After a week off, the Rangers are in Sunrise tonight to take on the Panthers in a game that may have draft lottery implications. As it stands today, the Rangers are ahead of the Panthers, but only by two points. Florida is a team I have pegged to eventually pass the Rangers in the standings, and a Florida win would do them wonders. Not that anyone is hoping the Rangers lose, but it certainly isn’t the worst thing in the world anymore.
As for our Blueshirts, they’ve been absolutely dreadful lately. They’ve forgotten basic fundamentals and have been borderline lazy. On the bright side, the week off was no picnic. They were worked by David Quinn, and worked hard. We will see if that has any impact on them.
Panthers Lines
Jonathan Huberdeau-Alex Barkov-Mike Hoffman
Evgenii Dadonov-Jared McCann-Frank Vatrano
Dryden Hunt-Denis Malgin-Troy Brouwer
Micheal Haley-Juho Lammikko-Colton Sceviour
Keith Yandle-Aaron Ekblad
Michael Matheson-Mark Pysyk
Bogdan Kiselevich-Mackenzie Weegar
PP1: Barkov-Hoffman-Huberdeau-Dadonov-Yandle
PP2: McCann-Vatrano-Malgin-Matheson-Ekblad
Roberto Luongo gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Kevin Hayes
Jimmy Vesey–Ryan Strome-Filip Chytil
Vlad Namestnikov–Brett Howden–Jesper Fast
Steven Fogarty-Lias Andersson-Matt Beleskey
Brady Skjei-Tony DeAngelo
Marc Staal–Neal Pionk
Fredrik Claesson-Kevin Shattenkirk
PP1: Zibanejad-Hayes-Kreider-Strome-Pionk
PP2: Howden-Chytil-Vesey-Strome-Shattenkirk
Henrik Lundqvist gets the start.
Scratches/Injuries: Adam McQuaid (lower body), Pavel Buchnevich (thumb), Cody McLeod (hand), Mats Zuccarello (groin), Brendan Smith (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: Beleskey scores, because of course he will.
Game time is 7pm.
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