After last night’s whiff in Toronto, the Rangers are back in action against the Flyers tonight at home. The Blueshirts are significantly better at home, and the Flyers are significantly worse than the Leafs. What troubles the Flyers is their goaltending. The Rangers score a decent amount, so this has the potential to be a high scoring affair.
As for the team defense, well the Rangers are what they are. It’s time we stopped expecting anything else for now. There’s many reasons why the defense is still this bad, but that’s not for this post. The Rangers are going to need to light up the opposition to have any chance of winning games this year. They do a good job of that at home.
Flyers Lines
James van Riemsdyk-Claude Giroux-Travis Konecny
Wayne Simmonds-Sean Couturier-Jakub Voracek
Scott Laughton-Nolan Patrick-Michael Raffl
Oskar Lindblom-Philip Varone-Dale Weise
Ivan Provorov-Travis Sanheim
Shayne Gostisbehere-Robert Hagg
Andrew MacDonald-Radko Gudas
PP1: Giroux-Couturier-Simmonds-Voracek-Gostiebehere
PP2: Lindblom-Patrick-JVR-Sanheim-Provorov
Michal Neuvirth gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Filip Chytil –Mika Zibanejad–Mats Zuccarello
Chris Kreider–Kevin Hayes-Pavel Buchnevich
Jimmy Vesey–Brett Howden–Vlad Namestnikov
Boo Nieves–Lias Andersson–Ryan Strome
Brady Skjei–Tony DeAngelo
Marc Staal–Neal Pionk
Brendan Smith–Adam McQuaid
PP1: Zibanejad-Hayes-Kreider-Zuccarello-Pionk
PP2: Howden-Chytil-Vesey-Buchnevich-DeAngelo
Henrik Lundqvist gets the start.
Scratches/Injuries: Kevin Shattenkirk (shoulder), Cody McLeod (hand), Jesper Fast (upper body), Fredrik Claesson (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: Ten total goals in the game.
Game time is 7pm.
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