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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 KreiderMika ZibanejadMats Zuccarello
Jimmy VeseyKevin Hayes–Pavel Buchnevich
Vlad Namestnikov–Ryan Strome–Fredrick Claesson
Connor Brickley-Boo Nieves–Filip Chytil

Tony DeAngelo-Adam McQuaid
Marc StaalNeal 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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