The Rangers begin their west coast swing in Seattle, and will do it without their best 5v5 play driver in Filip Chytil. Chytil has been the Rangers x-factor this season, as his presence not only balanced the lineup, but gave the third (second?) line some much needed scoring punch. Now Jonny Brodzinski fills in temporarily, and hopefully only temporarily, as the Rangers depth will be tested on this trip.
Luckily Seattle isn’t overly strong defensively, but they are pretty solid offensively. Without Jordan Eberle, they too are shorthanded, but they are still fully capable of putting up six or more on a team that takes them lightly. The Blueshirts looked better against San Jose, but that was San Jose. Seattle isn’t a “real” test, but they are a good increase in difficulty before the Rangers start getting to some better teams this trip.
Kraken Lines
Jaren McCann-Matty Beniers-Andre Burakovsky
Jaden Schwartz-Chandler Stephenson-Oliver Bjorkstrand
Eeli Tolvanen-Shane Wright-Daniel Sprong
Tye Kartye-Yanni Gourde-Brandon Tanev
Ryker Evans-Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak-Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura-Will Borgen
Phillipp Grubauer gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Mika Zibanejad-Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle-Jonny Brodzinski-Kaapo Kakko
Chris Kreider-Vincent Trocheck-Reilly Smith
Adam Edstrom-Sam Carrick-Jimmy Vesey
K’Andre Miller-Adam Fox
Ryan Lindgren-Jacob Trouba
Zac Jones-Braden Schneider
Jonathan Quick gets the start.
Crazy Prediction: Brodzinski scores in Chytil’s stead.
Game time is 9pm.
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