The Rangers head to Newark in another critical game against the Devils. The Devils are getting crushed with injuries, with Jack Hughes, Dougie Hamilton, Jonas Siegenthaler, and a few dozen others dealing with injuries of varying severity. That means the Devils, who quite frankly should be better, are a beatable team for this Rangers club. The Blueshirts seem to have some offensive pep to their step, but defensively they are still a nightmare. New Jersey’s top half of the lineup is still very good, and despite the injuries, they are no pushover.
All games are critical now, and while the Rangers dug themselves into this hole, you have to wonder how things would look if they simply got a few more games to overtime. But that’s a topic for another day.
Devils Lines
Stefan Noesen-Nico Hischier-Jesper Bratt
Erik Haula-Dawson Mercer-Timo Meier
Ondrej Palat-Justin Dowling-Tomas Tatar
Paul Cotter-Curtis Lazar-Daniel Sprong
Luke Hughes-Brett Pesce
Brian Dumoulin-Jonathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon-Seamus Casey
Jacob Markstrom gets the start.
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Brennan Othmann
Gabe Perreault-JT Miller-Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Will Cuylle
Brett Berard-Sam Carrick-Jonny Brodzinski
Carson Soucy-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen-Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Crazy Prediction: Everyone under 25 years of age gets a point.
Game time is 1230pm.
