The Rangers close out their west coast trip in Vancouver, looking to play a full 60 minutes and stay out of the penalty box. The Canucks are very top heavy, but still dangerous in their own right and sitting pretty in a wild card spot with a positive goal differential. It’s only a matter of time before they pass Edmonton in the standings, and could be as soon as tonight.
As for the Rangers, they’ve been inconsistent with their efforts, but the process, minus the penalties has been relatively better. Their expected goals differential is improved at even strength, but that doesn’t mean much if they can’t stay out of the box. A consistent 60 minutes with as few penalties as possible is needed tonight.
Canucks Lines
JT Miller-Elias Petterson-Brock Boeser
Tanner Pearson-Bo Horvat-Josh Leivo
Michael Ferland-Brandon Sutter-Jake Virtanen
Tim Schaller-Jay Beagle-Tyler Motte
Alex Edler-Tyler Myers
Quinn Hughes-Chris Tanev
Jordie Benn-Troy Stetcher
PP1: Boeser-Petterson-Miller-Edler-Horvat
PP2: Pearson-Leivo-Ferland-Myers-Hughes
Jakob Markstrom 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: A full 60 minutes.
Game time is 10pm.
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