New York Rangers Game 19 Open Thread: Rangers at Edmonton Oilers

The New York Rangers continue their Western Canada road trip tonight in Edmonton, looking to extend their win streak to four games. It’s been a rather quiet three game streak for the Rangers, who beat the St. Louis Blues, Philadelphia Flyers, and Seattle Kraken after a rough 1-5-1 stretch. The Rangers haven’t been perfect, but they’ve been good enough to beat some of the bottom half of the NHL. The Oilers are not the bottom half of the NHL by any means, but they are also pretty bad when their big three aren’t on the ice. Problem is when they are, they score goals faster than Jalen Brunson knocks down big shots in the playoffs.

The Rangers got torched by the Oilers a few games ago at MSG, and the Oilers only got healthier while the Rangers are dealing with more injuries. The key will be to shut down their big three and feast on the Oilers depth. Easier said than done, of course.

Rangers Lines

Gabe Perreault-Mika Zibanejad-Alexis Lafreniere
Tye Kartye-JT Miller-Pavel Dorofeyev
Will Cuylle-Noah Laba-Oliver Bjorkstrand
Eeli Tolvanen-Luke Glendening-Jaro Chmelar

Vlad Gavrikov-Adam Fox
Marcus Pettersson-Braden Schneider
Matthew Robertson-Scott Morrow

Dylan Garand gets the start.

Scratches: Matt Rempe, Marc Del Gaizo
Injuries: Sean Durzi (IR – LBI), Joe Veleno (IR – LBI), Alberts Smits (UBI), Igor Shesterkin (LTIR – LBI)

Oilers Lines

Vasily Podkolzin-Connor McDavid-Leon Draisaitl
Kasperi Kapanen-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins-Zach Hyman
Alex Formenton-Jason Dickinson-Mathieu Joseph
Max Jones-Owen Michaels-Trent Frederic

Mattias Ekholm-Evan Bouchard
Ryan Shea-Connor Murphy
Shakir Mukhamadullin-Ty Emberson

Devon Levi gets the start.

Crazy Prediction: None of Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, or Evan Bouchard score.

Game time is 8pm.