The Rangers are now winners of five in a row, including strong six goal performances against Seattle and Carolina. They now head to the west coast to start their western Canada road trip in Vancouver. The Blueshirts have a trio of very winnable games ahead, and Vancouver, while playing better under Rick Tocchet, is not a good team. This is another “must have” two points.
The lines were changed up a bit, with Chris Kreider jumping back to play with Mika Zibanejad and Vladimir Tarasenko. Jimmy Vesey joins Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck, with the bottom two lines remaining the same. The problem won’t be with the lines, but with the backup goalie making his NHL debut. Insert your own storyline here.
Canucks Lines
Andrei Kuzmenko-Elias Pettersson-Anthony Beauvillier
Dakota Joshua-JT Miller-Conor Garland
Vasily Podkolzin-Sheldon Dries-Brock Boeser
Phil Di Giuseppe-Nils Aman-Curtis Lazar
Oliver Ekman-Larsson-Luke Schenn
Quinn Hughes–Ethan Bear
Riley Stillman-Tyler Myers
Arturs Silovs gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Vladimir Tarasenko
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Jimmy Vesey
Alexis Lafreniere-Filip Chytil-Kaapo Kakko
Barclay Goodrow-Jake Leschyshyn-Julien Gauthier
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Niko Mikkola-Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Injuries: None
Crazy Prediction: Shutout for Shesty, since I have him in DFS and could use the win tonight.
Game time is 10pm.
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