Well this is awkward. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images North America).
The Minnesota Wild are in town tonight to take on our New York Rangers. These aren’t the Wild you’re used to though, this club has allowed just nine goals (22.2 shots against/game) this season. Darcy Kuemper already has three shutouts (and an unsustainable .967 SV%), and the team plays incredible defense. The good news: Even the Rangers score more than them (16 goals so far). I’m expecting this to be a low scoring affair, so this game will wind up being 7-6 or something.
Under Mike Yeo, the Wild run a 1-2-2 forecheck which they use aggressively or conservatively depending on game situation. In the defensive zone they play a zone D pretty much exclusively. The Wild prefer to attack the blue line with speed so the Rangers are going to have to be good defending the rush tonight and not leaving Hank on an island. On special teams, the Wild run an umbrella power play and a diamond force penalty kill.
Rangers lineup (unconfirmed):
Chris Kreider-Martin St. Louis-Rick Nash
Mats Zuccarello-Derick Brassard-Ryan Malone
Carl Hagelin-Dominic Moore-Anthony Duclair
Tanner Glass-Chris Mueller-Lee Stempniak
Ryan McDonagh-Dan Girardi
Marc Staal-Matt Hunwick
John Moore-Kevin Klein
Henrik Lundqvist gets the start
Scratches/Injuries: Derek Stepan (leg), Dan Boyle (hand), Kevin Hayes (healthy), Mike Kostka (healthy)
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Game time is 7pm on MSG.
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