The Rangers are playing Washington tonight for the second straight Sunday matinee game. Seriously, we just did this last week. The Blueshirts have another one of these at the end of the month against Philly. I guess those fine folks at NBC didn’t care to check out team strength before booking these?
Anywho, Libor Hajek stays in the lineup this afternoon after a pretty strong performance the other night. That’s a good thing. If the kid stays steady, then that’s good! It’s only one game, but hey, we need things to be happy about with our Rangers. Plus Brendan Lemieux looks like he’s going to fit right in!
Caps lineup:
Alex Ovechkin-Evgeni Kuznetsov-Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana-Nicklas Backstrom-TJ Oshie
Andre Burakovsky-Lars Eller-Brett Connolly
Carl Hagelin-Nic Dowd-Travis Boyd
Michal Kempny-John Carlson
Dimity Orlov-Matt Niskanen
Brooks Orpik-Nick Jensen
PP1: Ovechkin-Backstrom-Oshie-Kuznetsov-Carlson
PP2: Vrana-Eller-Burakovsky-Niskanen-Orlov
Braden Holtby gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider–Mika Zibanejad–Jimmy Vesey
Brendan Lemieux–Lias Andersson-Pavel Buchnevich
Vlad Namestnikov–Ryan Strome–Jesper Fast
Brendan Smith–Brett Howden-Filip Chytil
Brady Skjei–Kevin Shattenkirk
Marc Staal–Tony DeAngelo
Libor Hajek-Neal Pionk
PP1: Zibanejad-Kreider-Vesey-Pionk-Shattenkirk
PP2: Strome-Fast-Namestnikov-
Alex Georgiev gets the start.
Scratches/Injuries: Fredrik Claesson (healthy), Boo Nieves (healthy), Connor Brickley (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: Gordie Howe hat trick for Lemieux.
Game time is 12:30pm.
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