The New York Rangers have no business giving us hope, but that’s what they are doing. Jaro Chmelar and Adam Sykora have breathed new life into this team. Claiming Tye Kartye has proved to be a shrewd move. Drew Fortescue has looked the part of an NHL defender. All this was added to the new top line of Gabe Perreault-Mika Zibanejad-Alexis Lafreniere, and has even breathed new life into captain JT Miller. Heck, even the Conor Sheary haters have nothing to say right now.
This new, young Rangers team is in Dallas facing a Stars team without much to play for right now. They are locked into the #2 spot in the Central Division, as Minnesota can’t catch them anymore. Dallas’ only priority right now is getting healthy, as they have about 9000 players injured right now, to the point where a fourth line player in Mavrik Bourque is in a scoring role. Even with the injuries, Dallas is a very strong team.
Rangers Lines (unconfirmed)
Gabe Perreault-Mika 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
Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
Stars Lines (unconfirmed)
Justin Hryckowian-Wyatt Johnston-Mikko Rantanen
Jason Robertson-Matt Duchene-Mavrik Bourque
Adam Erne-Arttu Hyry-Jamie Benn
Cameron Hughes-Oskar Back-Colin Blackwell
Esa Lindell-Miro Heiskanen
Thomas Harley-Tyler Myers
Lian Bischel-Ilya Lyubushkin
Jake Oettinger gets the start.
Game time is 5pm.