There’s a hockey game tonight between the Rangers and the Capitals. But let’s be real, not many people care about the actual game tonight. The only thing on the mind of Ranger fans is vengeance. Vengeance against Tom Wilson, who brutally attacked both Pavel Buchnevich and Artemiy Panarin in Monday’s game. Wilson made this about him, and there are more than a few teams and former players that would have loved to step in to support the Rangers.
As for the game, Panarin won’t be playing. He’s done for the season. The Caps are at full strength. Apparently Vitek Vanecek survived his brutal knife attack from Buchnevich. Good for him.
Caps Lines
Alex Ovechkin-Nicklas Backstrom-Tom Wilson
Connor Sheary-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Anthony Mantha
Michael Raffl-Lars Eller-TJ Oshie
Carl Hagelin-Nic Dowd-Garnet Hathaway
Brendan Dillon-Trevor van Riemsdyk
Zdeno Chara-Nick Jensen
Dmitry Orlov-John Carlson
Vitek Vanecek gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Alexis Lafreniere-Mika Zibanejad-Pavel Buchnevich
–Ryan Strome–Kaapo Kakko
Colin Blackwell–Filip Chytil–Vitali Kravtsov
Morgan Barron–Kevin Rooney-Julien Gauthier
Zac Jones–Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Libor Hajek
Anthony Bitetto-Brendan Smith
PP1: Strome-Zibanejad-Blackwell-Lafreniere-Fox
PP2: Kakko-Buchnevich-Chytil-Kravtsov-Miller
Alex Georgiev gets the start.
Scratches/Injuries: Jack Johnson (sports hernia), Ryan Lindgren (undisclosed), Jacob Trouba (upper body), Artemiy Panarin (lower body), Brett Howden (broken foot), Tarmo Reunanen (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: The Rangers show up. Literally. There were rumblings they would forfeit in protest.
Game time is 7pm.
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