After a much needed three day break, the Rangers are back at it tonight against Toronto. Fresh off firing Mike Babcock, the Leafs are treading water and five points out of a wild card spot. Toronto’s problem is they allow a ton of goals, even more than the Rangers!
This is probably going to be a track meet since both teams score a lot and allow a lot. Then again, what game with the Rangers isn’t a track meet lately? The Blueshirts are fresh too, so that should help them in trying to chase down that very potent top-six for the Leafs.
Oh, and David Quinn changed up the lines again. Shocker.
Leafs Lines
Zach Hyman-John Tavares-Mitch Marner
William Nylander-Auston Matthews-Kasperi Kapanen
Pierre Engvall-Alex Kerfoot-Ilya Mikheyev
Dmytro Timashov-Frederik Gauthier-Jason Spezza
Morgan Reilly-Tyson Barrie
Jake Muzzin-Justin Holl
Travis Dermott-Cody Ceci
PP1: Tavares-Nylander-Marner-Barrie-Matthews
PP2: Hyman-Kerfoot-Kapanen-Reilly-Spezza
Frederik Andersen gets the start.
Rangers Lines (best guess)
Chris Kreider–Mika Zibanejad-Jesper Fast
Artemi Panarin–Ryan Strome-Pavel Buchnevich
Brendan Lemieux–Filip Chytil–Kaapo Kakko
Greg McKegg–Brett Howden–Brendan Smith
Brady Skjei–Jacob Trouba
Marc Staal–Tony DeAngelo
Ryan Lindgren–Adam Fox
PP1: Panarin-Zibanejad-Kakko-Kreider-DeAngelo
PP2: Strome-Buchnevich-Lemieux-Trouba-Fox
PK Forwards: Fast, Kreider, Strome, Howden, Lemieux
PK Defense: Skjei, Trouba, Staal, Smith
Alex Georgiev gets the start.
Scratches: Libor Hajek (knee), Micheal Haley (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: No mention of a goalie controversy during the broadcast.
Game time is 7pm.
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