For the first time since the Rangers and Jets made a pair of trades that eventually landed both Jacob Trouba and Brendan Lemieux in New York, they will face off in Winnipeg. The reception for Trouba is expected to be poor, since he more or less forced his way out for family reasons. Lemieux likely wasn’t there long enough to garner any sort of reaction.
Igor Shesterkin gets the start again, as the Rangers are clearly riding the hot hand. It also helps that neither Henrik Lundqvist nor Alex Georgiev, while having some great starts here and there, have been consistent enough to warrant longer looks. The rest of the lineup appears to be the same.
Jets Lines
Kyle Connor-Mark Shiefele-Patrik Laine
Nikolaj Ehlers-Blake Wheeler-Mason Appleton
Janson Harkins-Andrew Copp-Jack Roslovic
Gabriel Bourque-Nick Shore-Logan Shaw
Josh Morrissey-Neal Pionk
Dmitry Kulikov-Sami Niku
Anthony Bitetto-Nathan Beaulieu
PP1: Connor-Schiefele-Wheeler-Laine-Pionk
PP2: Ehlers-Roslovic-Copp-Morrissey-Niku
Connor Hellebuyck gets the start.
Rangers Lines (best guess)
Chris Kreider–Mika Zibanejad-Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin–Filip Chytil–Jesper Fast
Phil Di Giuseppe-Ryan Strome–Kaapo Kakko
Brett Howden–Greg McKegg-Brendan Lemieux
Brady Skjei–Adam Fox
Ryan Lindgren–Jacob Trouba
Marc Staal–Tony DeAngelo
PP1: Panarin-Zibanejad-Strome-Kreider-DeAngelo
PP2: Kakko-Buchnevich-Lemieux/Chytil-Trouba-Fox
PK Forwards: Fast, Kreider, Strome, Howden, Lemieux, McKegg
PK Defense: Skjei, Trouba, Staal, Smith, Lindgren
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Scratches: Alex Georgiev (healthy), Micheal Haley (bilateral core), Brendan Smith (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: Goalie goal.
Game time is 8pm.
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