The Rangers begin tonight with a different look. For starters, they are still four points back of the last wild card spot, but three teams jumped in front of them over the weekend. They played well enough to win against Toronto, but sometimes thats just how hockey goes. Now they need to go on an extended run to put distance between themselves and those teams. The run will also be needed to catch one of Ottawa, Detroit, or Columbus.
The Blueshirts have a new look to them tonight as well, with Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey gone and Reilly Smith held out for trade reasons. Calvin de Haan, Brett Berard, and Juuso Parssinen will draw in, infusing some youth into the lineup along with Brennan Othmann. The Rangers are a team in transition, though that is no excuse against a bad team like Nashville.
Nashville Lines
Filip Forsberg-Steven Stamkos-Jonathan Marchessault
Cole Smith-Ryan O’Reilly-Colton Sissons
Tommy Novak-Fedor Svechkov-Luke Evangelista
Kiefer Bellows-Michael McCarron-Andreas Englund
Brady Skjei-Nick Blankenburg
Marc Del Gaizo-Luke Schenn
Spencer Stastney-Justin Barron
Justus Annunen gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle-JT Miller-Mika Zibanejad
Brennan Othmann-Juuso Parssinen-Jonny Brodzinski
Brett Berard-Sam Carrick-Matt Rempe
K’Andre Miller-Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen-Braden Schneider
Zac Jones-Calvin de Haan
Jonathan Quick gets the start.
Crazy Prediction: The Rangers pull Lindgren mid-game for a trade.
Game time is 7pm.
