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The Rangers are in Sunrise tonight to take on the Florida Panthers. The Panthers have been riding great goaltending from Roberto Luongo and well balanced scoring from their top-six to a .500 record. They are struggling lately at 3-5-2 as shooting percentages from their top-six fall, but this is a young team on the rise with some solid veteran leadership.

New York had their win streak snapped the other day in Tampa Bay, and are going to look to rebound tonight. Last year’s team was very good at rebounding after losses, and with minimal roster turnover, we should hope that this year’s club shows the same resolve. The Rangers are going to need to battle the eventual PDO crash coming their way, so getting back on track against a mediocre club.

Panthers Systems

Gerard Gallant has the Panthers running a 1-2-2 forecheck, which they will use aggressively or conservatively pending the game situation (e.g., the score, puck location, etc.). In their own end, the Panthers play a straight up zone defense. For special teams, Gallant runs a standard umbrella power play and diamond force/box penalty kill system.

Panthers Lines

Jonathan Huberdeau-Aleksander Barkov-Jaromir Jagr
Jussi Jokinen-Nick Bjugstad-Reilly Smith
Brandon Pirri-Vincent Trocheck-Rocco Grimaldi
Quinton Howden-Dave Bolland-Derek Mackenzie

Aaron Ekblad-Brian Campbell
Willie Mitchell-Erik Gudbranson
Steve Kampfer-Alex Petrovic

PP1: Bjugstad-Huberdeau-Barkov-Jagr-Ekblad
PP2: Smith-Trocheck-Pirri-Jokinen-Campbell

PK: Bolland, Jokinen, Mackenzie, Smith, Bjugstad, Mitchell, Gudbranson, Petrovic

Roberto Luongo gets the start.

Rangers Lines

Rick NashDerick BrassardMats Zuccarello
Chris KreiderDerek StepanJ.T. Miller
Oscar LindbergKevin HayesViktor Stalberg
Jarret StollDominic MooreJesper Fast

Ryan McDonaghDan Girardi
Marc Staal–Dan Boyle
Keith Yandle-Kevin Klein

PP1: Nash-Stepan-Zuccarello, Brassard-McDonagh
PP2: Kreider-Hayes-Lindberg, Yandle-Klein

PK: Stepan, Nash, Stoll, Lindberg, Moore, Girardi, McDonagh, Staal, Klein

Henrik Lundqvist is in net.

Scratches/Injuries: Emerson Etem (healthy), Dylan McIlrath (healthy)

Crazy Prediction: Boyle scores.

Be sure to check out our ticket link if you’re looking for tickets to the game. Game time is 7pm on MSG. All gifs will be on nyrgifs.com.

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