New Lines

After roughly ten games of keeping the top line of Vinny Prospal-Brandon Dubinsky-Marian Gaborik together, and occasionally shuffling the other three lines, coach John Tortorella has completely revamped the Rangers lines.

As for the forward lines:
Enver Lisin-Vinny Prospal (remaining at center)-Marian Gaborik
Sean Avery-Chris Drury-Ales Kotalik
Christopher Higgins-Brandon Dubinsky-Ryan Callahan
Donald Brashear/Brian Boyle-Artem Anisimov-Aaron Voros.

As for the defense:

Michael Del Zotto remained with Michal Rozsival. Otherwise, Staal skated with Matt Gilroy while Wade Redden was paired with Girardi.

Changing lines is a part of hockey, happen quite often, and shouldn’t really be analyzed too much. Look on the bright side, if it were Tom Renney, this would have been the 10th time we would have seen a lineup change. The only thing I don’t like is Anisimov on the fourth line. But then again, where are you going to put him if you put Prospal at center?