The Rangers lines tonight went into a blender, with changes to all four lines as Mike Sullivan tries to get something going for his club. The Blueshirts have given up 15 goals in 2 games since Adam Fox and Igor Shesterkin went down with injuries and are freefalling through the standings. To hopefully shake things up and take more control of the game, the Rangers have shifted things around to try to put together three lines that can score instead of the usual two. Novel concept.
Per Mollie Walker, the Rangers lines tonight have Alexis Lafreniere on the third line, Will Cuylle on the top line, and JT Miller continuing on the wing. Brennan Othmann also draws in for Matt Rempe.
Panarin-Zibanejad-Cuylle
Miller-Trocheck-Perreault
Othmann-Laba-Lafrenière
Brodzinski-Carrick-RaddyshGavrikov-Schneider
Robertson-Borgen
Soucy-Morrow
On defense, Matthew Robertson shifts up to 2LD for the struggling Carson Soucy in an attempt to stabilize the also struggling Will Borgen. Soucy and Scott Morrow are now on the third pair.
The Rangers lines tonight actually look fine on paper. The defense, not so much.