After a tough loss in Dallas, the Rangers road trip continues in Pittsburgh. The Penguins are another team expected to be in the playoffs this year. The Penguins are red hot right now after a slow start to the season, winning six of their last eight including a five game win streak. They may not be the Penguins of old, but they are still a formidable opponent.
The Blueshirts are fresh off their four game win streak coming to an end in Dallas, and hopefully the Penguins are a good matchup to get back to their winning ways. The Penguins are good, but they are not a deep team and they struggle on defense and in net. These are the types of teams the Rangers usually feast on.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Blake Wheeler
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle-Nick Bonino-Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey-Barclay Goodrow-Tyler Pitlick
Erik Gustafsson-Ryan Lindgren
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Zac Jones-Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Penguins Lines
Jake Guentzel-Sidney Crosby-Bryan Rust
Reilly Smith-Evgeni Malkin-Vinnie Hinostroza
Drew O’Connor-Lars Eller-Radim Zohorna
Matt Nieto-Noel Acciari-Jeff Carter
Ryan Graves-Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson-Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea-Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry gets the start.
Injuries: Adam Fox (knee), Filip Chytil (concussion)
Crazy Prediction: The Rangers put up 7 goals.
Game time is 7pm.
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