The Rangers fell for the trap game against the Devils, and now have an even steeper uphill climb if they are to make the playoffs. Dallas is their opponent tonight, and this is a team in a playoff spot that is also a low-event team. They really slow things down, and the Rangers historically have issues with these kinds of teams.
Igor Shesterkin gets the start tonight after a shaky outing over the weekend. The rest of the lines remain relatively unchanged, although that is likely to change throughout the game. Chris Kreider skated before practice, which is a good sign that he will play before this road trip is up.
The Blueshirts should be targeting 95 points now (down from 98, thanks to everyone losing), and have just four regulation losses and 1 OT loss remaining. The good news is they just need to tie whichever team is in that WC2 spot, since they hold the RW tiebreaker.
Stars Lines
Jaime Benn-Tyler Seguin-Corey Perry
Denis Gurianov-Roope Hintz-Joe Pavelski
Jason Dickinson-Radek Faksa-Blake Comeau
Andrew Cogliano-Justin Dowling-Mattias Janmark
Esa Lindell-John Klingberg
Miro Heiskanen-Stephen Johns
Jamie Oleksiak-Andrej Sekera
PP1: Benn-Pavelski-Gurianov-Seguin-Klingberg
PP2: Dowling-Faksa-Perry-Hintz-Heiskanen
Ben Bishop 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–Julien Gauthier
Brendan Lemieux-Greg McKegg-Kaapo Kakko
Brendan Smith–Jacob Trouba
Ryan Lindgren–Adam Fox
Marc Staal–Tony DeAngelo
PP1: Panarin-Zibanejad-Strome-Buchnevich-DeAngelo
PP2: Kakko-Lemieux-Chytil-Trouba-Fox
PK Forwards: Fast, Kreider, Strome, Howden, Lemieux, Zibanejad
PK Defense: Smith, Trouba, Staal, Lindgren, Fox
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Scratches: Micheal Haley (bilateral core), Chris Kreider (foot), Alex Georgiev (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: A fast paced game.
Game time is 8:30pm.
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