NY Rangers Game 51: Rangers at Bruins

The Rangers have lost two in a row, but made a major trade last night to hopefully address some scoring woes and get the team moving again. JT Miller is back with the Rangers, costing them Filip Chytil off the main roster. It’s still unconfirmed if Miller will play today, and as of the writing of this post (noon), the lines have not been confirmed. I’m sure Peter Laviolette is waiting for word if Miller will make it in time.

As for the actual game, the Rangers are 5 points back of a wild card spot with 32 games remaining. Boston is one of the teams ahead of them in the standings, and this is as close to a must win as we can get right now. The Rangers need to go on a prolonged run and beat teams ahead of them in the standings. The next week of games before the break is the biggest stretch of the season.

Bruins Lines

Morgan Geekie-Pavel Zacha-David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand-Elias Lindholm-Charlie Coyle
Trent Frederic-Matthew Poitras-Justin Brazeau
Cole Koepke-John Beecher-Vinni Lettieri

Mason Lohrei-Charlie McAvoy
Michael Callahan-Brandon Carlo
Nikita Zadarov-Andrew Peeke

Jeremy Swayman gets the start.

Rangers Lines (best guess)

Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle-Mika Zibanejad-Reilly Smith
Chris Kreider-JT Miller-Jonny Brodzinski
Adam Edstrom-Sam Carrick-Matt Rempe

Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen-Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin gets the start.

Crazy Prediction: The Rangers shut out Carolina.

Game time is 330pm.