NY Rangers Game 69 (nice): Rangers vs Calgary

The Rangers yet again find themselves in a must win situation, but not because of how they’ve been playing. They’ve been pretty solid of late, and even the loss to Edmonton was what we would have called a good loss in October. Instead, Montreal got hot and is 7-1-2 in their last 10 games. The Rangers are one point up but Montreal has 2 games in hand. It’s a must win for the Blueshirts to simply fend off Montreal at this point.

Calgary is a very aggressive team that will pressure the Rangers defensemen. They looked good against Edmonton, and this will be another test for the revamped blue line. It will also be a good litmus test for Zac Jones to see how he responds to being under pressure constantly.

Calgary Lines

Jonathan Huberdeau-Nazem Kadri-Martin Pospisil
Blake Coleman-Morgan Frost-Matt Coronato
Joel Farabee-Yegor Sharangovich-Dryden Hunt
Ryan Lomberg-Kevin Rooney-Adam Klapka

Joel Hanley-Mackenzie Weegar
Kevin Bahl-Rasmus Andersson
Jake Bean-Brayden Pachal

Dan Vladar gets the start.

Rangers Lines

Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Will Cuylle
Alexis Lafreniere-JT Miller-Mika Zibanejad
Chris Kreider-Sam Carrick-Juuso Parssinen
Brett Berard-Jonny Brodzinski-Matt Rempe

Urho Vaakanainen-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Will Borgen
Zac Jones-Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin gets the start.

Crazy Prediction: They continue holding off Montreal.

Game time is 7pm.