The Rangers won big yesterday in Dallas, and now head to Arizona State University to take on the Coyotes. The Coyotes are 2-4-1 so far, and that’s about 2 wins more than people projected to start the season. So they can certainly sneak up on you if you’re unprepared. Given the Rangers are on the second of a back to back and have a habit of playing down to opponents, plus the Nemeth revenge game factor, this could be a trap.

This is also when the Rangers need to make a run. The good news is they started strong in Dallas, but they can’t let points against teams like Arizona slip away. The schedule is light, but throwing away too many points can be disastrous in a Metro Division that may send 5 teams to the playoffs. The division is strong this year, so start banking points.

Coyotes Lines

Clayton Keller-Travis Boyd-Lawson Crouse
Liam O’Brien-Jack McBain-Christian Fischer
Matias Maccelli-Nick Bjugstad-Dylan Guenther
Nick Ritchie-Barrett Hayton-Zack Kassian

Juuso Valimaki-JJ Moser
Patrik Nemeth-Troy Stetcher
Shayne Gostisbehere-Josh Brown

Connor Ingram gets the start.

Rangers Lines

Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Kaapo Kakko
Artemiy Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Jimmy Vesey-Barclay Goodrow-Julien Gauthier
Sammy Blais-Ryan Carpenter-Ryan Reaves

Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Zac Jones-Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin gets the start.

Injuries: Filip Chytil (upper body)

Crazy Prediction: Halak shutout.

Game time is 8pm.

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