The Rangers celebrate Pride Night tonight, their last game before their bye week and the All Star break, against the Vegas Golden Knights. Vegas isn’t dressing a full lineup, as per the published lineup from noon today (if this is outdated now, apologies. I had to write this well in advance today), which makes them vulnerable to a Rangers team that, while struggling for consistency, is finding a way to get points regardless (7-2-2 this month).
It’s been frustrating to be a Rangers fan lately, despite that 7-2-2 record this month. They are winning, but the inconsistent play and general struggles for offense are coming front and center. The constant line juggling and refusal to adjust to opposing teams is on the coaching staff. The stale powerplay is on the players and also the coaching staff to get things going. Perhaps this break and reset are coming at the right time.
Vegas Lines
Paul Cotter-Jack Eichel-Michael Amadio
Reilly Smith-William Karlsson-Jonathan Marchessault
William Carrier-Chandler Stephenson-Phil Kessel
Brett Howden-Nicolas Roy-Keegan Kolesar
Alec Martinez-Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb-Shea Theodore
Nicholas Hague-Zach Whitecloud
Adin Hill gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Mika Zibanejad-Chris Kreider
Alexis Lafreniere-Filip Chytil-Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey-Vincent Trocheck-Barclay Goodrow
Julien Gauthier-Jake Leschyshyn-Will Cuylle
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Ben Harpur-Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Injuries: None
Crazy Prediction: Harpur with a goal to celebrate his new contract
Game time is 7pm.
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