The New York Rangers are up 1-0 on the Carolina Hurricanes, looking to make it 2-0 at home. Game 1 never really felt close until the final few minutes when Carolina pulled Andersen and had a lengthy 6-on-5 shift. The Blueshirts made a few adjustments as well, notably taking Matt Rempe out of the lineup tonight.

The Canes are still a top tier team that should not be overlooked, despite how well Game 1 went for them. We likely still haven’t seen the best they can offer. To be fair, we likely haven’t seen the best the Rangers can offer either.

Expect another dog fight and some chippy play. Also expect the Canes to adjust on the penalty kill that allowed two goals in 30 seconds in Game 1.

If you missed our previews, check them out: Stats preview. Systems preview. Goaltending preview. Matchup preview.

Canes Lines

Jake Guentzel-Sebastian Aho-Andrei Svechnikov
Teuvo Teravainen-Jordan Staal-Seth Jarvis
Jordan Martinook-Jack Drury-Martin Necas
Jesperi Kotkaniemi-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Stefan Noesen

Jaccob Slavin-Brent Burns
Brady Skjei-Tony DeAngelo
Dmitry Orlov-Jalen Chatfield

Frederik Andersen 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-Jonny Brodzinski

Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Braden Schneider
Erik Gustafsson-Jacob Trouba

Igor Shesterkin gets the start

Injuries: Filip Chytil (concussion), Blake Wheeler (leg)

Crazy Prediction: The Rangers get a goal from each line.

Game time is 7pm.

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