1.   Big offensive defenseman Mathieu Schneider is back from an extended injury.

2.   -- JEFF BEUKEBOOM, the big Ranger defenseman, missed practice Wednesday with more back spasms, the same problem that caused him to leave practice early on Monday.

3.   After the second Dallas goal, Beukeboom was in another fight, this one with Derian Hatcher, the big defenseman.

4.   Already missing for the Rangers were two big defensemen, Jeff Beukeboom and Peter Popovic.

5.   Center Ron Francis bumped the puck back to Hatcher at the right point and the big defenseman teed up a slapper.

6.   Dan McGillis, a big defenseman, is having a good series.

7.   Ferraro was injured when crunched into the boards and glass by Jeff Beukeboom, the big Ranger defenseman.

8.   Give us the wretched refuse of your teeming shore and, perhaps, a skater or two who can shoot and a big defenseman who can hit.

9.   He chased down big defenseman Calle Johansson and knocked him off the puck at the right point in the Washington zone.

10.   He twice was hit hard by Jay McKee, the big defenseman, and Vaclav Varada jousted with him.