NY Rangers Game 34 Open topic: Rangers vs Anaheim

The Rangers bounced back nicely against Montreal with a nice win against the Canadiens at MSG, hopefully shaking off the curse of the Centennial jerseys. But that’s not the story. The story centers on Chris Kreider’s return to MSG for the first time since his offseason trade. Kreider was easily the best playoff performer in Rangers history, and was perhaps underappreciated during his twelve seasons on Broadway. There should be a nice video tribute and hopefully a standing ovation.

Jacob Trouba also returns tonight, who will take a back seat to Kreider’s return. Trouba was a fine captain for the Rangers, but unfortunately people will only remember his sharp decline in play and offseason trade drama. This is one of those times where everyone is better off having both the Boo and the Trou sound.

Rangers lines

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

Vlad Gavrikov-Braden Schneider
Carson Soucy-Will Borgen
Matthew Robertson-Urho Veelanainen

Igor Shesterkin gets the start.

Duck lines

Chris Kreider-Leo Carlsson-Troy Terry
Mikael Granlund-Mason McTavish-Beckett Sennecke
Cutter Gauthier-Ryan Strome-Frank Vatrano
Ross Johnston-Ryan Poehling-Alex Kllorn

Jackson Lacombe – Jacob Trouba
Drew Helleson – Radko Gudas
I’m Zellweger-Ian Moore

Lukas Dostal gets the start.

Game time is 7:00 PM.