The Rangers and Flyers are back at it today with an early start – noon to be exact. The Flyers dominated the Rangers on Friday night, giving the Rangers their first away loss since January. It was a crushing blow to the Rangers, not because of the loss, but because they lost Chris Kreider to a fractured foot.
Henrik Lundqvist gets the start this afternoon. David Quinn shuffled the lines, moving Phil Di Giuseppe up to the top line with Zibanejad and Buchnevich. The rest of the lines are either as is or with minor changes. We said on Friday it wasn’t about the loss, it’s about how they respond. Let’s see how they respond.
Flyers Lines
Claude Giroux-Sean Couturier-Jakub Voracek
Scott Laughton-Kevin Hayes-Travis Konecny
James van Riemsdyk-Derek Grant-Tyler Pitlick
Michael Raffl-Nate Thompson-Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Ivan Provorov-Matt Niskanen
Travis Sanheim-Phillippe Myers
Robert Hagg-Justin Braun
PP1: Voracek-Couturier-Konecny-Giroux-Provorov
PP2: JVR-Hayes-Kubel-Sanheim-Niskanen
Carter Hart gets the start.
Rangers Lines (likely to get put in a blender)
Phil Di Giuseppe–Mika Zibanejad–Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin–Ryan Strome–Jesper Fast
Brett Howden-Filip Chytil–Kaapo Kakko
Brendan Lemieux-Greg McKegg-Julien Gauthier
Brendan Smith–Jacob Trouba
Ryan Lindgren–Adam Fox
Marc Staal–Tony DeAngelo
PP1: Panarin-Zibanejad-Strome-TBD-DeAngelo
PP2: Kakko-Lemieux-Chytil-Trouba-Fox
PK Forwards: Fast, Kreider, Strome, Howden, Lemieux, Zibanejad
PK Defense: Smith, Trouba, Staal, Lindgren, Fox
Henrik Lundqvist gets the start.
Scratches: Micheal Haley (bilateral core), Igor Shesterkin (rib), Chris Kreider (foot)
Crazy Prediction: Shutout for Hank.
Game time is 12pm.
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