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 Kreider–Mika Zibanejad–Vlad Namestnikov
Kevin Hayes–Filip Chytil–Mats Zuccarello
Jimmy Vesey–Lias Andersson–Ryan Spooner
Cody McLeod-Peter Holland-Pavel Buchnevich
Brady Skjei–John Gilmour
Marc Staal–Neal 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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