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The Rangers begin their second trip out west tonight, taking on the very top heavy Colorado Avalanche. I say top heavy because outside of their top line and top pairing, this Avs team has no business being as good as they are. But that top line is one of the best in the league, and here we are, watching Colorado atop the standings (in a bad division).

As for the Blueshirts, they are going to try to play a little better. However it’s the same blue line dressing, despite the recent debacles, so who knows. It’s Alex Georgiev in net tonight, with Henrik Lundqvist getting a much needed day off. Jimmy Vesey is back in the lineup too.

Avs Lines

Gabriel Landeskog-Nathan MacKinnon Antti Rantanen
Tyson Jost-Alex Kerfoot-JT Compher
Matt Nieto-Carl Soderberg-Matt Calvert
Sven Andrighetto-Sheldon Dries-Logan O’Connor

Sam Girard-Erik Johnson
Ian Cole-Tyson Barrie
Patrik Nemeth-Ryan Graves

PP1: Landeskog-MacKinnon-Rantanen-Compher-Barrie
PP2: Jost Nieto-Kerfoot-Johnson-Girard

Phillipp Grubauer gets the start.

Rangers Lines 

Chris Kreider–Mika Zibanejad–Jesper Fast
Vlad Namestnikov–Kevin Hayes–Mats Zuccarello
Filip Chytil–Brett Howden–Pavel Buchnevich
Jimmy Vesey–Boo Nieves–Ryan Strome

Brady Skjei–Adam McQuaid
Marc Staal–Neal Pionk
Fredrik Claesson-Kevin Shattenkirk

PP1: Zibanejad-Hayes-Kreider-Zuccarello-Namestnikov
PP2: Howden-Vesey-Buchnevich-Pionk-Shattenkirk

Alex Georgiev gets the start.

Scratches/Injuries: Tony DeAngelo (healthy), Brendan Smith (healthy), Cody McLeod (healthy)

Crazy Prediction: I’m running low on these – any ideas?

Game time is 9pm.

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