The Rangers are alive and breathing. They have a pulse. We can’t say alive and well just yet, as the Blueshirts still have a long way to go, but they’ve put themselves back in the conversation. The upstart Columbus Blue Jackets are red hot right now and actually holding onto the top wild card spot in the Eastern Conference, 5 points up on the Rangers, though the Blueshirts have a game in hand.
Columbus is being carried by the top half of their lineup, notably Zach Werenski. They took a hit with Sean Monahan going down, but they are still humming along. If the Rangers can shut down the top half of the Blue Jackets, they should be able to feast on depth.
Columbus Lines
Dmitri Voronkov-Adam Fantilli-Kirill Marchenko
James van Riemsdyk-Cole Sillinger-Kent Johnson
Zach Aston-Reese-Luca Del Bel Belluz-Mathieu Oliver
Mikael Pyyhtia-Sean Kuraly-Kevin Labanc
Zach Werenski-Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk-Ivan Provorov
Jake Christiansen-Damon Severson
Daniil Tarasov gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle-Mika Zibanejad-Reilly Smith
Chris Kreider-Filip Chytil-Arthur Kaliyev
Adam Edstrom-Sam Carrick-Matt Rempe
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen-Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Crazy Prediction: Shesterkin gets a goalie goal.
Game time is 7pm.
Recent Comments