The Rangers have a bit of a rough schedule upcoming with their tilt against Seattle tonight followed by an immediate travel day and a jetlag game in Vegas on Thursday to kick off a west coast trip. But before we get ahead of ourselves, there is a game against Seattle, who is red hot and 9-1-0 in their last ten games.
This isn’t a must win for the Rangers, but it is a really need to win given the jetlag game coming up. Kaapo Kakko is back, allowing Peter Laviolette more freedom to tinker with the bottom six, a known trouble area since all the injuries. Nick Bonino is finally back on the fourth line, and Jonny Brodzinski gets a shot in a more offensive role than his previous games.
More balance hopefully means a more consistent and complete showing, as the Rangers now have two bonafide top lines and a shutdown fourth line. The new Cuylle-Brodzinski-Wheeler line should be offensively inclined, but we will have to wait and see what results they have.
Kraken Lines
Tomas Tatar-Jared McCann-Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz-Alex Wennberg-Chris Tanev
Eeli Tolvanen-Yanni Gourde-Oliver Bjorkstrand
Tye Kartye-Devin Shore-Kailer Yamamoto
Ryker Evans-Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak-William Borgen
Brian Dumoulin-Justin Schultz
Chris Driedger gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Kaapo Kakko
Will Cuylle-Jonny Brodzinski-Blake Wheeler
Jimmy Vesey-Nick Bonino-Barclay Goodrow
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Erik Gustafsson-Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Injuries: Filip Chytil (concussion), Tyler Pitlick (lower body)
Crazy Prediction: Two in a row?
Game time is 7pm.
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