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At long last, Rangers fans get to see Connor McDavid live at MSG. But it’s not just his team, as the Oilers have come out of the gate strong with a 7-2-1 record. The interesting thing is that they’ve allowed 22 goals over those ten games, the same as the Rangers. Cam Talbot has had a good start as well.
The Oilers are a relatively deep club, with three dangerous scoring lines. However their blue line leaves a lot to be desired, and outside of two or three guys, aren’t very mobile. This should be a very high scoring game with a lot of action. Should be fun to watch.
Oilers Systems
Todd McLellan had his Oilers mostly running an aggressive 2-1-2 forecheck, mixing in some 1-2-2 depending on game situation. In the defensive zone schemes they overload the boards and play zone defense when the puck is at the points or down low. The power play is a 1-3-1 and their penalty kill formations are a hybrid (depends on puck location/opposition setup).
Oilers Lines
Milan Lucic-Connor McDavid-Jordan Eberle
Benoit Poiliot-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins-Zack Kassian
Patrick Maroon-Leon Draisaitl-Jesse Puljujarvi
Anton Lander-Mark Letestu-Tyler Pitlick
Oscar Klefbom-Adam Larsson
Andrej Sekera-Kris Russell
Darnell Nurse-Matthew Benning
PP1: McDavid–Eberle-Draisaitl-Lucic-Klefbom
PP2: Maroon-RNH-Letestu-Pouliot-Sekera
Cam Talbot gets the start.
Rangers Lines:
Jimmy Vesey–Derek Stepan–Rick Nash
Chris Kreider–Mika Zibanejad–Mats Zuccarello
Michael Grabner–Kevin Hayes–J.T. Miller
Pavel Buchnevich–Brandon Pirri–Jesper Fast
Ryan McDonagh–Dan Girardi
Marc Staal–Nick Holden
Brady Skjei–Kevin Klein
PP1: DJ ZBad-Miller-Pirri-Zucc-McDonagh
PP2: Nash-Stepan-Vesey-Hayes-Girardi
Henrik Lundqvist gets the start.
Injuries/Scratches: Josh Jooris (shoulder), Adam Clendening (healthy), Oscar Lindberg (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: Pavel Buchnevich gets his first goal of his career.
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