After Thursday’s clunker at MSG, the Rangers have a short turnaround. In just 48 hours following the loss, the Blueshirts had to travel west and drop the puck in Seattle, which is less than ideal for any team traveling across the country. Normally teams get an extra day, but not this time. That’s fine. A little adversity for the Rangers is a good thing early on.
Hopefully the Rangers don’t lay a pair of eggs in a row, but it wouldn’t be that big of a surprise. The 2013-2014 team keeps coming up as a comparison, since that was the last time the Rangers had a true adjustment to a new system. It’s better to lay eggs in October than in May, after all.
On the bright side, Seattle is having a rough start to the season, unable to match the magic from last year. Maybe this is a soft landing spot. Maybe this is a trap game. For those staying up late to watch, let’s hope it’s the former.
Note: This game thread was written a day in advance, as I was unsure if I would be home in time (traveling all day Saturday). If the lineups are wrong, I’ll fix when I get home.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin-Filip Chytil-Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle-Vincent Trocheck-Blake Wheeler
Barclay Goodrow-Nick Bonino-Tyler Pitlick
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Erik Gustafsson-Braden Schneider
Jonathan Quick gets the start.
Kraken Lines
Jared McCann-Matty Beniers-Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz-Alex Wennberg-Oliver Bjorkstrand
Eeli Tolvanen-Yanni Gourde-Andre Burakovsky
Tye Kartye-Pierre-Edouard Bellemare-Kailer Yamamoto
Vince Dunn-Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak-William Borgen
Brian Dumoulin-Justin Schultz
Philipp Grubauer gets the start.
Injuries: None
Crazy Prediction: A rebound game and a shutout.
Game time is 10pm.
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