With their nail biter win last night, the Rangers have now won two in a row and the process looks a lot better than it did a week ago, despite a rash of injuries. The Blueshirts have four games remaining before the All-Star break, all against Western Conference opponents. Should be an interesting week. Anyway, I have some thoughts…
1. It’s nice to see Rick Nash see some reward for his effort. According to Matthew Barlowe (@matt_barlowe), Nash leads the Rangers in discrepancy between his iXG (expected goals) and actual goals. The implication here is that Nash is snake bitten, which is certainly true, but I think there is also reality that he just simply isn’t the finisher that he used to be.