The Pittsburgh Penguins are currently on the outside of the playoff picture looking in. It’s been a while since we’ve been able to say that. I say good riddance, and screw the draft position, and beat them down. I will thoroughly enjoy a win this afternoon. Nothing will make me happier than the Penguins missing the playoffs. They deserve to be with us in misery.
As for the actual game, the lines are still TBD as of the writing of this post. Brady Skjei’s status is still up in the air. On the bright side, Fredrick Claesson is cleared to go. Filip Chytil is still a question mark, but David Quinn has said that he doesn’t like scratching the kids…..I dunno.
I’ll update the lines when they get released.
Penguins Lines
Jake Guentzel-Sidney Crosby-Bryan Rust
Phil Kessel-Evgeni Malkin-Nick Bjugstad
Theodore Blueger-Jared McCann-Patric Hornqvist
Zachary Aston-Reese-Matt Cullen-Garrett Wilson
Brian Dumoulin-Kris Letang
Jack Johnson-Justin Schultz
Marcus Pettersson-Chad Ruhwedel
PP1: Malkin-Crosby-Hornqvist-Kessel-Letang
PP2: Guentzel-Bjugstad-Aston-Reese-Pettersson-Schultz
Casey DeSmith gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider–Mika Zibanejad–Mats Zuccarello
Jimmy Vesey–Kevin Hayes–Pavel Buchnevich
Vlad Namestnikov–Ryan Strome–Fredrick Claesson
Connor Brickley-Boo Nieves–Filip Chytil
Tony DeAngelo-Adam McQuaid
Marc Staal–Neal Pionk
Brendan Smith-Kevin Shattenkirk
PP1: Zibanejad-Kreider-Zuccarello-Strome-Namestnikov
PP2: Buchnevich-Chytil-Hayes-Pionk-Shattenkirk
Alex Georgiev gets the start.
Scratches/Injuries: Brady Skjei, Jesper Fast, Filip Chytil (healthy), Brett Howden (knee)
Crazy Prediction: McQuaid with a goal.
Game time is 12:30pm.
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