The Rangers are facing some adversity, having gone winless in their last two games. The Devils blew them out, followed by getting goalied in Columbus. Losses happen. Losing streaks happen. But those two losses highlighted two concerns: The bottom four, specifically the second pair, are getting caved in; and the forwards need to generate more shots on net. The Rangers pass too much and don’t get rewarded for their offensive zone time. That will make things easier on the defense too. So both are related.
The Ducks aren’t nearly as good as they were last year, at least not to start the season. This isn’t a soft landing for the Blueshirts, but it’s better than facing Colorado.
Rangers Lines
Gabe Perreault-Mika Zibanejad-Alexis Lafreniere
Tye Kartye-JT Miller-Pavel Dorofeyev
Will Cuylle-Noah Laba-Eeli Tolvanen
Oliver Bjorkstrand-Justin Dowling-Taylor Raddysh
Vlad Gavrikov-Adam Fox
Marcus Pettersson-Sean Durzi
Alberts Smits-Braden Schneider
Dylan Garand gets the start.
Scratches: Matt Rempe, Scott Morrow
Injuries: Joe Veleno (IR – lower body), Joonas Korpisalo (IR – lower body), Igor Shesterkin (LTIR – lower body)
Ducks Lines
Alex Killorn-Leo Carlsson-Nikita Klepov
Frank Vatrano-Mikael Granlund-Bennett Sennecke
AJ Greer-Roger McQueen-Cutter Gauthier
Jeff Malott-Tim Washe-Judd Caufield
Jackson Lacombe-Noah Warren
Tyson Hinds-Tristan Luneau
Pavel Mintyukov-Nick Jensen
Ville Husso gets the start.
Game time is 7pm.
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