The Rangers are now losers of five in a row after their four game win streak. They got some “help” last night with Chicago, St. Louis, and Calgary all winning games, giving the Rangers sole possession of 31st in the NHL. They won’t catch Vancouver, but it increases their odds of getting a top-two pick and also ensures they can’t drop out of the top-five picks. Small victory, I guess.
Adam Sykora makes his NHL debut tonight after his recall. Drew Fortescue doesn’t look like he’s playing yet as Vincent Iorio looks like he’s drawing back in as well.
Rangers Lines
Gabe Perreault-Mike Zibanejad-Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle-Vincent Trocheck-Adam Sykora
Conor Sheary-JT Miller-Tye Kartye
Taylor Raddysh-Jonny Brodzinski-Jaro Chmelar
Vlad Gavrikov-Adam Fox
Braden Schneider-Will Borgen
Matthew Robertson-Vincent Iorio
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Leafs Lines
Easton Cowen-Auston Matthews-William Nylander
Matthew Knies-Max Domi-Nick Robertson
Mattias Maccelli-Bo Groulx-Dakota Joshua
Steven Lorenz-Jacob Quillan-Michael Pezzetta
Morgan Reilly-Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe-Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Simon Benoit-Troy Stetcher
Joseph Woll gets the start.
Game time is 7pm.