The Rangers are in a bit of a rut, and injuries are certainly playing a role in their subpar play of late. Even though it’s only two losses in a row, the two previous wins over Nashville and San Jose were sloppy at best. It’s tough to look good when the forecheck and neutral zone coverages are poor, and that has a lot to do with missing Filip Chytil and Kaapo Kakko. But for now, they must make do.
The Kings are a good team this year, deep down the middle, and strong in net. They don’t have that elite finishing talent like the Rangers, but they play a good process game and take advantage of other team’s mistakes. Since the Rangers have been making a bunch of them lately, this could be another ugly one.
Or perhaps, since Peter Laviolette viewed last night’s debacle as a one-off, the Rangers rebound in a big way and humiliate the Kings. But let’s be real, we just want the two points.
Kings Lines
Quinton Byfield-Anze Kpitar-Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala-Phillipp Danault-Trevor Moore
Carl Grundstrom-Pierre Luc-Dubois-Alex Laferriere
Trevor Lewis-Blake Lizotte-Arthur Kaliyev
Mikey Anderson-Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov-Matt Roy
Andreas Englund-Jordan Spence
Phoenix Copley 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-Riley Nash-Tyler Pitlick
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Erik Gustafsson-Braden Schneider
Jonathan Quick gets the start.
Injuries: Filip Chytil (concussion), Kaapo Kakko (leg), Barclay Goodrow (mouth)
Crazy Prediction: The Rangers show up?
Game time is 7pm.
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