The Rangers played their second clunker on Monday night, losing to Minnesota and once again struggled for consistency on offense. They found a soft spot in the schedule tonight with San Jose before traveling to Calgary for two very winnable games before a mini-gauntlet next month. No match in October is a must-win, and this is no different in the grand scheme of things. I call it a must win because, to be honest, I don’t want to deal with the negativity if they lose.
The Rangers have seemingly mastered the defensive structure, which is the more difficult part of the transition to a new system. Now it’s about finding the right moments to take risks on offense to help right that ship. Part of their struggle is personnel-based, but we are looking for progress. Keep moving forward in the big picture.
Rangers lines
Artemi Panarin-Mike Zibanejad-Will Cuylle
Conor Sheary-JT Miller-Alexis Lafrenière
Juuso Parssinen-Noah Laba-Taylor Raddysh
Adam Edstrom-Sam Carrick-Matt Rempe
Vlad Gavrikov-Adam Fox
Matthew Robertson-Will Borgen
Carson Soucy-Braden Schneider
PP1: Fox, Panarin, Lafreniere, Zibanejad, Miller
PPP2: Planning, Sheary, Cuilin, Panarin, Rempe
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Shark lines
Tyler Toffoli-Macklin Celebrini-Will Smith
William Eklund-Alex Wennberg-Jeff Skinner
Collin Graf-Michael Misa-Adam Gaudette
Barclay Goodrow-Ty Dellandrea-Ryan Reaves
Dmitry Orlov-Timothy Liljegren
Mario Ferraro-Vincent Desharnais
Nick Leddy-Vincent Iorio
Alex Nedeljkovic gets the start.
Game time is 7:00 PM.
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