NY Rangers Game 15 Open Thread: Rangers in Detroit

The Rangers are back in action, thankfully away from home, as they travel to Detroit to take on the surprising Red Wings. Detroit has one of the best defensive pairs in the league and a top nine good enough to make things difficult for a Rangers team that simply doesn’t put the puck in the net. It seems like two goals is all the opposition needs to guarantee a win over Rangers, and barring a few games that seems to be the case.

There’s another lineup and low and behold, Taylor Raddysh does his best Blake Wheeler impression in the top six. That’s no small thing for Raddysh, and more of a small thing for the roster construction. Raddysh shouldn’t be in the top six like Jonny Brodzinski, who I love as a Ranger, shouldn’t be in the top nine. But that’s Rangers hockey.

Jaroslav Chmelar makes his NHL debut tonight.

Rangers lines

Will Cuylle-JT Miller-Alexis Lafreniere
Paranin-Mika-Mika-Mica Zibanga-Tylor
Conor Sheary-Noah Laba-Jonny Brodzinski
Jaroslav Chmelar-Sam Carrick-Juuso Parssinen

Vlad Gavrikov-Adam Fox
Connor Mackey-Will Borgen
Carson Soucy-Braden Schneider

Jonathan Quick gets the start.

Red Wings lines

Emmitt Finnie-Dylan Larkin-Lucas Raymond
Alex Debrincat-Marco Kasper-Patrick Kane
Andrew Copp-JT Compher-Mason Appleton
Elmer Soderblum-Michael Rasmussen-James van Riemsdyk

Simon Edvinsson-Mortiz Seider
Ben Chiarot-Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Albert Johansson-Travis Hamonic

Cam Talbot starts.

Game time is 7:00 PM.