The Rangers and Devils meet again tonight in a game that, when scheduled, was supposed to have playoff implications. Instead, the Devils shoddy goaltending and poor coaching has led to them –essentially– missing the playoffs this season. Lindy Ruff has been fired and the Devils are trying another goalie tonight, but it’s not enough to save their season.
Regardless of their season, the Devils are still a very dangerous team offensively. They can score with the best of them, even with Timo Meier struggling and Tyler Toffoli traded at the deadline. Even with the revamped Rangers lineup, the Devils can beat them, and anyone else in the league, with that offense.
This is the first of 5 games in 7 nights for the Rangers. Should be a fun week.
Devils Lines
Ondrej Palat-Nico Hischier-Timo Meier
Jack Hughes-Erik Haula-Jesper Bratt
Chris Tierney-Curtis Lazar-Dawson Mercer
Kurtis Macdermid-Tomas Nosek-Alexander Holtz
Luke Hughes-Simon Nemec
Brendan Smith-Kevin Bahl
Jonas Siegenthaler-John Marino
Kaapo Kahkonen gets the start
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Jack Roslovic
Will Cuylle-Alex Wennberg-Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey-Barclay Goodrow-Matt Rempe
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Braden Schneider
Zac Jones-Erik Gustafsson
Jonathan Quick gets the start
Injuries: Filip Chytil (concussion), Blake Wheeler (leg), Jacob Trouba (lower body)
Crazy Prediction: Rempe doesn’t have to fight.
Game time is 7pm.
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