Igor Shesterkin

The Rangers have a very odd schedule this week. They played in Chicago last night, they are home tonight for the second of a back to back against Colorado, then they travel to Buffalo, then back home. This is what happens when the Olympics cram the schedule a bit. Adding to it is the Shesterkin injury. But because of it, Adam Huska gets his first NHL start.

The Avs are not what they used to be, struggling with some scoring depth, and it’s showing. They aren’t scoring at the rate they used to, nor are they driving possession. But they are still defensively solid.

This isn’t a trap game, but it’s a tough to win game. Second of a back to back, with a lot of travel, and a rookie goalie who finally found his footing this year in the AHL. The Rangers need to be near perfect tonight.

Avs Lines

Gabriel Landeskog-Nathan MacKinnon-Mikko Rantanen
Valeri Nichushkin-Nazem Kadri-Andre Burakovsky
Nicholas Aube-Kubel-Alex Newhook-Logan O’Connor
Darren Helm-Tyson Jost-Jacob MacDonald

Devon Toews-Cale Makar
Jack Johnson-Sam Girard
Erik Johnson-Kuris MacDermid

Darcy Kuemper gets the start.

Rangers Lines 

Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Kaapo Kakko
Artemiy Panarin-Ryan StromeDryden Hunt
Alexis Lafreniere-Filip Chytil-Julien Gauthier
Barclay Goodrow–Kevin RooneyRyan Reaves

Ryan LindgrenAdam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Patrik Nemeth-Nils Lundkvist

PP1: Strome-Zibanejad-Panarin-Kreider-Fox
PP2: Lafreniere-Chytil-Blais-Kakko-Trouba

Adam Huska gets the start.

Scratches/InjuriesSammy Blais (knee – done for season), Igor Shesterkin (lower body – IR), Jarred  Tinordi (healthy), Libor Hajek (healthy), Morgan Barron (recalled, for some reason)

Crazy Prediction: A win for Huska.

Game time is 7pm.

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