Wed, Apr 15 at Washington 7:00 pmSat, Apr 18 at Washington 1:00 pm
Mon, Apr 20 Washington 7:00 pm
Wed, Apr 22 Washington 7:00 pm
Fri, Apr 24 at Washington 7:00 pm
Keys to the series
1.Obviously Henrik Lundqvist will have to come up huge and perhaps have his best series in the playoffs if the Rangers are to beat the Caps.The Caps offense is potent,besides Ovechkin you have to deal with Alexender Semin,Nik Backstrom,Mike Green and a host of other skilled players.On the other end Jose Thedore gets very shaky at times and loses his confidence for stretches of time.
2.Contain Alex Ovechkin-He is going to get his goals and shots but we must limit it to a degree.I think this series is a huge showcase for Marc Staal.He has the size and strength to match up against Ovechkin and if he does a somewhat decent job the Rangers have a much better chance.It's also up to Torterella to decide if he is perhaps going to match Chris Drury's line against Ovechkins.
3. Get under the skin of Semin and Green.This is where Sean Avery is at his best,if he is able to get these players worrying more about him than scoring it'll be huge to the Rangers.We all know Semin does not like to get hit.
4.Rangers PP and PK-Two opposites,the pk was the best in the league and the PP was among the lower 10 in the league.If the Rangers can find a way to get some PP goals and the PK continues to shine this is another huge advantage for the Rangers.
1 comment:
I agree with you on all of this, especially on the part about getting under Semin's skin. The guy is a baby and we need to take advantage of that, lol.
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