The Rangers are back in action tonight against the Leafs, but they will do it without Brendan Lemieux, who fractured his hand last night. The Rangers recalled Steven Fogarty to replace him, and it would be expected that he slides into the fourth line, with Brett Howden moving up to third line wing.
The Leafs are the second 46-point team the Rangers are facing in the past two days. So making it two-for-two against these teams would be lovely. The Rangers capitalized on Carolina’s mistakes last night, and will need to do so again against a strong Leafs team.
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–Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin–Ryan Strome–Jesper Fast
Brett Howden–Filip Chytil–Kaapo Kakko
Brendan Smith–Greg McKegg–Steven Fogarty
Brady Skjei–Jacob Trouba
Marc Staal–Tony DeAngelo
Ryan Lindgren–Adam Fox
PP1: Panarin-Zibanejad-Strome-Kreider-DeAngelo
PP2: Kakko-Buchnevich-Lemieux/Chytil-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: Fogarty gets his first NHL point.
Game time is 7pm.
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