The Rangers won a game in Dallas the other night. Now they have Carolina at home in the first of a rare afternoon back to back, with a date with the Devils on Monday afternoon. Their schedule to close out 2025 is an absolute gauntlet, but maybe they needed to face good teams to snap out of whatever funk they were in? Who knows at this point, but it was nice to see a win.

Dallas and Carolina are two of the top Cup contenders this season, so another win today would likely send a message to the rest of the league that the Rangers aren’t done yet. But baby steps, they need to win. Or at least have another strong game and get a point.

Carolina Lines

Jack Roslovic-Sebastian Aho-Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov-Tyson Jost-Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook-Jordan Staal-William Carrier
Eric Robinson-Jesperi Kotkaniemi-(Jack Roslovic is listed, but he’s not doing double duty)

Jaccob Slavin-Brent Burns
Dmirty Orlov-Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere-Sean Walker

Pyotr Kochetkov gets the start.

Rangers Lines

Will Cuylle-Filip Chytil-Chris Kreider
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Brett Berard-Mika Zibanejad-Reilly Smith
Adam Edstrom-Sam Carrick-Jimmy Vesey

Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
Braden Schneider-Will Boregn
Urho Vaakanainen-Chad Ruhwedel

Igor Shesterkin gets the start.

Crazy Prediction: A shutout for the Rangers.

Game time is 1230pm.

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