The King Delivers With Luck On Our Side, Rangers 2, Tampa Bay 1

Last night in Tampa, Henrik Lundqvist stopped 32-of-33 shots and Colton Orr scored his first goal of the season to give the New York Rangers a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning at the St. Pete Times Forum. Fedor Tyutin also scored and Petr Prucha added an assist, as New York won for the sixth time in its past seven outings.

Another goal by our defense (Tyutin) and now a goal credited to our resident enforcer (Orr). Largely absent from the game were the regular glamorous no-hitters Jaromir Jagr, Scott Gomez, Brendan Shanahan and Chris Drury.

This was a lucky one for the Rangers. Not much to say except for the standings below, with the win keeping us in first place in the Atlantic and now second place in the Eastern Conference.

Thanks to Henrik for another great performance. Lastly, thanks to our metal goal post that blocked two close Tampa shots.

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Conference

Eastern

Team	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	GF	GA	Home	Away	Conf.	Last Ten	Streak
1. Ottawa *	20	16	4	0	32	63	43	10-2-0	6-2-0	16-4-0	7-3-0	1L
2. NY Rangers *	22	13	8	1	27	49	41	8-3-0	5-5-1	13-8-1	8-2-0	1W
3. Carolina *	22	12	7	3	27	74	64	6-4-1	6-3-2	11-7-3	5-5-0	1L
4. Montreal	21	12	6	3	27	67	55	5-3-2	7-3-1	12-6-3	6-4-0	1W
5. Philadelphia	20	12	7	1	25	63	53	6-1-1	6-6-0	10-6-1	5-4-1	1W
6. NY Islanders	18	11	7	0	22	46	49	7-3-0	4-4-0	11-7-0	6-4-0	1L
7. Boston	19	10	7	2	22	49	48	6-2-1	4-5-1	6-5-2	4-4-2	1W
8. Atlanta	21	11	10	0	22	61	70	4-4-0	7-6-0	10-9-0	8-2-0	4W
9. Tampa Bay	21	10	9	2	22	69	63	8-2-1	2-7-1	10-9-2	5-4-1	2L
10. Toronto	22	8	9	5	21	68	78	4-5-4	4-4-1	8-8-5	3-5-2	1L
11. Florida	23	10	12	1	21	60	67	6-4-0	4-8-1	9-11-1	4-5-1	2W
12. New Jersey	21	9	10	2	20	50	57	3-4-0	6-6-2	9-10-2	5-4-1	2W
13. Pittsburgh	21	8	11	2	18	57	64	4-6-2	4-5-0	6-10-2	2-7-1	2L
14. Buffalo	19	8	10	1	17	54	56	6-4-0	2-6-1	8-9-1	4-5-1	2W
15. Washington	21	6	14	1	13	47	64	2-7-0	4-7-1	6-12-1	1-8-1	5L