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The Rangers are 2-3-1 in games when a player's jersey is retired...New York fell to 16-8-3 at home this season...Motzko's last NHL goal was scored against these Rangers on December 12, 2007...Graves scored a team-high 52 goals in the 1993-94 regular season and added 10 more during the Rangers' run...
Peter Budaj allowed six goals on 30 shots for the Avalanche, who had won seven of their last eight on home ice. Following tonight's test, Colorado will play in Nashville before returning home for two straight. Colorado is 11-7-0 as the host team this year.
Ottawa has won two of the last three meetings against the Maple Leafs, but Toronto has won five of seven overall in the series. The Senators have also been defeated in three of their previous four stops in Toronto. Toronto is playing the third tilt of a four-game homestand tonight and has a 7-7...
Comeau brought the Islanders back on a rebound 27 seconds later, but Naslund tipped in a Gomez feed at 7:12 for a 4-3 Rangers advantage. The Islanders got on the board with 4:56 left in the first period, as Trent Hunter stripped a Rangers defenseman behind the net and fed Sillinger for a wrist...
The Flames, meanwhile, snapped a three-game losing streak Tuesday night as they pounded the St. Louis Blues in a road test at Scottrade Center. Jarome Iginla scored twice and added two assists while Miikka Kiprusoff made 28 saves, as Calgary defeated the Blues, 6-3.
Knuble's assist gave him 400 career points...Philadelphia has had 14 of its 15 games at home this season decided by one goal (8-4-3)...Carolina defenseman Bryan Rodney made his NHL debut...Before the game, the Hurricanes placed defenseman Frantisek Kaberle on injured reserve...The Flyers are 8-...