The Rangers are back in action again tonight, taking on a Carolina team that really should be better than they are. They have had terrible goaltending basically all season, and that’s a big reason why they are on the outside of the playoffs looking in. It’s unlikely they get in now, but stranger things have happened.
As for the Blueshirts, it’s another game in the rebuild. This is more about seeing how the kids play, as opposed to getting points. You can’t ask players to tank, and you want to create a winning mentality. Play to win, but hopefully grab a top-five pick.
Canes Systems
Under Bill Peters, the Canes play a passive 1-2-2 on the forecheck and look to trap up the neutral zone. In their own end they run your standard low zone collapse. Not the most exciting of systems. On special teams, they run an umbrella powerplay, and a diamond/box hybrid PK.
For more on these systems, check out our Hockey Systems page.
Canes Lines
Sebastian Aho-Jordan Staal-Teuvo Teravainen
Brock McGinn-Elias Lindholm-Justin Williams
Jeff Skinner-Victor Rask-Phillip Di Giuseppe
Joakim Nordstrom-Derek Ryan-Lee Stempniak
Jacob Slavin-Brett Pesce
Klas Dahlbeck-Justin Faulk
Noah Hanifin-Trevor van Riemsdyk
PP1: Staal-Aho-Lindholm-Teravainen-Faulk
PP2: Ryan-Rask-Skinner-Williams-Hanifin
Scott Darling gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider–Mika Zibanejad–Pavel Buchnevich
Jimmy Vesey-Vladislav Namestnikov-Mats Zuccarello
Ryan Spooner–Kevin Hayes–Jesper Fast
Paul Carey–Peter Holland-Cody McLeod
Brady Skjei–John Gilmour
Marc Staal–Neal Pionk
Rob O’Gara-Tony DeAngelo
PP1: Kreider-Zuccarello-Zibanejad-Buchnevich-Skjei
PP2: Vesey-Holland-Namestnikov-Hayes-Gilmour
Alex Georgiev gets the start.
Scratches/Injuries: Kevin Shattenkirk (knee), Ondrej Pavelec (knee), Steven Kampfer (hand), David Desharnaid (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: 75 shots against!
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