The Rangers have stormed back in this series, completely dominating the Senators in back-to-back 4-1 wins to even the series. It wasn’t just the score, it was the manner in which the Rangers played. They dominated every facet of each game, frustrating the Senators to a point of trying to “set the tone” at the end of Game 4. It didn’t work. Now the Rangers have a chance to destroy their morale in their own building.
Perhaps lost in some of the Tanner Glass craze over the last few days is that the Rangers have scored 13 goals in the past three games. They have begun pressuring the Ottawa defensemen at the blue line, which is forcing turnovers and odd man rushes the other way. They’ve been putting Craig Anderson in a position to exploit his weaknesses, and it’s been working. Need to keep doing that.
Senators Lines
Mike Hoffman-Kyle Turris-Alex Burrows
Clarke MacCarthur-Derick Brassard–Bobby Ryan
Viktor Stalberg-Jean-Gabriel Pageau-Mark Stone
Chris Neil-Zack Smith-Tom Pyatt
Marc Methot-Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf-Cody Cedi
Frederik Claesson-Chris Wideman
PP1: Stone-Turris-Burrows-Karlsson-Phaneuf
PP2: MacCarthur-Brassard-Ryan-Hoffman-Claesson
Craig Anderson gets the start
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider–Mika Zibanejad–Mats Zuccarello
Jimmy Vesey–Derek Stepan–Rick Nash
Michael Grabner–Kevin Hayes–Jesper Fast
Tanner Glass–Oscar Lindberg–JT Miller
Ryan McDonagh–Dan Girardi
Brady Skjei–Brendan Smith
Marc Staal–Nick Holden
PP1: Zibanejad-Vesey-Kreider-Zuccarello-McDonagh
PP2: Stepan-Hayes-Nash-Miller-Skjei
Henrik Lundvist gets the start.
Crazy Prediction: All four lines and all three defense pairs have at least one point.
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