The Rangers have one more game tonight in Boston to wrap up a busy January, then go on a nine day break for their bye week and the All Star break. The Blueshirts have just three wins this month, going 3-6-0 thus far. However, their three wins have come in their last four games, so they are riding a bit of a hot streak at the moment. This comes right as Tony DeAngelo was paired with Marc Staal. There’s no correlation there, just coincidental timing that I thought was funny.
Boston is one of the better non-Tampa teams in the Eastern conference. They currently sit one point behind Toronto and third in the Atlantic. They are a tough opponent, which might be what #TheVision needs for the tank. Remember though, players don’t tank, and you don’t want them to try to lose. Keeping Mats Zuccarello hot to boost that trade value would be nice.
Zuccarello would fit in on Boston’s second line RW spot, though. Makes you think.
Bruins Lines
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-David Pastrnak
Jake Debrusk-David Krejci-Peter Cehlarik
Chris Wagner-Sean Kuraly-David Backes
Danton Heinen-Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson-Ryan Donato
Zdeno Chara-Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug-Brandon Carlo
John Moore-Kevan Miller
PP1: Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak-Debrusk-Krug
PP2: Donato-Krejci-Cehlarik-McAvoy-Moore
Tuukka Rask gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider–Mika Zibanejad–Mats Zuccarello
Filip Chytil–Ryan Strome–Jesper Fast
Jimmy Vesey–Brett Howden–Vlad Namestnikov
Cody McLeod–Boo Nieves-Pavel Buchnevich
Brady Skjei–Adam McQuaid
Marc Staal–Tony DeAngelo
Ryan Lindgren-Kevin Shattenkirk
PP1: Zibanejad-Kreider-Zuccarello-Strome-Namestnikov
PP2: Howden-Chytil-Buchnevich-DeAngelo-Shattenkirk
Henrik Lundqvist gets the start.
Scratches/Injuries: Neal Pionk (lower body), Fredrik Claesson (shoulder), Kevin Hayes (upper body), Brendan Smith (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: No disallowed goals on bad offsides reviews.
Game time is 7pm.
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