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Well the Rangers are back in action tonight against Minnesota, and I actually remembered they are playing tonight! Progress! For those who missed it, I completely forgot the Rangers had a game last night in Calgary, and by the looks of the highlights (I couldn’t watch the game, double whammy) the Rangers forgot they had a game too. With travel to Minnesota and a time zone change, the Blueshirts may come out sluggish in this one too.

The Blueshirts are in free fall, with a 1-4-5 record in their last ten games. Kudos to them for getting to overtime, but boy are those loser points killing their draft position. They currently sit in 7th, and are two points from 5th. Getting into the top-five (a 25% chance of getting into the top-two) is a win for this year.

Wild Lines

Zach Parise-Eric Staal-Jason Zucker
Jordan Greenway-Luke Kunin-Kevin Fiala
Ryan Donato-Victor Rask-Pontus Aberg
Marcus Foligno-Eric Fehr-JT Brown

Ryan Suter-Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin-Greg Pateryn
Brad Hunt-Nick Seeler

PP1: Parise-Kunin-Fiala-Aberg-Suter
PP2: Greenway-Staal-Zucker-Donato-Spurgeon

Devan Dubnyk gets the start.

Rangers Lines 

Chris Kreider–Mika Zibanejad–Jimmy Vesey
Brendan Lemieux–Brett Howden-Pavel Buchnevich
Filip Chytil–Ryan Strome–Vlad Namestnikov
Connor Brickley-Lias Andersson-Jesper Fast

Brady Skjei–Kevin Shattenkirk
Marc Staal–Neal Pionk
Brendan Smith-Tony DeAngelo

PP1: Zibanejad-Namestnikov-Vesey-Buchnevich-DeAngelo
PP2: Strome-Chytil-Howden-Fast-Shattenkirk

Henrik Lundqvist gets the start.

Scratches/Injuries: Libor Hajek (shoulder), Frederik Claesson (healthy), Jimmy Vesey (healthy)

Crazy Prediction: The Rangers remember they have a game.

Game time is 8pm.

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