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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 ChytilKevin HayesMats Zuccarello
Chris KreiderMika ZibanejadJesper Fast
Jimmy VeseyBrett Howden-Vlad Namestnikov
Pavel Buchnevich-Ryan SpoonerVinni Lettieri

Brady SkjeiNeal Pionk
Marc StaalBrendan 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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