The Rangers, after giving up 41 shots in a win against Ottawa, are looking to figure things out at 5v5 against the Islanders. The Isles are without Mat Barzal and Adam Pelech, which means they are without two of their top players. On paper, that makes them a soft landing, but we know better. The lines and pairings are in a blender and Jimmy Vesey returns today, so anything goes.
The Rangers need to find some defensive footing while continuing to produce offense. The Islanders should be able to give the Rangers space to work on things, especially with so many injuries. But it’s still the Islanders, and JG Pageau is annoying to play against as a Ranger fan.
Isles Lines
Anders Lee-Bo Horvat-JG Pageau
Maxim Tsyplakov-Brock Nelson-Kyle Palmieri
Pierre Engvall-Casey Cizikas-Simon Holmstrom
Hudson Fasching-Kyle MacLean-Oliver Wahlstrom
Alex Romanov-Noah Dobson
Samuel Bolduc-Ryan Pulock
Denis Cholowski-Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Mika Zibanejad-Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle-Vincent Trocheck-Reilly Smith
Chris Kreider-Filip Chytil-Kaapo Kakko
Adam Edstrom-Sam Carrick-Jimmy Vesey
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Jacob Trouba
Zac Jones-Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Crazy Prediction: The blue liners are able to move the puck up the ice.
Game time is 1pm.
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