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5 Hrs New York Rangers Comment

The Rangers are expected to use Derick Brassard on the point of their struggling power play in Game 3 Tuesday night.

He practiced there in the team's morning skate after playing there briefly in Game 2 and it's something he has done before. "I played the point my first year. It's different than playing in front," Brassard said. "You have to move on the blueline and make sure you shoot the puck. That's what I'm planning on doing. Our power play needs to be good and we need to score some goals." The Rangers don't have a man-advantage marker on eight opportunities against Boston in the series.

Derick Brassard C NYR
2 Days New York Rangers Comment

Derick Brassard's six-game postseason point streak came to end in Sunday's loss to Boston.

He registered four shots and a minus-1 rating in the Rangers' 5-2 loss in Game 2 to the Bruins. Brassard's streak had been the longest in the franchise's history since Wayne Gretzky earned a point in nine straight playoff games in 1997.

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8 Days New York Rangers Comment

Derick Brassard registered two assists in the New York Rangers' 5-0 Game 7 win over the Washington Capitals on Monday night.

Brassard is on a five-game point streak and now has two goals and nine points in these playoffs. Ever since joining the Rangers at the trade deadline, the former sixth overall pick has been on fire. In fact, Brassard has more points over his last 20 combined games with New York (19 points) than he had in 34 games with Columbus earlier this season (18). It's safe to say that not even Rangers GM Glen Sather saw this sort of production coming when he acquired Brassard from the Blue Jackets as part of the Marian Gaborik trade.

Derick Brassard C NYR
9 Days New York Rangers Comment

Derick Brassard will carry a four-game point streak into Monday night's Game 7 against Washington.

He didn't record a point in the first two games of the series, but he has produced two goals and five assists in four contests since then to emerge as the Rangers' top playoff point getter. The former Columbus Blue Jacket has been thoroughly enjoying his first trip to the NHL playoffs. "It's been a lot of fun," Brassard said. "I've been in the league for five years and this is the first time in my career that it's happening. I'm having a lot of fun with the guys here. We have a good team and I like the atmosphere, the leadership that we have. I'm just trying to help out. Right now it's working. At the end of the day, we haven't won the series yet, and I'm going to try to help the team win [tonight]."

Derick Brassard C NYR
9 Days New York Rangers Comment

Derick Brassard scored the only goal in the Rangers' 1-0 win over Washington in Game Six of their series Sunday afternoon.

Brassard has given the Rangers a much-needed jolt on offense since he was acquired from Columbus at the trade deadline with 11 points in 13 regular season contests as well as seven points in six postseason games. John Moore and Mats Zuccarello drew assists on Brassard's marker.

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13 Days New York Rangers Comment

Derick Brassard contributed two assists in New York's 4-3 win against Washington in Game 5 Wednesday night.

He has racked up five points in his past two playoff games and two of them have come on the power play. Brassard had 11 points in 13 games with the Rangers after being acquired from Columbus and now he's starting to heat up in his first appearance in the playoffs.

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15 Days New York Rangers Comment

Derick Brassard ended the Rangers' power-play drought and added two assists in New York's 4-3 Game 3 win over Washington.

Brassard was the Rangers' best offensive player all night, which is as much an indictment of some of their high-priced offensive talent as it is a complement to Brassard. The former Blue Jacket has been very good for the most part since joining the Rangers at the traded deadline, but Brassard was bumped to the fourth line after two sub-par games to start the series. While he remained on that line most of the game, his assist on Arron Asham's goal should get him ensure he's out of John Tortorella's doghouse for now.

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