After a strong comeback win against the Detroit Red Wings, the Rangers head to Nashville to take on a surprising Predators team that had rattled off 6 straight wins last month. That win streak included some impressive wins, but was also sandwiched between a bad loss to Minnesota and four losses in a row. Nashville isn’t a great team, but they have strong enough defense and goaltending to steal some wins.
The Rangers are still without two top forwards, which has certainly impacted their ability to generate sustained offense. That will continue to be an issue for the foreseeable future, so they will need to continue to manage through strong team defense and limiting high danger chances against.
Given how they’ve played this season, it shouldn’t be too much of an ask.
Predators Lines
Filip Forsberg-Ryan O’Reilly-Gustav Nyquist
Kiefer Sherwood-Juuso Parsinen-Luke Evangelista
Yakov Trenin-Colton Sissions-Cole Smith
Dante Fabbro-Michael McCarron-Philip Tomasino
Ryan McDonagh-Roman Josi
Alex Carrier-Jeremy Lauzon
Ty Barrie-Luke Schenn
Juuse Saros gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Blake Wheeler
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle-Nick Bonino-Jonny Brodzinski
Jimmy Vesey-Barclay Goodrow-Tyler Pitlick
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Erik Gustafsson-Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Injuries: Filip Chytil (concussion), Kaapo Kakko (leg)
Crazy Prediction: A goalie goal for the Rangers
Game time is 430pm.
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