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The Rangers are in action tonight in Anaheim, closing out their first west coast trip of the season. They lost to LA late on Sunday and then beat San Jose in a shootout on Tuesday. So a win means they actually close out their trip with a winning record. Hey, it’s the little things.

The lineup is the same tonight as it was on Tuesday, so make of that what you will. I’m going to venture a guess that keeping McLeod in the lineup over Buchnevich –while also giving him more minutes than Chytil– is going to rub people the wrong way.

Ducks Lines

Rickard Rakell-Ryan Getzlaf-Pontus Aberg
Andrew Cogliano-Ryan Kesler-Brian Gibbons
Isac Lundestrom-Adam Henrique-Jakub Silfverberg
Ben Street-Sam Steel-Joseph Blandisi

Hampus Lindholm-Jacob Larsson
Cam Fowler-Andy Welinski
Marcus Pettersson-Brandon Montour

PP1: Rakell-Getzlaf-Henrique-Steel-Fowler
PP2: Cogliano-Kesler-Gibbons-Lindholm-Montour

John Gibson gets the start.

Rangers Lines

Jimmy Vesey–Mika Zibanejad–Mats Zuccarello
Chris Kreider–Kevin Hayes–Ryan Spooner
Vlad Namestnikov–Brett Howden-Vinni Lettieri
Cody McLeod-Filip Chytil-Jesper Fast

Brady Skjei–Tony DeAngelo
Marc Staal–Neal Pionk
Brendan Smith-Kevin Shattenkirk

PP1: Zibanejad-Zuccarello-Kreider-Spooner-Shattenkirk
PP2: Hayes-Chytil-Vesey-Howden-Skjei/Pionk

Alex Georgiev gets the start.

Scratches/Injuries: Pavel Buchnevich (healthy), Adam McQuaid (undisclosed), Frederik Claesson (lower body), Boo Nieves (concussion)

Crazy Prediction: I don’t fall asleep before the end of the first period.

Game time is 10pm.

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