Girardi's GWG Gives Rangers Edge In Eastern Final: Dan Girardi's power-play tally in the third period propelled the Rangers over the Devils in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final on Saturday afternoon. (Updated 05/20/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/27/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Perhaps there's a trend here; the Rangers have won twice in this series, and Dan Girardi has banged home the game-winner both times. His three postseason game-winners this year are one more than he accumulated during the entire regular season, so don't expect lots more. (Updated 05/20/2012).
05/25/2012 23:04 Devils top Rangers in overtime to advance to Stanley Cup Final
Adam Henrique scored off a wild scramble in front at 1:03 into overtime and the New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Rangers 3-2 to advance to their first Stanley Cup finals since 2003.
05/21/2012 23:03 Devils top Rangers, even series 2-2
Martin Brodeur made 27 saves and survived a third-period punch to the chest by old buddy Mike Rupp as the New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Rangers 3-1 in Game 4 to even the Eastern Conference finals Monday night.
05/19/2012 16:26 Devils have Hall of Famer, Rangers have King Henrik -- advantage, N.Y.
Martin Brodeur has had a great career. Henrik Lundqvist is having a better East finals. The Devils are doing everything right but trail 2-1. Adam Gretz says Lundqvist is the only reason New York leads the series.
05/19/2012 15:45 Lundqvist shuts out Devils; Rangers lead Eastern Conference finals 2-1
Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 36 shots, and Dan Girardi, Chris Kreider and Ryan Callahan scored third-period goals to lead the New York Rangers to a 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday.
05/14/2012 22:50 Rangers surge in third period, shut out Devils in Game 1
Rangers rookie Chris Kreider and defenseman Dan Girardi both had a goal and an assist in the third period, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 21 shots for his fifth career playoff shutout, as weary New York opened the Eastern Conference finals with a 3-0 victory over the well-rested New Jersey Devils on Monday night.
The last two years Girardi has paired with Marc Staal, representing one of the top defensive tandems in the league. The Rangers' offense should be a little more consistent with Brad Richards' arrival and the maturation of the team's younger skaters. As a result, it should be realistic for the blueliner to return to the 30-35 point range, putting him on the map as a fourth option at his position in standard leagues. Fantasy owners involved in pools that give defensive points have extra incentive to nab Girardi, as the two-way defender picked up 195 hits and 236 blocks last season alone.
(Updated 10/4/11)
