After every game of the 2011-12 season, each Rangers player will be assigned a letter grade based on his individual performance, impact on the game and outlook going forward.
In Game 5 of the regular season, the New York Rangers defeated the Calgary Flames 3-2 in overtime, bringing their record to 2-1-2 on their season-opening seven-game road trip.
Let’s take a look at the grades:
Grade: A
Marian Gaborik
Gaborik played like a man possessed last night. His power-play goal was outdone only by his tenacity throughout the entire game. He was extremely effective on the forecheck, creating a handful of turnovers in the offensive zone, and zipped around the ice creating breakaway opportunities and odd-man rushes on nearly every shift.
If not for some poor refereeing, we might be clamoring today about Gaborik’s penalty shot goal after an egregious non-call on a breakaway pass from Ryan McDonagh.
Gabby’s early season scoring is one of the most encouraging signs for this team going forward.
Dan Girardi
The accolades for Girardi keep fly ...
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New York Rangers 101: Grading Each Player from Game 5 at Calgary
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