Don’t look now, but the Rangers have won five straight and are looking to make it six in a row with Montreal coming to town. Montreal isn’t good, but they aren’t bad either. Sam Montembeault is capable of stealing games and despite the injuries, Montreal still has some good skill. Sleep on them, and they make you pay.
The Rangers are still struggling to score consistently, but this time around it’s mostly the powerplay that is still struggling. We know the top line has had some issues that will hopefully get rectified at the trade deadline, but the second and third lines have been picking it up at 5v5. That’s progress, and we will take it.
Canadiens Lines
Cole Caufield-Nick Suzuki-Juraj Slafkovsky
Tanner Pearson-Jake Evans-Brendan Gallagher
Joshua Roy-Alex Newhook-Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta-Brandon Gignac-Joel Armia
Michael Matheson-Kaiden Guhle
Jayden Struble-David Savard
Arber Xhekaj-Jonathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault gets the start
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Blake Wheeler
Will Cuylle-Jonny Brodzinski-Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey-Barclay Goodrow-Adam Edstrom
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Erik Gustafsson-Braden Schneider
Jonathan Quick gets the start
Injuries: Filip Chytil (concussion)
Crazy Prediction: Sooner or later they score more than 3 in regulation, right? Leaving this here until they do.
Game time is 7pm.
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