The Rangers and Devils are set for a showdown tonight, and what an interesting turn of events it’s been since the preseason. The Devils were everyone’s preseason darlings, but injuries, goaltending, and coaching have derailed a promising season. The Devils are currently tied with the Islanders for 4th in the Metro and just 2 points ahead of the Washington Capitals, who have a game in hand.
Meanwhile the Rangers are sitting pretty atop the Metro Division and are on an 8 game win streak despite injuries of their own.
The Devils are a very good team still, but they have just been hampered by goaltending and Lindy Ruff. Goaltending was a question mark heading into the season, but coaching wasn’t for some reason. We as Ranger fans knew the real Lindy Ruff would appear at some point. Still, again, they are a good team and can make noise to close out the season and in the postseason.
Devils Lines
Ondrej Palat-Nico Hischier-Jesper Bratt
Jack Hughes-Erik Haula-Tyler Toffoli
Timo Meier-Curtis Lazar-Dawson Mercer
Alexander Holtz-Tomas Nosek-Nathan Bastian
Luke Hughes-Simon Nemec
Brendan Smith-Kevin Bahl
Jonas Siegenthaler-Colin Miller
Nico Daws gets the start
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Jimmy Vesey
Will Cuylle-Jonny Brodzinski-Kaapo Kakko
Matt Rempe-Barclay Goodrow-Adam Edstrom
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Erik Gustafsson-Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin gets the start
Injuries: Filip Chytil (concussion), Blake Wheeler (leg)
Crazy Prediction: Igor with another shutout.
Game time is 7pm.
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