Life without Igor Shesterkin begins today and will last at least a week, as he was placed on IR this morning. This is the Alex Georgiev show right now, and sometimes knowing you need to step up is all you need to get out of a slump. He just needs to make the saves an NHL caliber goalie should make. If he does that for a period, we will see the body language and demeanor change. After that, he will be fine.
Naturally, the Rangers need to step up too. It’s not their potential Vezina candidate in net, and he’s had some confidence issues to boot. That means putting up more than one goal against a clearly inferior team. This is also the second of a back to back. I’m counting on some giddyup in their step tonight, accounting for the loss of Shesterkin.
Hawks Lines
Brandon Hagel-Jonathan Toews-Patrick Kane
Alex Debrincat-Kirby Dach-Dylan Strome
Dominik Kubalik-Henrik Borgstrom-Jujhar Khaira
Mike Hardman-Josiah Slavin-Ryan Carpenter
Erik Gustaffson-Seth Jones
Jake McCabe-Connor Murphy
Wyatt Kalynuk-Caleb Jones
Kevin Lankinen gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Kaapo Kakko
Artemiy Panarin-Ryan Strome–Dryden Hunt
Alexis Lafreniere-Filip Chytil-Julien Gauthier
Barclay Goodrow–Kevin Rooney–Ryan Reaves
Ryan Lindgren–Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Patrik Nemeth-Nils Lundkvist
PP1: Strome-Zibanejad-Panarin-Kreider-Fox
PP2: Lafreniere-Chytil-Blais-Kakko-Trouba
Alex Georgiev gets the start.
Scratches/Injuries: Sammy Blais (knee – done for season), Igor Shesterkin (lower body – IR), Jarred Tinordi (healthy), Libor Hajek (healthy)
Crazy Prediction: Shutout for Georgiev.
Game time is 8pm.
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