The Rangers are now in their final home games with both Kevin Hayes and Mats Zuccarello (and Adam McQuaid). There was a ton of speculation this afternoon following the recall of Lias Andersson, but Brett Howden was placed on IR to make room. As of the writing of this post, all three players expected to get traded are in the lineup. That can change, though.
The Wild are in sell mode as well, having sent Nino Niederreiter to Carolina and Charlie Coyle to Boston. It’s worth noting that both teams have 60 points, so this is a big game for draft positioning. The calm before the storm.
Wild Lines
Jordan Greenway-Eric Staal-Jason Zucker
Zach Parise-Mikael Granlund-Pontus Aberg
Ryan Donato-Joel Eriksson Ek-Luke Kunin
Marcus Foligno-Eric Fehr-JT Brown
Ryan Suter-Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin-Greg Pateryn
Brad Hunt-Anthony Bitetto
PP1: Parise-Kunin-Granlund-Aberg-Sutter
PP2: Greenway-Staal-Zucker-Donato-Spurgeon
Devan Dubnyk gets the start.
Rangers Lines (This is best guess as of now)
Chris Kreider–Mika Zibanejad–Mats Zuccarello
Jimmy Vesey–Kevin Hayes–Pavel Buchnevich
Vlad Namestnikov–Ryan Strome–Jesper Fast
Lias Andersson-Boo Nieves–Filip Chytil
Brady Skjei–Adam McQuaid
Marc Staal–Tony DeAngelo
Brendan Smith-Kevin Shattenkirk
PP1: Zibanejad-Kreider-Zuccarello-Strome-Namestnikov
PP2: Buchnevich-Chytil-Hayes-Pionk-Shattenkirk
Henrik Lundqvist gets the start.
Scratches/Injuries: Brett Howden (knee), Connor Brickley (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: A trade!
Game time is 7pm.
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