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The Rangers are in Philadelphia on the back-end of this home-and-home with the Flyers. Last night the Rangers tore through the Flyers, who dressed an AHL lineup for the most part. This time around the roles are reversed, as the Rangers are dressing the AHL squad. Should be interesting to see how the kids do without NHL talent flanking them.
The Rangers play a moderate 1-2-2 forecheck and a strong-side overload in the DZ (man-on-man when the puck is below the goal line). With a lead, AV will back the 1-2-2 forecheck up to the neutral zone, forcing turnovers while keeping five bodies back for defense. As for special teams, the Rangers run a 1-3-1/umbrella hybrid powerplay and a hybrid (diamond/wedge+1) penalty kill).
The Flyers play a 2-1-2 forecheck, and once they get a late lead, they switch to a more conservative 1-1-3 left wing lock. In their own zone, the Flyers play a mix of zone and man-on-man defense, depending on puck location.On special teams, the Flyers run a 1-3-1 and an umbrella power play and a diamond force penalty kill with the strong side forward looking to pressure the point.
Rangers Lineup:
Carl Hageiln-Dominic Moore-Anthony Duclair
Marek Hrivik-Chris Mueller-Danny Kristo
Ryan Bourque-Kevin Hayes-Lee Stempniak
Nick Tarnasky-Oscar Lindberg-Ryan Haggerty
Conor Allen-Michael Kostka
Mat Bodie-Matt Hunwick
John Moore-Kevin Klein
Cam Talbot/Jason Missiaen
Game time is 7pm on MSG.
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