The Rangers and Devils played a weird one on Tuesday night. They traded chances in the first and part of the third, but played relatively boring hockey in the second. Tonight they go at it again, with the Rangers looking to continue Igor Shesterkin’s shutout streak. The lineup remains the same for both teams.
This is the second of four must wins for the Rangers. It’s not truly a must win, but they need to beat the bad teams to keep pace with the Bruins. Remember the Bruins have six games against the Sabres left, so if you assume they win all those games, the Rangers need to win all these games. It’s just to keep pace.
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–Colin Blackwell
Alexis Lafreniere–Filip Chytil–Kaapo Kakko
Brett Howden–Kevin Rooney–Vitali Kravtsov
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: Back to back shutouts for Shesterkin.
Game time is 7pm.
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