NY Rangers Game 31 Open topic: Rangers vs Vegas

The Rangers entered their glove week after their worst game of the year at home against Tampa, and expectations were low. But after five points in three games, including strong wins over Ottawa and Dallas before picking up a point against Colorado, the Rangers have flipped the script. They play sustainable two-way hockey. This is the Rangers (hopefully) turning a corner, and it could be a sign of things to come.

The Rangers have made a slight change in the way they’ve approached pimples, or maybe this is just better execution. Look for more support down low on breakouts, which has helped with a blue line not moving the puck properly. This adjustment on the break led to Conor Sheary’s breakaway goal yesterday.

Rangers lines

Artemi Panarin-Mika Zibanejad-Alexis Lafreniere
JT Miller-Vincent Trocheck-Conor Sheary
Will Cuylle-Noah Laba-Brett Berard
Jonny Brodzinski-Sam Carrick-Taylor Raddysh

Vlad Gavrikov-Braden Schneider
Carson Soucy-Will Borgen
Matthew Robertson-Scott Morrow

Igor Shesterkin gets the start.

Golden Knights lines

Ivan Barbashev-Jack Eichel-Braeden Bowman
Mitch Marner-Brett Howden-Mark Stone
Brandon Saad-Tomas Hertl-Pavel Dorofeyev
Cole Reinhardt-Colton Sissons-Keegan Cysar

Brayden McNabb-Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin-Zach Whitecloud
Ben Hutton-Kedan-Contents

Akira Schmid gets the start.

Game time is 7:00 PM.