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Carl Hagelin - W - Rangers

Carl Hagelin has only logged 1:51 minutes worth of power-play ice time in the postseason.

That's not likely to change as Rangers coach John Tortorella thinks Hagelin "stinks" with the man advantage. "I don't know why," Tortorella said. "I wish I could put him on the power play, but every time I put him on he stinks."
Source: Dan Rosen on Twitter
May 18 - 3:05 PM
Marc Staal - D - Rangers

Marc Staal (eye) wasn't on the ice with the Rangers on Saturday.

Staal resumed skating on Friday after taking several days off. There's no timetable for his return, but it would be surprising if he plays again in the near future.
Source: Steve Zipay on Twitter
May 18 - 3:00 PM
Brad Richards - C - Rangers

Brad Richards may have reached rock bottom.

Not only has he been demoted to the Rangers' fourth line, he was on the ice for only 9:59 at even strength Thursday night, the least amount of any Ranger skater. It is difficult to determine how Richards has fallen from star to marginal player so quickly. Some believe it has to do with the fact that the 33-year-old pivot did not play during the lockout. Whatever the reason, Richards is not currently relevant from a fantasy perspective.
Source: NY Post
May 18 - 11:24 AM
Marc Staal - D - Rangers

Marc Staal (eye) has started to skate again.

Staal stayed off the ice for several days. There's still no timetable for his return and information regarding his progress has been scarce during the playoffs.
Source: New York Daily News
May 17 - 6:42 PM
John Tortorella - C - Rangers

John Tortorella doesn't think the Rangers' struggles with the man advantage are "playing with their head at all."

Maybe not, but it's kind of moot. Regardless of whether it's getting under their skin, the result alone hurts. The Rangers have a 6.4% power-play success rate through eight postseason games, which is dead last among the teams that are still alive. To put that in perspective, both the Los Angeles Kings and Boston Bruins struggled to capitalize on their power-play chances in their recent Stanley Cup winning playoff runs, but neither of them were nearly as bad as the Rangers currently are. The Kings converted on 12.8% of their power-play opportunities in the 2012 playoffs and the Bruins capitalized on 11.4% of their chances in the 2011 postseason.
Source: Katie Strang on Twitter
May 17 - 2:12 PM
John Tortorella - C - Rangers

The Rangers lost the special teams battle in Game 1 against Boston and they know that their power play especially needs to improve.

New York went 0-for-3 with the man advantage in Thursday's 3-2 overtime loss, while the Bruins scored once on four chances and generated momentum through those opportunities. "I don't want to say [it's] frustrating," said defenseman Dan Girardi, "but it needs to be better. We need to get good chances and create momentum. We've got to get a goal on the power play. It's a difference-maker and we don't get one and we lose the game. We definitely have to figure out something with that." The Blueshirts have gone 2-for-32 on the power play so far in the playoffs.
Source: New York Newsday
May 17 - 9:16 AM
Derek Stepan - C - Rangers

Derek Stepan registered his third goal of the playoffs in Thursday's 3-2 overtime loss to Boston.

He didn't record a point in Games 5, 6 and 7 against Washington in the first round. Stepan's marker ended that cold streak and it gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead early in the third.
Source: The Bergen Record
May 17 - 9:08 AM
Henrik Lundqvist - G - Rangers

Henrik Lundqvist wasn't pleased with himself after losing his third overtime game of these playoffs on Thursday night.

"I've got to be really careful to ask myself the right question there," said Lundqvist following New York's 3-2 overtime defeat against Boston in Game 1. "Have I played bad in overtime? No. Can I score? No. Is it frustrating? Yes. My record is terrible in overtime, but I've just got to stick with it, play my game." He made 15 stops in the extra session and 45 in the contest before Brad Marchand beat him to give the Bruins a 1-0 series lead.
Source: The Bergen Record
May 17 - 9:02 AM
Daniel Girardi - D - Rangers

Daniel Girardi logged a team-high 32:05 of ice time in Thursday night's Game 1 loss to Boston.

He also had five of the team's 29 blocked shots in the contest. Boston's Adam McQuaid was the only player who had more than Girardi with six on the night.
Source: The Bergen Record
May 17 - 8:50 AM
Marc Staal - D - Rangers

Marc Staal (eye) did not travel with the Rangers to Boston.

The two teams will play Game 2 of their semifinal series on Sunday afternoon, but Staal's availability is still up in the air. He played in Game 3 against Washington in Round 1, but hasn't played since because of blurry vision.
Source: The Bergen Record
May 17 - 8:45 AM
Ryan McDonagh - D - Rangers

Ryan McDonagh scored his first goal of the playoffs in the Rangers 3-2 loss in overtime to Boston Thursday.

McDonagh's goal with only two seconds remaining in the second period tied the game at one apiece and it gave the Rangers lots of momentum heading into the third. The momentum continued early in the third as the Rangers made it 2-1 when Derek Stepan scored 14 seconds into the period but rookie defenseman Torey Krug scored on the power play just 2:41 later as Steve Eminger was in the penalty box for holding Rich Peverley. The Bruins took over the game after that, especially in the overtime where they outshot the Rangers 16-5 and finally won it on Brad Marchand's goal. Game 2 is in Boston Sunday at 3pm ET.
May 17 - 12:22 AM
Henrik Lundqvist - G - Rangers

Henrik Lundqvist stopped 45 shots but it wasn't enough as the New York Rangers dropped a 3-2 decision in overtime to the Boston Bruins.

Lundqvist was terrific again on Thursday as he was coming off back-to-back shutouts to finish off the Washington Capitals in the first round. He shut out the Bruins in the first period but finally gave up a goal to Zdeno Chara at the 12:23 mark of the second period to end the shutout streak at 152:23 minutes. Lundqvist is 4-4 in the post-season with a sparkling 1.76 GAA and a .945 save percentage.
May 17 - 12:14 AM
Marc Staal - D - Rangers

Marc Staal (eye) missed practice in the morning and won't play Thursday night.

He wasn't expected to play because he's still being bothered by blurry vision.
Source: The Bergen Record
May 16 - 3:10 PM
Darroll Powe - C - Rangers

Darroll Powe (undisclosed) won't be available to play in Game 1 at Boston.

He didn't take part in the morning skate again and hasn't taken to the ice since getting hurt back in Game 3 against Washington. Powe is believed to have a concussion.
Source: The Bergen Record
May 16 - 3:03 PM
Ryane Clowe - W - Rangers

Ryane Clowe (undisclosed) didn't skate Thursday morning.

He isn't expected to play Thursday night versus Boston in Game 1. Clowe has been hampered with a possible concussion throughout the playoffs.
Source: The Bergen Record
May 16 - 3:00 PM

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