The Rangers are back at it today against Calgary at MSG. The Blueshirts are still trying to figure things out, and Calgary might be a good team for everything to come together. The Flames are around .500 right now, and struggling to keep the puck out of their own net. With the Blueshirts struggling to score, this is an ideal situation.
If Frederik Claesson can’t go, it’ll be Adam McQuaid back in the lineup. The forwards are expected to remain the same. Calgary, despite it’s defensive struggles, is still potent on offense, so that blue line will be tested early and possibly often.
Flames Lines:
Johnny Gaudreau – Sean Monahan – Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk – Mikael Backlund – Michael Frolik
Sam Bennett – Mark Jankowski – James Neal
Garnet Hathaway – Derek Ryan – Dillon Dube
Mark Giordano – TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin – Rasmus Andersson
Juuso Valimaki – Michael Stone
Mike Smith gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Filip Chytil–Kevin Hayes–Mats Zuccarello
Chris Kreider–Mika Zibanejad–Jesper Fast
Jimmy Vesey–Brett Howden-Vlad Namestnikov
Pavel Buchnevich-Ryan Spooner–Vinni Lettieri
Brady Skjei–Neal Pionk
Marc Staal–Brendan Smith
Frederik Claesson-Kevin Shattenkirk
PP1: Zibanejad-Zuccarello-Kreider-Spooner-Shattenkirk
PP2: Hayes-Chytil-Vesey-Howden-Skjei/Pionk
Henrik Lundqvist gets the start.
Scratches: Cody McLeod (healthy), Tony DeAngelo (healthy), Adam McQuaid (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: A shutout for Hank.
Game time is 7pm.
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