at MSG tonight starting at 7:00 p.m. For a preview go to Yahoo! Sports.

Rangers Game Notes

TV: MSG Plus; Radio: 970AM The Apple, XM204

Probable Lines:
Avery-Anisimov-Gaborik
Fedotenko-Boyle-Prust
Zuccarello-Stepan-Wolski
Drury-Newbury-Weise

Staal-Girardi
Gilroy-Sauer
McDonagh-Eminger

Goaltenders:
Henrik Lundqvist - 19-14-3, 2.27 gaa, .927 sv%, 6 so.

Jonas Gustavsson - 6-12-2, 3.13 gaa, .896 sv%, 0 so

Opponent Notes:
- Toronto has been outscored 6-2 in back-to-back losses.

- Fredrik Sjostrom (thigh) and  LW Kris Versteeg (upper body) are day to day.

- Jonas Gustavsson will start tonight for the first time since a 6-5 shootout win over St. Louis on Jan. 6.

- The Maple Leafs are 4-5-1 against the Atlantic Division.

- Former Ranger Colton Orr has 2g and 104 pim in 44 games.

- Clark McArthur leads the Leafs with 37 pts. (14g, 23a), while Phil Kessel leads the team with 19g.

2010-11 Season Series:
Oct. 15 Rangers 3, Maple Leafs 4 (OT) at MSG
Oct. 21 Rangers 2, Maple Leafs 1 at Toronto
Oct. 30 Rangers 2, Maple Leafs 0 at Toronto
Jan. 19 Rangers vs. Maple Leafs at MSG

Opponent Blog:
Bitter Leaf Fan

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Update, 5:23 p.m.:
Spector has more quotes from Torts at the Blueshirts Blog.

Update, 5:15 p.m.:
Torts on the injury...

"I'm surprised...but we move on...you go out and play...nothing else we can do...chance for others to step up...but it is a big hole"

Update, 5:08 p.m.:
Jesee Spector tweets the reconfigured lines for tonight:

Fedotenko-Boyle-Prust
Avery-Anisimov-Gaborik
Wolski-Stepan-Zuccarello
Drury-Newbury-Weise

...if there's any silver lining at least Avery gets to play on a line with Gaborik tonight.

Update, 5:05 p.m.:
Andrew Gross reports that the Rangers will not be calling anyone up from the CT Whale as John Tortorella says "This is our team."

Dale Weise, initially a healthy scratch will obviously play tonight.

Update, 5:03 p.m.:
Jesse Spector says that no specific incident is to blame for Dubinsky injury.

Update, 4:57 p.m.:
Zipay adds that Dubinsky's leg has been bothering him for awhile. He had MRI after practice yesterday and a bone scan today. Needs rest

Update, 4:32 p.m.:
For the Rangers official announcement click here. Rangers are saying injury is to Fibula.

...the Rangers have been able to step up their game in the face of injuries all year, so I'm not about to jump ship on this team just yet. Should be interesting to see who they decide to call up Grachev (8g, 6a) or Williams (21g, 13a).

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Pierre LeBrun at ESPN.com reports that Brandon Dubinsky is out 3-4 weeks.

Steve Zipay adds that it is a stress fracture of tibia in left leg.

Dubinsky leads the Rangers with 17 goals, 21 assists and 38 points.

...this has to be some kind of cruel joke.

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