The Rangers and Devils begin their own rivalry week, with the first of four straight against each other begins tonight. The Rangers, if they want to stay relevant in the playoff race, really need all four against the Devils. The Devils just need to win one game to potentially play spoiler and keep the Rangers from making a push. Given they’d like to stick it to the Rangers, assume this won’t be a pushover.
The Devils sold off two of their best forwards in Travis Zajac and Kyle Palmieri, plus a defenseman in Dmitri Kulikov. Despite the young and relatively non-threatening roster, they still have a few guys that can make you pay for being lazy and/or lackadaisical. Given the Rangers need four in a row, they should be coming out hot tonight.
Devils Lines
Yegor Sharangovich-Jack Hughes-Janne Kuokkanen
Miles Wood-Pavel Zacha-Jesper Bratt
Andreas Johnsson-Jesper Boqvist-Marian Studenic
Mikhail Maltsev-Michael McLeod-Tyce Thompson
Will Butcher-PK Subban
Ryan Murray-Damon Severson
Ty Smith–Sami Vatanen
Mackenzie Blackwood gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin–Ryan Strome–Vitali Kravtsov
Alexis Lafreniere–Filip Chytil–Kaapo Kakko
Brett Howden–Kevin Rooney–Colin Blackwell
Ryan Lindgren–Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Libor Hajek–Brendan Smith
PP1: Strome-Zibanejad-Panarin-Kreider-Fox
PP2: Kakko-Buchnevich-Chytil-Blackwell-Miller
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Scratches/Injuries: Jack Johnson (sports hernia), Phil Di Giuseppe (healthy), Julien Gauthier (healthy), Zac Jones (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: A Shesty empty netter.
Game time is 7pm.
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