1. Edmonton's oft-reviled goaltender Stu Skinner proved Rangers GM Emile Francis had it right when he said, "Hockey is a slippery game; it's played on ice."
2. A couple of nights ago Skinner's blunder on Vegas' game-winning goal had Oilers fans demanding that Stu be shipped somewhere South of Pago-Pago.
3. Undaunted, Skinner took the crease last night and fooled his critics as only a haunted goalie could – with a shutout.
4. Meanwhile, Toronto's backup netminder Joseph Woll will be in goal tonight, hoping to stop the surging champion Panthers.
5. Despite the Leafs loss in Game Four, Woll was somewhere betweenbrilliant and amazing. It wouldn't surprise me if Woll pulls off a Skinner type shutout.
6. Cup-winning coach Paul Maurice on the Blueshirts: "They have some world-class players, but they have to show up!"
7. More Maurice: "The Rangers were too often uninspired and were reacting too much and not initiating. There was not enough putting the puck in, chasing it and going to the net." (Quick! Show this to Mike Sullivan before it's too late!)
8. Gary Bettman on the Winnipeg Jets: "The hockey team has brought the people of the city together and that's all good."
9. Dallas coach Peter DeBoer on Mikko Rantanen's hot scoring: "It's the best performance I've witnessed from a guy on my team for this extended period!"
10. Neil Smith on his NHL Roundup podcast with Vic Morren: "The Rangers need more players like Will Cuylle." (By the way Cuylle was drafted by Jeff Gorton.)
11. John Tortorella's future remains cloudy. He still has a year on his current contract so he really does not have to work.
12. Until proven otherwise, Juuso Parssinen's nickname will be "Useless."
13. Unsolved remains the mystery of former Rangers trainer Jim Ramsey – one of the all-time best – and why he was fired. (And now thriving with the Canadiens.)
14. Maven Prediction via Jess Rubenstein: The Rangers will try to move K'Andre Miller, "rather than risk having to go to arbitration with him."
15. How many remember that Marv Albert once was the Rangers radio play-by-play man? (And that Marv once wrote a book called "Ranger Fever?)