The Rangers have a chance to make a statement tonight with the Florida Panthers coming to town. After a dominating win in Boston, the Blueshirts have a shot at taking first place in the NHL and become the frontrunners for the President’s Trophy. It won’t be easy, even with Florida missing Aleksander Barkov. The Panthers are a very good team.
The Blueshirts are healthy scratching Will Cuylle tonight, which is most certainly a decision. The rest of the lineup is the same.
The key for the Rangers will be shutting down that high powered offense that carries the Panthers. Florida is a high possession team that generates a good amount of high danger chances, which is why they are likely the Rangers top competition with Carolina for the Eastern Conference crown this year.
Panthers Lines
Eetu Luostarinen-Anton Lundell-Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe-Sam Bennett-Matt Tkachuk
Evan Rodrigues-Kevin Stenlund-Vladimir Tarasenko
Nick Cousins-Steven Lorenz-Kyle Okposo
Gustav Forsling-Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Niko Mikkola-Brandon Montour
Uvis Balinskis-Josh Mahura
Sergei Bobrovsky gets the start
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Jack Roslovic
Jimmy Vesey-Alex Wennberg-Kaapo Kakko
Jonny Brodzinski-Barclay Goodrow-Matt Rempe
Erik Gustafsson-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Braden Schneider
Zac Jones-Chad Ruhwedel
Igor Shesterkin gets the start
Injuries: Filip Chytil (concussion), Blake Wheeler (leg), Jacob Trouba (lower body), Ryan Lindgren (lower body)
Crazy Prediction: Statement win by the Rangers
Game time is 8pm.
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