The New York Rangers kick off their second round series against the Carolina Hurricanes at MSG in a series that will be a wakeup call for both teams. The Blueshirts dispatched of the Washington Capitals with ease, and the Canes eliminated the New York Islanders in 5 games. Both were short series, but there were some clear concerns with both clubs.
This is going to be a back and forth series that will likely go the distance, but we could also see this end quickly with some very close games that just happen to swing one way. Carolina is everyone’s analytics darling and the Rangers are on everyone’s sh-t list for…reasons? All I know is there’s a ton of good bulletin board material for this club.
If you missed our previews, check them out: Stats preview. Systems preview. Goaltending preview. Matchup preview.
Canes Lines
Jake Guentzel-Sebastian Aho-Andrei Svechnikov
Teuvo Teravainen-Jordan Staal-Seth Jarvis
Jordan Martinook-Jack Drury-Martin Necas
Jesperi Kotkaniemi-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Stefan Noesen
Jaccob Slavin-Brent Burns
Brady Skjei-Tony DeAngelo
Dmitry Orlov-Jalen Chatfield
Frederik Andersen gets the start
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Jack Roslovic
Will Cuylle-Alex Wennberg-Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey-Barclay Goodrow-Matt Rempe
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Braden Schneider
Erik Gustafsson-Jacob Trouba
Igor Shesterkin gets the start
Injuries: Filip Chytil (concussion), Blake Wheeler (leg)
Crazy Prediction: A shutout for Shesterkin
Game time is 4pm.
