The Rangers and Penguins are at it again tonight, with the Rangers looking to close out the series at home. Kevin Hayes gave the Rangers a 3-1 series lead on Wednesday with his overtime winner, and with the Penguins finally starting to get healthy, it would behoove the Rangers to just end this now.

The Pens still have to go without Kris Letang, Olli Maata, Christian Ehrhoff, and Pascal Dupuis, all give have been out the entire series. But Beau Bennett is still back after missing the last two games, and Derrick Pouliot appears to be back, after missing the entire series. The Rangers are withoutKevin Klein tonight, the only injury the Blueshirts are facing at the moment, and he is close to a return.

Justin did a full goalie preview of Marc-Andre Fleury, as the Rangers will look to exploit his playoff shortcomings. I wrote a comprehensive series preview, and you should definitely check out both if you haven’t yet already.

Penguins Lines

Daniel Winnik-Sidney Crosby-Patric Hornqvist
Chris Kunitz-Evgeni Malkin-David Perron
Beau Bennett-Brandon Sutter-Steve Downie
Nick Spaling-Maxim Lapierre-Blake Comeau

Paul Martin-Ben Lovejoy
Rob Scuderi-Ian Cole
Derrick Pouliot-Brian Dumoulin

PP1: Martin-Crosby-Malkin-Perron-Hornqvist
PP2: Kunitz-Bennett-Downie-Cole-Scuderi

PK: Winnik, Lapierre, Sutter, Spaling, Crosby, Martin, Scuderi, Lovejoy, Cole

Marc-Andre Fleury is in net.

Rangers Lines

Chris Kreider–Derek Stepan–Rick Nash
Mats Zuccarello–Derick Brassard–J.T. Miller
Carl Hagelin–Kevin Hayes–Martin St. Louis
Tanner Glass–Dominic Moore–Jesper Fast

Marc Staal–Ryan McDonagh
Keith Yandle–Dan Girardi
Matt Hunwick–Dan Boyle

PP1: Stepan, Brassard, Kreider, Nash, Yandle
PP2: Miller, Hayes, Zuccarello, Boyle, McDonagh

PK: Stepan, Nash, Girardi, Staal, Moore, Fast, Hunwick, Boyle, Hagelin, Yandle, McDonagh

Henrik Lundqvist is in net.

Scratches/Injuries: Kevin Klein (arm), James Sheppard (healthy)

Crazy Prediction: The Rangers actually close out a series in fewer than 7 games.

Be sure to check out our ticket link if you’re looking for tickets to the game. Game time is 7pm on NBCSN and MSG.

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