The rolling Rangers are in Chicago tonight to take on the Blackhawks, who are not a good team this year. The Hawks are on the outside looking in for the playoff race, and are unlikely to make up enough ground to get there. They are still potent offensively, but nowhere near as consistent as they once were.
The Rangers are rolling with Igor Shesterkin in net tonight. Julien Gauthier is also playing tonight, and it is my guess he is in for Jesper Fast. Or I could just be reading too deep into the tea leaves. But as of the writing of this post, that’s my guess.
Blackhawks Lines
Dominik Kubalik-Jonathan Toews-Drake Caggiula
Brandon Saad-Ryan Carpenter-Patrick Kane
Alex Debrincat-Kirby Dach-Dylan Strome
Matthew Highmore-David Kampfe-Alex Nylander
Duncan Keith-Adam Boqvist
Erik Gustafsson-Connor Murphy
Slater Koekkoek-Olli Maata
PP1: Kubalik-Toews-Saad-Gustafsson-Kane
PP2: Debrincat-Dach-Strome-Boqvist-Keith
Robin Lehner 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
Brendan Lemieux-Brett Howden-Julien Gauthier
Brady Skjei–Jacob Trouba
Ryan Lindgren–Adam Fox
Marc Staal–Tony DeAngelo
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, Lindgren
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Scratches: Alex Georgiev (healthy), Micheal Haley (bilateral core), Brendan Smith (healthy), Greg McKegg (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: Gauthier scores in his Rangers debut.
Game time is 8pm.
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