The Rangers have their first true test of the season tonight as the Carolina Hurricanes come to town. The Canes may have a 6-4 record, but they did that without two of their best skaters for half their games. Now fully healthy, the Canes are very dangerous and play a fast paced, tons of shots type of game. The Rangers nowadays like to slow things down a bit.
Where Carolina falters is in net, as their goaltending has been atrocious to start the season. Frederik Andersen, their starter, has a sub-.890 SV%, which is just bad no matter which way you slice it. The Rangers strength is defense and limiting high danger chances. The Canes run their offense through their point men. Seems like it’s a bad matchup for Carolina, but it all depends on execution. If the Rangers protect home plate, then Carolina may struggle to generate offense.
This is the first true test of the season for the Rangers. Let’s see how they do.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin-Filip Chytil-Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle-Vincent Trocheck-Blake Wheeler
Barclay Goodrow-Nick Bonino-Jimmy Vesey
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Erik Gustafsson-Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Canes Lines
Andrei Svechnikov-Sebastian Aho-Seth Jarvis
Michael Bunting-Jesperi Kotkaniemi-Teuvo Teravainen
Jordan Martinook-Jordan Staal-Jesper Fast
Stefan Noesen-Jack Drury-Martin Necas
Jaccob Slavin-Brent Burns
Brady Skjei-Jalen Chatfield
Dmitriy Orlov-Tony DeAngelo
Frederik Andersengets the start.
Injuries: None
Crazy Prediction: The Rangers win 6-1.
Game time is 7pm.
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