The Rangers bet on themselves. They didn’t add at the deadline, only extending Chris Kreider. They traded Brady Skjei in what is going to be looked at as a cap savings move, and that hurts the team short term, but they bet on his replacement(s). In essence, the team today is the team they want.
That said, the Rangers are going to be without Igor Shesterkin for a few weeks, possibly the rest of the season because of the car accident. As of the writing of this post, there is no word if Pavel Buchnevich will be playing tonight, although he is likely to return in short order.
Isles Lines
Anders Lee-Mat Barzal-Jordan Eberle
Anthony Beauvillier-Brock Nelson-Derick Brassard
Andrew Ladd-Jean-Gabriel Pageau-Josh Bailey
Leo Komarov–Otto Koivula-Matt Martin
Andy Greene-Ryan Pulock
Devon Toews-Scott Mayfield
Nick Leddy-Johnny Boychuk
PP1: Lee-Nelson-Eberle-Barzal-Toews
PP2: Brassard-Beauvillier-Bailey-Leddy-Pulock
Semyon Varlamov 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
Brendan Smith–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, Zibanejad
PK Defense: Smith, Trouba, Staal, Lindgren, Fox
Alex Georgiev gets the start.
Scratches: Micheal Haley (bilateral core), Greg McKegg (healthy), Igor Shesterkin (rib)
Crazy Prediction: No fights?
Game time is 7pm.
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