After last night’s debacle, the Rangers are going to need short term memory loss in Montreal if they look to build better process. The Ottawa game was just another in a series of process train wrecks, so until that changes, it’s just a matter of luck to see if the Rangers actually perform better.
Montreal is looking like a playoff team this season, sitting comfortably in third place in the Atlantic through the first two months of the season. This is going to be a tough challenge, but for some reason the Rangers seem to do better against playoff teams?
Habs Lines
Tomas Tatar-Phillip Danault-Brendan Gallagher
Nick Suzuki-Max Domi-Arturri Lehkonen
Charles Hudon-Jesperi Kotkaniemi-Joel Armia
Nick Cousins-Nate Thompson-Jordan Weal
Ben Chiarot-Shea Weber
Victor Mete-Jeff Petry
Mike Reilly-Cale Fleury
PP1: Domi-Kotkaniemi-Armia-Weber-Reilly
PP2: Tatar-Suzuki-Gallagher-Hudon-Petry
Carey Price gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin–Ryan Strome–Jesper Fast
Chris Kreider–Filip Chytil-Pavel Buchnevich
Brendan Lemieux–Brett Howden–Kaapo Kakko
Tim Gettinger-Greg McKegg–Brendan Smith
Libor Hajek–Jacob Trouba
Brady Skjei–Tony DeAngelo
Ryan Lindgren–Adam Fox
PP1: Panarin-Chytil-Buchnevich-Kreider-DeAngelo
PP2: Kakko-Strome-Lemieux-Trouba-Fox
PK Forwards: Fast, Kreider, Strome, Howden, Lemieux
PK Defense: Skjei, Trouba, Staal Smith
Alex Georgiev gets the start.
Scratches: Mika Zibanejad (concussion), Marc Staal (ankle)
Crazy Prediction: The Rangers don’t hemorrhage quality chances.
Game time is 7pm.
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