The Rangers almost had a schedule loss on Sunday, with a travel day and two puck drops within 23 hours of each other. But after an expected weak first period, the Rangers found their legs and stormed back against the Coyotes. Now with fresh legs after a three day break, the Rangers are in Seattle as they travel down the Pacific coast this week.
The Kraken aren’t a good team, but they aren’t a bad team either. There’s a good amount of skill in their lineup, but it’s a lot of second and third lines with no true top line or shutdown line. But there’s enough to make the Rangers, who are notorious this season for playing down to their opponents, pay for sleeping on them. It’s time for the Rangers to take themselves seriously, because the rest of the league is.
Kraken Lines
Jaden Schwartz-Alex Wennberg-Andre Burakovsky
Jared McCann-Marry Beniers-Jordan Eberle
Brandon Tanev-Yanni Gourde-Oliver Bjorkstrand
Ryan Donato-Morgan Geekie-Daniel Sprong
Vince Dunn-Adam Larsson
Carson Soucy-Justin Schultz
Haydn Fleury-Will Borgen
Martin Jones gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Jimmy Vesey
Aretmiy Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Barclay Goodrow
Alexis Lafreniere-Filip Chytil-Kaapo Kakko
Sammy Blais-Ryan Carpenter-Julien Gauthier
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Libor Hajek-Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Injuries: Vitali Kravtsov (dental work)
Crazy Prediction: The Rangers finally show who they are.
Game time is 10pm.
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