Photo: AP

Photo: AP

Cam Talbot will be in net tonight, looking for his third straight win and third straight shutout in Detroit, as the New York Rangers take on the Red Wings. The Rangers are fresh off a 6-3 loss to Tampa Bay, their third in a month, but are 6-0-1 in games where they haven’t played the Lightning, so that’s always a positive. These two teams met a month ago in New York, with the Rangers winning in overtime on a Derick Brassard powerplay goal. Hopefully their non-Tampa Bay roll will continue tonight.

Mike Babcock has his boys playing a 2-1-2 forecheck, but mix in a LW lock depending on game situation. In their own zone, Detroit plays a straight up zone defense. On the PP, the Wings employ an umbrella and a 1-3-1 formation, but will use Zetterberg as a rover. He’s all over the zone. On the penalty kill they change up their strategy depending on the opposition’s setup.

Rangers lineup:

Rick NashDerick BrassardMats Zuccarello
Chris KreiderDerek StepanMartin St. Louis
Carl HagelinKevin HayesLee Stempniak
J.T. MillerDominic MooreJesper Fast

Ryan McDonagh-Dan Girardi
Marc Staal-Dan Boyle
Matt HunwickKevin Klein

Cam Talbot gets the start.

Scratches/Injuries: Tanner Glass (mumps), John Moore (healthy) Anthony Duclair(healthy)

As always, be sure to check out our ticket link if you’re looking for tickets to a game.

Game time is 7:00pm on MSG.

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