New York Rangers vs St. Louis Blues: Join the live conversation
By Steve Paulus
Alexandar Georgiev will be in goal as the New York Rangers look to halt their two game losing streak . The challenge will be their opponent, the defending Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues.
The Central Division leading St. Louis Blues invade Madison Square Garden riding a seven game winning streak. The New York Rangers have lost two in a row for the first time in two months and it will be a rested Alexandar Georgiev in goal for the Blueshirts. He will be opposed by Jordan Binnington, the Blues’ top netminders.
One of the top blueliners for the Blues, Colton Parayko is ill and will be a gametime decision. If he cannot play, he will be missed as his has gelled with newcomer Marco Scandella on the Blues second defense pairing.
St. Louis last played on Saturday, a 4-3 shootout win over the Dallas Stars so they have had plenty of rest. This is the first of a three game road trip for the Blues. They have a 16-11-5 road record.. The Rangers are only 17-14-2 at home and need to improve that record if they want to get into the playoffs.
Projected starting lineups
New York Rangers
10 Panarin – 16 Strome – 17 Fast
33 Di Giuseppe – 93 Zibanejad – 89 Buchnevich
21 Howden – 72 Chytil– 24 Kakko
48 Lemieux -14 McKegg – 12 Gauthier
42 Smith – 8 Trouba
18 Staal – 77 DeAngelo
55 Lindgren – 23 Fox
40 Georgiev
30 Lundqvist
St. Louis Blues
17 Jaden Schwartz – 90 Ryan O’Reilly – 10 Brayden Schenn
12 Zach Sanford – 18 Robert Thomas – 57 David Perron
61 Jacob de la Rose – 21 Tyler Bozak – 20 Alex Steen
9 Sammy Blais – 70 Oskar Sundqvist – 49 Ivan Barbashev
4 Carl Gunnarsson – 27 Alex Pietrangelo
6 Marco Scandella – 55 Colton Parayko
29 Vince Dunn – 72 Justin Faulk
50 Jordan Binnington
34 Jake Allen
About the game
Gametime is 7pm and it will be televised on the MSG Network with the radio cast on ESPN Radio 98.7FM.
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