John Tortorella bristled at the notion that he should keep his antennae up concerning Henrik Lundqvist's psyche, given the hard luck the Rangers' goaltender has experienced in his last two losses. Some of his players, meanwhile, were the ones who brought it up."That is one game; we've played pretty well," the coach said. "I don't want you to start separating Henrik and the team; I'm not going there. We've played pretty well. We stunk (Thursday night), which is unacceptable, I'll give you that, but it's (one game)."
Thursday's loss to the Senators gave Lundqvist back-to-back losses despite his stopping 77 of 78 shots in the two games - the first a classic goaltenders' duel against Martin Brodeur and the Devils, the second a dreary display against emergency call-up Mike Brodeur and the Ottawa Senators. Tortorella was mystified after Thursday's loss as to how his team could have taken its struggling opponent so lightly after two days of warnings from the coach. Tonight in St. Louis, they'll get another crack at it against a Blues team that has won three straight following a seven-game skid and is on the fringe of the Western Conference playoff picture.
[ nydailynews.com ]
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