After a fun game but a loss, the Rangers travel a few miles north to Tampa to take on the Lightning. These are not the Lightning of old, as their depth has taken hits in the last few years. Their bottom six isn’t overly great or intimidating, and their defensive depth is sketchy at best. But they still have Andrei Vasilevskiy, who may not be who he once was, but he’s still very good.
The Rangers, to their credit, haven’t had many lineup changes since Adam Fox returned to the lineup. They’ve held steady with their current 18 skaters and haven’t juggled the lines as much. It’s refreshing, isn’t it? To know what the lineup is going to be well in advance.
Lightning Lines
Nick Paul-Brayden Point-Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel-Anthony Cirelli-Steven Stamkos
Taner Jeannot-Luke Glendening-Michael Eyssimont
Alex Barre-Boulet-Tyler Motte-Connor Sheary
Victor Hedman-Nicklaus Perbix
Haydn Fleury-Erik Cernak
Calvin de Haan-Darren Raddysh
Andrei Vasilevskiy 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 birthday goalie goal for Igor.
Game time is 7pm.
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