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According to misto, via the N.Y. feed, Rucchin is out.

For those like Roger and FJC who love stats:

THE TALE OF THE TAPE The Washington Capitals vs The New York Rangers

Quick Hits
2005-06 Regular season Season overview | Team stats | Trends | Team info | Injuries | Leaders | Hot Cold
	NY Rangers	Washington

Season Overview
	NY Rangers	Washington
Season Record (NHL Rk)	15-7-3 (3rd)	8-13-1 (28th)
Division Ranking	1st	5th
Conference Ranking	2nd	15th
Home Record (Rk)	7-2-2 (12th)	6-4-1 (17th)
Away Record (Rk)	8-5-1 (2nd)	2-9-0 (29th)
OT Record (inc. SO) (RK)	3-3 (5th)	3-1 (5th)
Record vs Division	6-2-2	3-6-1
Record vs Conference	15-7-3	7-13-1
Goals For (Rk)	83 (6th)	64 (21st)
Goals Against (Rk)	63 (6th)	94 (29th)
Last 10 Games	7-3-0	4-5-1
Current Streak	Won 4	Lost 2

Team Stats
(2005-06 regular season)
	NY Rangers	Washington
Power play (NHL Rk)	17.6% (16th)	12.6% (28th)
Penalty killing (NHL Rk)	85.8% (3rd)	79.2% (27th)
Against division	6-2-2	3-6-1
Against conference	15-7-3	7-13-1
Overtime	0-2	0-0
Shootout	3-1	3-1
This month	9-3-0	4-6-1
Record by Quarters
Game 1-20	11-6-3	8-12-0
Game 21-40	4-1-0	0-1-1
Game 41-60	0-0-0	0-0-0
Game 61-82	0-0-0	0-0-0

Trends
(2005-06 regular season)
	NY Rangers	Washington
After a victory	9-3-2	1-7-0
After a loss	5-2-0	6-6-1
After a loss in overtime	0-2-1	0-0-0
1st day back at home	4-1-1	3-3-1
1st game on the road	4-1-1	1-6-0
On weekends	6-1-1	3-3-0
On weekdays	9-6-2	5-10-1
With 0 day off	2-1-1	1-3-1
With 1 day off	9-5-2	3-6-0
With 2 days off	2-1-0	2-2-0
With 3+ days off	1-0-0	1-2-0
When outshot	6-2-1	5-11-1
Outshooting the opponent	7-5-2	3-2-0

Team Info
(totals include players on the active roster and on the injured reserve; NHL Experience: regular season only, including current season)
	NY Rangers	Washington
Height average	6-1	6-2
Weight average	198	208
Age average	28.3	27.6
Oldest	Martin Rucinsky (34.7)	Andrew Cassels (36.3)
Youngest	Fedor Tyutin (22.4)	Alexander Ovechkin (20.2)
Rookies	7	6
30 years old +	9	5
1st round selections	7	11
Canadian players	7	15
American players	2	4
European players	13	5
CHL graduates	8	19
U.S. College graduates	3	5
How the Clubs were Built
Drafted	5	6
Free agency	11	7
Trades	6	9
Waivers	0	2
NHL Experience
Total of GP	7425	6473
Total of GPI (goalies)	303	718
Total of GP (defensemen)	2461	1568
Total of GP (forwards)	4661	4187
NHL Seasons average	5.7	5

Injuries
NY Rangers		Washington
Steve Rucchin (C):   Back injury, day-to-day Martin Rucinsky (LW):   Left knee injury, day-to-day - IR Fedor Tyutin (D):   Finger injury, day-to-day Kevin Weekes (G):   Leg injury, day-to-day		Jeff Friesen (LW):   Groin, day-to-day - IR Stephen Peat (RW):   Upper body injury, day-to-day - IR Dainius Zubrus (C/W):   Groin, day-to-day

Leaders: current season
(2005-06 regular season stats)
	NY Rangers	Washington
Games played	Jaromir Jagr, Martin Straka, Michael Nylander, Darius Kasparaitis, Jason Ward, Michal Rozsival, Blair Betts, Dominic Moore, Jed Ortmeyer (25)	Brian Willsie, Brian Sutherby, Steve Eminger, Alexander Ovechkin (22)
Goals	Jaromir Jagr (21)	Alexander Ovechkin (15)
Assists	Martin Straka (21)	Jeff Halpern (13)
Points	Jaromir Jagr (39)	Alexander Ovechkin (23)
Points (Def)	Michal Rozsival, Fedor Tyutin (7)	Steve Eminger (13)
Points (Rookie)	Petr Prucha (9)	Alexander Ovechkin (23)
+/-	Michal Rozsival (8)	Bryan Muir (4)
PIM	Darius Kasparaitis (34)	Brendan Witt (68)
Shots	Jaromir Jagr (129)	Alexander Ovechkin (111)
Wins	Henrik Lundqvist (8)	Olaf Kolzig (7)

Who's Hot?
NY Rangers		Washington
FORWARDS GP G A Pts +/- Shot PPG    Jaromir Jagr Last 4 3 7 10 4 20 2.50    Michael Nylander Last 4 3 5 8 4 12 2.00    Petr Prucha Last 3 2 2 4 3 6 1.33    Jason Ward Last 2 1 1 2 1 7 1.00    Ville Nieminen Last 3 1 2 3 2 10 1.00    Martin Straka Last 9 2 7 9 4 20 1.00 DEFENSEMEN GP G A Pts +/- Shot PPG None GOALIES GPI W L T SO GAA SV%    Henrik Lundqvist Last 2 1 0 0 0 1.54 .950		FORWARDS GP G A Pts +/- Shot PPG    Brian Sutherby Last 4 4 1 5 0 6 1.25    Andrew Cassels Last 5 2 4 6 2 4 1.20    Alexander Ovechkin Last 9 7 3 10 -4 48 1.11    Jeff Halpern Last 9 1 9 10 1 22 1.11    Matt Pettinger Last 2 2 0 2 2 7 1.00    Chris Clark Last 4 3 1 4 2 6 1.00    Matt Bradley Last 8 2 5 7 5 8 0.87    Brian Willsie Last 10 3 5 8 -4 28 0.80 DEFENSEMEN GP G A Pts +/- Shot PPG    Jamie Heward Last 4 0 3 3 2 7 0.75 GOALIES GPI W L T SO GAA SV% None

Who's Not?
NY Rangers		Washington
FORWARDS GP G A Pts +/- Shot PPG None DEFENSEMEN GP G A Pts +/- Shot PPG    Tom Poti Last 6 0 0 0 1 8 0.00 GOALIES GPI W L T SO GAA SV% None		FORWARDS GP G A Pts +/- Shot PPG None DEFENSEMEN GP G A Pts +/- Shot PPG    Bryan Muir Last 4 0 0 0 1 10 0.00 GOALIES GPI W L T SO GAA SV%    Olaf Kolzig Last 2 0 1 1 0 3.87 .886    Brent Johnson Last 2 1 1 0 0 5.28 .823

Leaders: Against Opponent in 2005-06
(regular season stats)
	NY Rangers	Washington
Games played	Jaromir Jagr, Martin Straka, Tom Poti, Martin Rucinsky, Ville Nieminen, Michael Nylander, Darius Kasparaitis, Jason Ward, Steve Rucchin, Michal Rozsival, Blair Betts, Dominic Moore, Marcel Hossa, Fedor Tyutin, Maxim Kondratiev, Jed Ortmeyer (1)	Matt Bradley, Chris Clark, Andrew Cassels, Ben Clymer, Brendan Witt, Brian Willsie, Jeff Friesen, Jamie Heward, Bryan Muir, Dainius Zubrus, Mathieu Biron, Jeff Halpern, Brian Sutherby, Shaone Morrisonn, Steve Eminger, Alexander Ovechkin (1)
Goals	Jaromir Jagr, Marcel Hossa (1)	Steve Eminger, Alexander Ovechkin (1)
Assists	Tom Poti, Michael Nylander (1)	Chris Clark, Andrew Cassels, Jeff Friesen, Jamie Heward, Bryan Muir (1)
Points	Jaromir Jagr, Tom Poti, Michael Nylander, Marcel Hossa (1)	Chris Clark, Andrew Cassels, Jeff Friesen, Jamie Heward, Bryan Muir, Steve Eminger, Alexander Ovechkin (1)
Points (Def)	Tom Poti (1)	Jamie Heward, Bryan Muir, Steve Eminger (1)
Points (Rookie)	-	Alexander Ovechkin (1)
+/-	Jaromir Jagr, Martin Straka, Tom Poti, Darius Kasparaitis, Jason Ward, Steve Rucchin, Dominic Moore, Marcel Hossa, Jed Ortmeyer (0)	Chris Clark, Andrew Cassels, Brendan Witt, Jeff Friesen, Dainius Zubrus, Mathieu Biron, Shaone Morrisonn, Steve Eminger, Alexander Ovechkin (1)
PIM	Darius Kasparaitis (4)	Chris Clark (6)
Shots	Jaromir Jagr (9)	Alexander Ovechkin (6)
Wins	-	Olaf Kolzig (1)

Leaders: Against Opponent in Last 5 Seasons
(regular season stats: 00-01 to 05-06)
	NY Rangers	Washington
Games played	Darius Kasparaitis, Marek Malik (12)	Brendan Witt (17)
Goals	Jaromir Jagr, Martin Straka (4)	Jeff Halpern (5)
Assists	Martin Straka (8)	Andrew Cassels (7)
Points	Martin Straka (12)	Jeff Halpern (11)
Points (Def)	Tom Poti (8)	Mathieu Biron (2)
+/-	Jaromir Jagr, Martin Straka, Tom Poti (4)	Dainius Zubrus (7)
PIM	Darius Kasparaitis (16)	Stephen Peat (31)
Shots	Jaromir Jagr (34)	Jeff Friesen (36)
Wins	Kevin Weekes (2)	Olaf Kolzig (9)

That's impressive, but I see an error- PIMs last 5 seasons/opponent, I have 2 guys just in this game that have Kaspar beat:

Game 0331 Friday, November 23, 2001

New York Rangers (away) Capitals (home)

Capitals 6, Ranger 2

The Penalties:

Rangers

Period 2

3:37 S. McKenna 2:00 tripping
11:42 D. Puriton 2:00 hooking
14:03 D. Blackburn 2:00 slashing
16:00 I. Ulanov 10:00 match- deliberate panalty

Period 3

12:43 E. Lindros 2:00 roughing
15:24 T. Fleury 2:00 roughing
15:24 T. Fleury 2:00 roughing
15:24 D. Blackburn 2:00 goalie leave crease
15:24 E. Lindros 10:00 game misconduct
15:24 E. Lindros 5:00 fighting
15:24 V. Malakov 10:00 misconduct (10:00)
15:24 V. Malakov 5:00 fighting (major)
15:24 V. Malakov 2:00 instigator

20:00 D. Karpa 10:00 misconduct (10:00)
20:00 D. Karpa 2:00 fighting (major)
20:00 D. Karpa 2:00 instigator
20:00 D. Karpa 2:00 cross check
20:00 D. Karpa 2:00 roughing
20:00 S. McCarthy 10:00 game misconduct
20:00 S. McCarthy 2:00 roughing

Capitals

Period 1

7:40 B. Witt 2:00 roughing

Period 2

6:18 R. Zettler 2:00 high stick

Period 3

8:16 B. Witt 2:00 roughing
14:37 F. Kucera 2:00 high stick
15:24 J. Sacco 5:00 fighting (major)
15:24 O. Kolzig 2:00 goalie leave crease
15:24 T. Whitfield 10:00 game misconduct
15:24 T. Whitfield 5:00 fighting (major)
20:00 M. Pettinger 2:00 roughing
20:00 M. Pettinger 10:00 misconduct (10:00)
20:00 M. Pettinger 5:00 fighting (major)

More stats (that I made with my little hands): our forwards in the last five games...

Ovechkin 2-3-5, Cassels 2-4-6, Clark 3-1-4
Pettinger 2-1-3, Halpern 0-5-5, Willsie 2-2-4
Clymer 2-0-2, Sutherby 4-1-5, Bradley 0-3-3
Fleischmann 0-1-1, Laich 2-0-2, Klepis 0-1-1

They're talking about the current Rangers, Roger, I think... whether they were Rangers or not in the past.

Majesky is back, paired with Morrisonn. Other than that, same lineup for the Caps. Clymer-Sutherby-Bradley and Witt-Eminger to start the game, once again. I like it that we keep lines together and let their chemistry develop, like that CSB line.

Misto says Witt has gone to the locker room, but I didn't hear why (I have the WB feed, but wasn't really listening or watching- this is a snoozer, so far- Rangers do not have a SOG after 8 minutes).

Witt has not skated since about the 5:45 mark of the 1st.

JB just said they hope to have an update on Witt soon.

WASHINGTON Capitals

Ovechkin Cassels Clark
Pettinger Halpern Willsie
Clymer Sutherby Bradley
Fleischmann Laich Klepis

Witt Eminger
Heward Muir
Morrisonn Majesky

Kolzig
(Johnson)

***

NEW YORK Rangers

Prucha Straka Jagr
Nieminen Nylander Hossa
Hollweg Moore Ortmeyer
Strudwick Betts Ward

Rozsival Malik
Kasparaitis Kondratiev
Tyutin Poti

Lundqvist
(Holt)

JB says Witt has returned to the bench, just before Kaspar levels Bradley with a big hit.

Jason Ward scores a short-handed goal, thanks to a pass by Muir.

The Rags' first of the season, and Ward's first of his career, according to JB/CL.