The four game road trip that began with a win in Toronto concludes tonight in Vancouver as the New York Rangers take on a red hot Canucks team. The Western Canada portion of this trip has not gone well and the Blueshirts will try to end it on a high note.
The New York Rangers hope to halt the Vancouver Canucks’ six game winning streak, the longest active streak in the NHL. It will be a tall order as the Canucks are firing on all cylinders and have a lethal power play.
The Rangers have to stop their slide towards the bottom of the NHL on defense. This game will mark the halfway point for the season and the team is seven points out of the final wild card slot and only six teams in the league have fewer points than New York.
The Panarin and Zibanejad lines need to get back on track after being shutout in the last game against Calgary. The Rangers’ two best players have been skunked in the same game only six times this season and the Blueshirts have lost all six games.
Projected lineups
New York Rangers
10 Panarin – 16 Strome – 17 Fast
20 Kreider – 93 Zibanejad – 89 Buchnevich
21 Howden – 72 Chytil – 24 Kakko
42 Smith – 14 McKegg – 29 Fogarty
76 Skjei – 8 Trouba
55 Lindgren – 23 Fox
18 Staal – 77 DeAngelo
40 Georgiev
30 Lundqvist
Vancouver Canucks
9 J.T. Miller – 40 Elias Pettersson – 6 Brock Boeser
70 Tanner Pearson – 53 Bo Horvat – 21 Loui Eriksson
26 Antoine Roussel – 88 Adam Gaudette – 18 Jake Virtanen
64 Tyler Motte – 83 Jay Beagle – 59 Tim Schaller
43 Quinn Hughes – 8 Chris Tanev
23 Alex Edler – 51 Troy Stecher
5 Oscar Fantenberg – 57 TylerMyers
25 Jacob Markstrom
35 Thatcher Demko
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The game can be seen on the MSG Network and the radio call will be on ESPN FM 98.7. Puck drop in 10pm EST.