Marian Gaborik News

Calgary Flames ' Jarome Iginla , left, hits New York Rangers' Vinny Prospal during the first period.

Dion Phaneuf #3 of the Calgary Flames skates against the Colorado Avalanche during NHL action at the Pepsi Center on November 20, 2008 in Denver, Colorado.

Edmonton Oilers centre Mike Comrie tries to keep tabs on New York Rangers winger Marian Gaborik during Thursday night's game at Rexall Place.

Despite this being their last home game before going on the road for five games -- where they have just one win -- the Oilers played with little emotion, no jump and created few scoring chances.

Though the New York Rangers showed some fight last time out, it wasn't enough to snap their road losing streak.

NHL punishes Byers, Tortorella New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella, left, and Vancouver Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault, right, both yell at referees after teams got in a fight during Tuesday's game.

Rick Rypien scored the go-ahead goal 8:48 into the third period, the first of three late goals that lifted the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night.

The most coveted spot in the Rangers' lineup is the opening on the first line, which features Marian Gaborik on right wing and Vinny Prospal either in the middle or on left wing.

Henrik Lundqvist has never before beaten the Canucks, but given how he delivered last time out, that inaugural victory might be coming Tuesday night.

OCTOBER 24: Marian Gaborik #10 of the New York Rangers celebrates his second period goal during the NHL game against the Montreal Canadiens on October 24, 2009 at the Bell Centre in Montreal , Quebec , Canada .

Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 29 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season and 150th career victory as the New York Rangers edged Boston, 1-0, at Madison Square Garden.

I don't think I would be a piece to the puzzle tonight. It's disappointing." After playing eight seasons and becoming the all-time leading scorer for the Wild , Gaborik signed as a free agent with the Rangers over the summer and picked up 10 goals and eight assists in his first 12 games before the injury.

Blake Wheeler #26 of the Boston Bruins watches the play against the New Jersey Devils at the TD Garden on October 29, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts.

GREENBURGH, N.Y. a ' Marian Gaborik, Christopher Higgins and Sean Avery all are expected to be on the ice today.

Record: 1-2 . The Wild fell to 0-8 on the road Monday in Chicago, then returned home, where it blew a 3-2 lead to Nashville to lose for the first time at the X. The Wild then beat a Rangers team missing Marian Gaborik, among others, on Friday night, winning 3-2, before finishing the week with a visit to last season's Stanley Cup champions.

The New York Islanders have quickly become experts at playing overtime. On Friday night, they became the first NHL team to play seven overtime games before Nov.

Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau always seemed to couch his comments about Rangers' superpest Sean Avery, possibly because he once coached him and knew Avery's father Al from the Toronto Marlies' minor hockey system.

Regarding recent defensive diligence from Marian Gaborik, the elite goal-scorer who has gone minus-four in the Blueshirts' current three-game losing streak: "Fair; fair," was the way John Tortorella responded yesterday when the head coach was asked for his evaluation of Gaborik's play on the defensive side of the puck.

New York Rangers forward Marian Gaborik took part in his team's morning skate at the Xcel Energy Center today, but Rangers officials said afterward that the former Minnesota Wild winger would not play tonight against the Wild.

Herea s some bad news for Minnesota Wild fans who were eager to rip Marian Gaborik on Friday night: Therea s a good chance the high-scoring winger wona t be in the lineup when the New York Rangers come to town Gaborik, who left Mondaya s game against the Phoenix Coyotes with a leg injury, was held out of Wednesday nighta s game against the New York ...