The Rangers are back home for the remainder of the regular season, save for that one trip to a different borough. The Canadiens are obviously not a good team, but they are well coached and have enough talent to delay the Rangers quest for a President’s Trophy.
The Rangers’ magic number is 7, and can be 5 with a win today. Boston is off today, so the Rangers can’t make any additional progress. Dallas is playing against Colorado, but they have the same points pace as Boston, so it’s really just Boston at this point.
There were two minor lineup changes: Jack Roslovic and Erik Gustafsson are resting. Zac Jones and Matt Rempe draw in tonight.
Canadiens Lines
Cole Caufield-Nick Suzuki-Juraj Slafkovsky
Brendan Gallagher-Alex Newhook-Joel Armia
Tanner Pearson-Jake Evans-Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta-Colin White-Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Mike Matheson-David Savard
Jordan Harris-Johnathan Kovacevic
Jayden Struble-Justin Barron
Cayden Primeau gets the start
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Jimmy Vesey
Will Cuylle-Alex Wennberg-Kaapo Kakko
Barclay Goodrow-Jonny Brodzinski-Matt Rempe
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Zac Jones-Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin gets the start
Injuries: Filip Chytil (concussion), Blake Wheeler (leg)
Crazy Prediction: Jones with a multi point night, just to create another defense debate.
Game time is 7pm.
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