The Rangers are going to try to right the ship tonight at MSG as the lowly San Jose Sharks come to town. The Sharks and Anaheim Ducks seem to be in a competition for last place in the Pacific Division. Both teams are bad, and San Jose in particular can’t seem to score outside. But given how the Rangers have played defense recently, that may not matter much.
Tonight is a revenge game for Barclay Goodrow, who rejected a trade to San Jose before being placed on waivers and getting claimed by San Jose. Mike Grier did Chris Drury a solid on that one, but it created some bad blood. To be fair, if Goodrow wasn’t making $3.6 million, he would likely still be a Ranger. But without him, the fourth line is actually good this year. Go figure.
Sharks Lines
Barclay Goodrow-Macklin Celebrini-Tyler Toffoli
William Eklund-Mikael Granlund-Fabian Zetterlund
Will Smith-Alex Wennberg-Ty Dellandrea
Carl Grundstrum-Nico Sturm-Luke Kunin
Jake Walman-Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro-Timothy Liljegren
Henry Thrun-Jan Rutta
Mackenzie Blackwood gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Mika Zibanejad-Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle-Filip Chytil-Kaapo Kakko
Chris Kreider-Vincent Trocheck-Reilly Smith
Adam Edstrom-Sam Carrick-Jimmy Vesey
K’Andre Miller-Adam Fox
Ryan Lindgren-Jacob Trouba
Zac Jones-Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Crazy Prediction: Barclay Goodrow doesn’t score in his return.
Game time is 7pm.
