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The Rangers, losers of three straight, host the Caps in the hopes of righting the ship and getting some wins under their belt. They had one of their best regular season performances against St. Louis on Tuesday after two clunkers against Phily, but luck reared its ugly head in that one.

It’s a matter of sticking to what worked against St. Louis and making sure they keep the Caps at bay. Get in on the forecheck, watch the gap control in the neutral and defensive zones, and make the safe decisions.

Caps Lines

Alex Ovechkin-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana-Nicklas Backstrom-TJ Oshie
Carl Hagelin-Lars Eller-Ilya Kovalchuk
Richard Panik-Nic Dowd-Garnet Hathaway

Brendan Dillon-John Carlson
Dmitri Orlov-Nick Jensen
Jonas Siegenthaler-Radko Gudas

PP1: Vrana-Backstrom-Oshie-Ovechkin-Carlson
PP2: Wilson-Kuznetsov-Eller-Kovalchuk-Orlov

Ilya Samsonov gets the start.

Rangers Lines (likely to get put in a blender)

Phil Di Giuseppe–Mika Zibanejad–Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi PanarinRyan StromeJesper Fast
Brett HowdenFilip ChytilKaapo Kakko
Brendan Lemieux-Greg McKegg-Julien Gauthier

Brendan SmithJacob Trouba
Ryan LindgrenAdam Fox
Marc StaalTony 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: Hat trick for PDG.

Game time is 7pm.

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