The NY Rangers face off against the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues tonight in what is a critical matchup for the Rangers. The Flyers crushed the Blueshirts on Friday and on Sunday, and left the previously flying high Rangers scrambling. Now with just 17 games remaining, the Blueshirts can only afford to lose in regulation five times before their playoff hopes dwindle into nothingness.
It’s a tough climb too, as St. Louis represents one of 14 playoff hunt opponents the Rangers face between now and the end of the season.
Blues Lines
Jaden Schwartz-Ryan O’Reilly-Brayden Schenn
Zach Sanford-Robert Thomas-David Perron
Alex Steen-Tyler Bozak-Jacob de la Rose
Sammy Blais-Oskar Subdqvist-Ivan Barbashev
Carl Gunnarsson-Alex Pietrangelo
Marco Scandella-Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn-Justin Faulk
PP1: Schwartz-ROR-Schenn-Perron-Pietrangelo
PP2: Sanford-Bozak-Thomas-Dunn-Parayko
Jordan Binnington 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
Alex Georgiev gets the start.
Scratches: Micheal Haley (bilateral core), Igor Shesterkin (rib), Chris Kreider (foot)
Crazy Prediction: Back to basics – controlling the quality.
Game time is 7pm.
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