Rangers Preseason Game 1

It is July 29, and there is hockey on our TVs. This is not a drill. NY Rangers hockey is back. This may be an exhibition game, but it’s also a momentum building game. This is a game where you want the Rangers to be as crisp and as clean as possible. The outcome doesn’t really matter that much, but process does.

Everything heading into these playoffs is different. The long layoff changed injury status, changed development status, and even changed post-trade deadline status. Usually teams get a month after the deadline to gel. This time teams got a week or two. All this matters. Looking crisp and clean tonight matters more than anything right now.

Isles Lines

Anders Lee-Mat Barzal-Jordan Eberle
Anthony Beauvillier-Jean-Gabriel Pageau-Derick Brassard
Andrew Ladd-Brock Nelson-Josh Bailey
Matt Martin-Casey Cizikas-Cal Clutterbuck

Adam Pelech-Ryan Pulock
Andy Greene-Noah Dobson
Nick Leddy-Johnny Boychuk

PP1: Lee-Nelson-Eberle-Barzal-Toews
PP2: Brassard-Beauvillier-Bailey-Leddy-Pulock

Semyon Varlamov gets the start.

Rangers Lines 

Chris Kreider–Mika Zibanejad–Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi PanarinRyan StromeJesper Fast
Phil Di Giuseppe–Greg McKeggKaapo Kakko
Brett Howden-Greg McKegg-Julien Gauthier

Brendan SmithJacob Trouba
Ryan LindgrenAdam Fox
Marc StaalTony DeAngelo

PP1: Panarin-Zibanejad-Strome-Kreider-DeAngelo
PP2: Kakko-Buchnevich-Chytil-Trouba-Fox

PK Forwards: Fast, Kreider, Strome, Howden, Zibanejad
PK Defense: Smith, Trouba, Staal, Lindgren, Fox

Igor Shesterkin gets the start.

Crazy Prediction: Three fights in an exhibition game.

Game time is 8pm.

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