The Rangers, winners of two in a row after a four game losing streak, travel out west to start a four game trip against Vegas and the California teams. The Rangers will face two playoff teams in this stretch, including tonight in Vegas. The defending Stanley Cup champs are still pretty good, but sit in second in the Pacific due to an upstart Vancouver team playing above their heads. Vegas, Dallas, and Colorado are still the cream of the crop in the West.
The good news is the Rangers are a much more complete team now that some injuries are starting to heal. Igor Shesterkin is also starting to round into form again. The Rangers were never going to be perfect, and hopefully that four game losing streak (and six of eight) is a thing of the past. We will certainly find out.
Vegas Lines
Pavel Dorofyev-Chandler Stephenson-Mark Stone
Ivan Barbashev-Nicolas Roy-Jonathan Marchessault
Brenden Brisson-Brett Howden-Sheldon Rempal
Paul Cotter-Byron Froese-Keegan Kolesar
Alec Martinez-Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb-Kaeden Korczak
Nicolas Hague-Zach Whitecloud
Logan Thompson 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: Three in a row and the start of another west coast sweep.
Game time is 10pm.
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