After an impressive win against the Devils at The Garden to open the preseason, the Rangers travel across the river to The Rock to face off against the Devils again. The Rangers made their initial cuts, sending a few players to Hartford and returning youngsters to the juniors. The lineup tonight consists of those who did not play in the first preseason game, and a few others who weren’t sent down.

OPPONENT: Devils

2009-2010 RECORD: 48-27-7

2009-2010 LEADING SCORER: Ilya Kovalchuk, 41-44-85

GOALIE: Martin Brodeur, 2.24 GAA and a .920 save percentage

RANGERS LINES:

Ruslan Fedotenko-Todd White-Ryan Callahan, Dane Byers-Artem Anisimov-Evgeny Grachev, Sean Avery-Tim Kennedy-Jeremy Williams, Derek Boogaard-Kris Newbury-Dale Weise

Michael Del Zotto-Steve Eminger, Alexei Semenov-Pavel Valentenko, Garnet Exelby-Matt Gilroy

Martin Biron Henrik Lundqvist, Chad Johnson

STATE OF THE BLUESHIRTS: Wade Redden has officially been sent to Hartford, meaning the Rangers are actively looking for his replacement during these preseason games. There will be stiff competition among the likes of Ryan McDonagh, Matt Gilroy, Garnet Exelby, Alexei Semenov, Michael Sauer and Steve Eminger. Oh happy days!

CRAZY THOUGHT: Fedotenko scores a hat trick, giving us Ranger fans a second look at him before writing him off.

ON THE iPod: Katy Perry / Elmo – Hot N Cold. This got yanked from Sesame Street because Katy Perry’s cleavage was “too much to handle”. But yet, they didn’t change her costume when filming?

FINAL PREDICTION: Rangers 4, Devils 1

So, watch, discuss, have fun. LET’S GO RANGERS!!!

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