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The Rangers are across the river tonight, playing potential spoilers to the Devils. The Devils are five points up with three games remaining, and while almost a sure thing, they haven’t clinched yet. Missing out on two points, combined with the potential of Florida winning their game in hand, closes the gap to three points.

Other than spoilers, there’s not much for the Blueshirts to play for. Enjoy some stress free hockey.

Devils Systems

John Hynes has his club running a 1-2-2 forecheck, a low zone collapse, an umbrealla powerplay and a hybrid penalty kill. These are standard systems across the board, and are not very aggressive in nature. The Devils will look to sit and force turnovers in the neutral zone on the forecheck, then collapse to block shots and defend the high priced real estate in the defensive zone. Considering the team, conservative is probably his best bet.

For more on these systems, check out our Hockey Systems page.

Devils Lines

Taylor Hall-Nico Hischier-Kyle Palmieri
Michael Grabner-Pavel Zacha-Patrick Maroon
Blake Coleman-Travis Zajac-Stefan Noesen
Miles Wood-Brian Boyle-Brian Gibbons

Andy Greene-Sami Vatanen
John Moore-Mirco Mueller
Will Butcher-Ben Lovejoy

PP1: Hall-Zajac Palmieri-Maroon-Butcher
PP2: Boyle-Hischier-Zacha-Moore-Vatanen

Keith Kinkaid gets the start.

Rangers Lines 

Chris KreiderMika Zibanejad–Vlad Namestnikov
Kevin HayesFilip ChytilMats Zuccarello
Jimmy VeseyLias AnderssonRyan Spooner
Cody McLeod-Peter Holland-Pavel Buchnevich

Brady SkjeiJohn Gilmour
Marc StaalNeal Pionk
Rob O’Gara-Ryan Sproul

PP1: Kreider-Namestnikov-Zibanejad-Buchnevich-Pionk
PP2: Vesey-Spooner-Zuccarello-Hayes-Gilmour

Henrik Lundqvist gets the start.

Scratches/Injuries: Kevin Shattenkirk (knee), Steven Kampfer (hand), Peter Holland (healthy), Tony DeAngelo (ankle), Jesper Fast (something)

Crazy Prediction: No more snow in April.

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