The Rangers have won five of their last six games, with all five wins coming off strong efforts. The one game in the middle is the one that broke many, the Tampa game, but it appears that was the blip and not the five wins in six games. But now the NHL’s best team comes to MSG for a matinee matchup. That’s a triple whammy for the Rangers: home game, matinee matchup, and a top team. This is a big test for the Rangers, and a strong showing might even be more important than the two points. Skating with and/or beating the best in the NHL goes a long way for confidence building.
The Rangers made a slight change to how they’ve approached breakouts, or perhaps this is just better execution. Look for more support low on breakouts, which has helped a blue line that doesn’t move the puck well. This could be a fun game, or it could be a Tampa game. Let’s hope for the former.
Rangers lines
Artemi Panarin-Mika Zibanejad-Alexis Lafreniere
JT Miller-Vincent Trocheck-Conor Sheary
Will Cuylle-Noah Laba-Brett Berard
Jonny Brodzinski-Sam Carrick-Taylor Raddysh
Vlad Gavrikov-Braden Schneider
Carson Soucy-Will Borgen
Matthew Robertson-Scott Morrow
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Colorado lines
Artturi Lehkonen-Nathan MacKinnon-Martin Necas
Gabriel Landeskog-Brock Nelson-Ross Colton
Valeri Nichushkin-Jack Drury-Victor Olofsson
Parker Kelley-Zakhar Bardaokv-Joel Kiviranta
Devon Toews-Cale Makar
Josh Manson-Brent Burns
Samuel Girard-Sam Malinski
Mackenzie Blackwood gets the start.
Game time is 1230pm.
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