Rangers roll: Post-game Xtra with more quotes, stats, comments

Post-game Xtra: Quotes, Stats, Comments:

Ryan Callahan on his third McDonald Extra Effort Award: “A lot of guys could have won it this year. Right through the lineup, everybody sacrifices themselves.” 

Callahan on 50 wins:  “It’s something at the end of the year you can look back on and say it was a good regular season, but we’ve just got to keep going and keep playing.”

Brian Boyle on Callahan:  “That’s the way we all want to play, behind him. It makes us better players…We all try to follow suit. It’s a lot of fun to be part of it for a number of reasons---the guys in this room, the fans we have, the city we’re in. It’s kind of surreal sometimes. I have to pinch myself. We’re fortunate to be here.”

Boyle on McDonald: “For a man like that, with all he’s been through, to be proud of us, it’s humbling. You get goose bumps.”

Tortorella on the PP: “I think Gabby has done a better job of not holding onto the puck and letting the puck work. Hopefully, at this time of year, with all the struggles, we can keep some consistency.”

Henrik Lundqvist: “I was sharp for 59:45, so it was a good game for me.”

Lundqvist on the PP: “You can see when it’s tape-to-tape it looks like it has so much more speed and it’s creating that many more chances. The passing was really crisp.”

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Derek Stepan had two assists, both while played on the PP point….Lundqvist won his 38^thgame….the 107 points rank fourth all time…the PP is 4-for-9 in the last two games….Del Zotto, who wore the Broadway hat,  has 10 goals and 31 assists…..He played 21:18…Carl Hagelin and Brandon Dubinsky (5 each) had 10 of the 29 shots…Rangers practice at noon tomorrow….Rangers and their fans will have their eye on the Penguins-Flyers game Sunday, which starts at 12:30; the Bruins game here is at 7….Bet the farm that Lundqvist (6-2) starts Sunday.