The New York Rangers continue their quest to maximize their odds at the draft lottery this afternoon, welcoming the Detroit Red Wings to MSG. The Blueshirts have an opportunity to play spoiler here, as Detroit is in a four way tie with Ottawa, Columbus, and Philadelphia for the final wild card spot in the East, all of them just 1 point behind the Islanders. Detroit has been stumbling, but they have a lot to play for.
As for the Blueshirts, they will most likely finish the season where they are (29th) or moving down a spot in the standings to 30th. There isn’t much difference in their lottery odds, so tempering expectations is probably a good thing.
Rangers Lines
Gabe Perreault-Mike Zibanejad-Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle-Vincent Trocheck-Jonny Brodzinski
Conor Sheary-JT Miller-Tye Kartye
Adam Sykora-Noah Laba-Jaro Chmelar
Vlad Gavrikov-Adam Fox
Drew Fortescue-Braden Schneider
Matthew Robertson-Will Borgen
Jonathan Quick gets the start.
Wings Lines
Emmitt Finnie-Dylan Larkin-Mason Appleton
Alex Debrincat-Andrew Copp-Patrick Kane
David Perron-JT Compher-Lucas Raymond
James van Riemsdyk-Marco Kasper-Dominik Shine
Albert Johansson-Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson-Justin Faulk
Ben Chiarot-Jacob Bernard-Docker
John Gibson gets the start.
Game time is 1230pm.