derek stepan

Photo: AP / Fred Chartrand

The Rangers are in a do-or-die situation tonight. Win and continue. Lose and go home. Experience has been thrown around a lot lately, saying that the Rangers have the guys who have been there before. You know what? I’m sick of that crap. If they have this “experience” then this series would’ve been over by now. No more leaning on experience. Play with desperation. Just win, I don’t care how.

Series Breakdown

We wrote a whole bunch of posts breaking down this matchup. Be sure to check them out:

Systems Breakdown
Forwards Breakdown
Defense Breakdown
Goaltender Breakdown

Senators Lines

Mike Hoffman-Kyle Turris-Alex Burrows
Clarke MacCarthur-Derick BrassardBobby 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 KreiderMika ZibanejadMats Zuccarello
Jimmy VeseyDerek StepanRick Nash
Michael GrabnerKevin HayesJesper Fast
Tanner GlassOscar LindbergJT Miller

Ryan McDonaghDan Girardi
Brady SkjeiBrendan Smith
Marc Staal
Nick Holden

PP1: Zibanejad-Vesey-Kreider-Zuccarello-McDonagh
PP2: Stepan-Hayes-Nash-Miller-Skjei

Henrik Lundvist gets the start.

Crazy Prediction: An entire game where we don’t yell at the TV and scream why any given player is out on the ice.

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