The Rangers travel to Pittsburgh for their first of a back-to-back, the second of a three-in-four and the second of a four-in-six. The schedule is condensed with the Olympics in February, and to compensate, the Rangers have been playing every other night for most of the season. They now have to compensate for the loss of Vincent Trocheck for a few weeks with a minor shake-up.
The Blueshirts will look to get a little revenge tonight after being eliminated by the Penguins in the home opener. The Rangers were fine defensively, holding Pittsburgh to just one high-danger opportunity, but the offense was slow and virtually nonexistent. Only Mika Zibanejad managed to create some good chances. The Penguins aren’t good, but they aren’t as bad as many thought. Still, the Rangers are better and should win.
Rangers lines
Artemi Panarin-Mika Zibanejad-Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle-JT Miller-Conor Sheary
Juuso Parssinen-Noah Laba-Taylor Raddysh
Adam Edstrom-Sam Carrick-Matt Rempe
Vlad Gavrikov-Adam Fox
Carson Soucy-Will Borgen
Urho Veelanainen-Braden Schneider
PP1: Fox, Panarin, Lefenians, Zibanejad, Miller
PPP2: Planning, Sheary, Cuilin, Panarin, Rempe
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Penguins lines
Rickard Rakell-Side Crosby-Ville Koivunen
Anthony Feel-Evgi Malkin-Justin Brazeauu
Tommy Novak-Benjamin Zeker-Philip Tomino
Connor Dewar-Blake Lizotte-Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon-Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea-Kris Letang
Caleb Jones-Harrison Brunicke
Arthur Silov gets the start.
Game time is 7:00 PM.
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