The Rangers continued their nice little run last night with a shootout win in Columbus. Now the Rangers combined a travel day with a game day, as they flew back from Columbus to welcome Detroit at MSG as they look to make it four wins in a row and five of their last six. The results are matching the process, minus one poor process game against Tampa, and the Rangers are starting to see the vibes shift from doom and gloom to probable playoff contender.

The Rangers will be without Will Borgen again tonight. Instead of trotting out Matthew Robertson, the Rangers have recalled Scott Morrow and returned Gabe Perreault to the AHL to make roster space. It wasn’t ideal to return Perreault to Hartford, but it was purely a roster space issue. It’ll be a dent to the top-six effectiveness, but hopefully the Rangers have turned enough of a corner to withstand missing the rookie forward.

Rangers lines (presumed)

Will Cuylle-JT Miller-Mika Zibanejad
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Conor Sheary-Noah Laba-Taylor Raddysh
Adam Edstrom-Sam Carrick-Taylor Jonny Brodzinski

Vlad Gavrikov-Adam Fox
Carson Soucy-Braden Schneider
Urho Vaakanainen-Scott Morrow

Jonathan Quick gets the start.

Detroit lines

Alex Debrincat-Dylan Larkin-Lucas Raymond
Emmitt Finnie-JT Compher-Patrick Kane
Marco Kasper-Nate Danielson-Mason Appleton
Michael Rasmussen-Andrew Copp-Jonatan Berggren

Simon Edvinsson-Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot-Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Albert Johansson-Jacob Bernard-Docker

Cam Talbot gets the start.

Game time is 7pm.

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