The Rangers have dropped three in a row to the Penguins and Bruins, and are now trying to simply survive. A second sweep to one of the best teams in the division doesn’t bode well for the Rangers at all. They also have a pair of games against the Flyers next, followed by the Caps. That’s eight straight against the top four in the division. If they don’t win tonight, the best they can do is .500, and that’s highly unlikely.
The Rangers do get Artemi Panarin back today, which is good. The offense has been anemic outside of those Devils games, and Panarin should at least draw some attention. But the Rangers won’t win if they don’t shut down that top Bruins line. Getting a save here and there helps too.
Bruins Lines
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-David Pastrnak
Nick Ritchie-David Krejci-Jake Debrusk
Trent Frederic-Charlie Coyle-Craig Smith
Sean Kuraly- Jack Studnicka-Zach Senyshyn
Matt Grzelcyk-Charlie McAvoy
Jakub Zboril-Connor Clifton
Jarred Tinordi-Urho Vaakanainen
PP1: Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak-Krejci-Grzelyck
PP2: Debrusk-Coyle-Smith-Ritchie-McAvoy
Jaro Halak gets the start
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin–Ryan Strome–Colin Blackwell
Alexis Lafreniere–Filip Chytil-Kaapo Kakko
Brendan Lemieux-Kevin Rooney-Phil Di Giuseppe
Ryan Lindgren–Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Jack Johnson–Brendan Smith
PP1: Strome-Zibanejad-Panarin-Kreider-Fox
PP2: Kakko-Buchnevich-Chytil-Lafreniere-Miller
Keith Kinkaid gets the start.
Scratches/Injuries: Anthony Bitetto (healthy), Igor Shesterkin (groin), Libor Hajek (healthy), Julien Gauthier (healthy), Brett Howden (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: A four point day for the Bread Man.
Game time is 1pm.
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