Rangers Vs. Maple Leafs: Marion Gaborik Scores Four As Rangers Win 7-0

Marion Gaborik has the hat trick plus an extra against the Maple Leafs on Wednesday night. Gaborik scored two more goals in the second period, one goal that trickled in on Toronto goaltender Jonas Gustavsson and the other goal came on the powerplay. Overall, Gaborik has five points, he added an assist on the Bryan Boyle goal. The last time Gaborik scored this many goals came at MSG as well, he scored five against the Rangers in 2007. Other Rangers are having good nights as well, Artem Anisimov has four assists while Sean Avery has three on the night.

Toronto decided to go back to Jonas Gustavsson when the second period started mainly due to the fact that Giguere will be starting against the Ducks tomorrow night. The Rangers are outshooting the Leafs 23-13 in the game thus far and just look like they are ready to move on to the next game. Gustavsson has not had the greatest of games, but he hasn’t had much help during this game as well.

The Rangers have scored three goals in the first 13 minutes and two goals in 36 seconds to ultimately chase Maple Leafs goaltender Jonas Gustavsson. Gustavsson allowed three goals on 11 shots and was replaced by Jean Sebastien Giguere who has allowed a goal himself The Rangers have taken over the game at this point and if the Leafs are going to have a chance at all, they will need to find the back of the net quickly. Henrik Lundqvist has not been tested in this game thus far, only facing five shots compared to the Rangers’ thirteen.

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