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After Monday night’s humiliating loss in Tampa Bay, the Rangers are in Fort Lauderdale to take on the Florida Panthers. The Rangers beat this team on 11/10 by a score of 4-3, taking advantage of three defensive zone coverage fails by the Panthers (and scoring a powerplay goal).
Since then, Peter Horachek (Flordia’s new coach) has been doing a good job trying to get their ship righted. They’ve beaten the Ducks, Canucks, Avs, and Flyers recently. The Rangers shouldn’t take them for granted. They won’t be an easy out.
Horachek employs more of a north/south game than Dineen and has them running an aggressive 2-1-2 forecheck. In the DZ, they run a low zone collapse and bring all five guys back to protect the house. On special teams, they run an umbrella/1-3-1 power play and a more passive four man box penalty kill. The Panthers tend to collapse vs. challenging the point shot, so our d-men should get some looks tonight.
Rangers Lineup:
Chris Kreider–Derek Stepan-Mats Zuccarello
Carl Hagelin–Brad Richards–Rick Nash
Benoit Pouliot-Derick Brassard-Ryan Callahan
Taylor Pyatt-Brian Boyle-Dominic Moore
Ryan McDonagh–Dan Girardi
Marc Staal–Anton Stralman
John Moore-Justin Falk
Henrik Lundqvist gets the start.
Scratches: Taylor Pyatt (concussion), Michael Del Zotto (healthy)
Game time is 7pm tonight. Don’t forget to check out our Rangers Tickets link for deals to attend games.
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