Rangers take on the Dallas Stars in another East vs West contest

Coming off a big win against the Minnesota Wild where the Rangers were able to come back from a multiple-goal deficit, the Rangers will take on the Dallas Stars in an attempt to keep the recent run of wins going. This is a very strong Dallas team that will be present at Madison Square Garden tonight. This will be a difficult game for the Rangers to maneuver as the Dallas roster currently sits atop the Central division.

With Chris Kreider injured and out for tonight’s game, the Rangers will reinstate forward Sammy Blais into the lineup for this one. With the Blueshirts suffering a major loss to their forward core, Alexis Lafreniere is expected to fill the large void left by the Boxford, Massachussettes native on the top line alongside Kaapo Kakko and Mika Zibanejad. Blais is preferred to newly claimed forward Jake Leschyshyn.

Igor Shesterkin will tend to the crease tonight as the reigning Vezina winner continues his recent resurgence. After a relatively pedestrian start to the season for the Russian netminder, the Rangers goalie has gotten back to his best recently. With Shesterkin showing the ability to steal games that made him so respected last year, it is no secret that the Blueshirts will need Igor at his best.

Dallas Stars

Jason Robertson – Tyler Seguin – Joe Pavelski
Jamie Benn – Wyatt Johnston – Mason Marchment
Denis Gurianov – Radek Faksa – Ty Dellandrea
Fredrik Olofsson – Luke Glendening – Joel Kiviranta

Miro Heiskanen – Colin Miller
Esa Lindell – Jani Hakanpaa
Ryan Suter – Nils Lundkvist

Jake Oettinger
Scott Wedgewood

New York Rangers

Alexis Lafreniere – Mika Zibanejad – Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin – Vincent Trocheck – Vitali Kravtsov
Barclay Goodrow – Filip Chytil – Jimmy Vesey
Sammy Blais – Jonny Brodzinski – Julien Gauthier

Ryan Lindgren – Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller – Jacob Trouba
Ben Harpur – Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin
Jaroslav Halak

Where to watch and Puck drop time

For this 7 PM Eastern puck drop between the best team in the Central Division and one of the best teams in the Metropolitan Division, MSG Network will cover the game for those wanting to watch the Ranger feed. Bally Sports South West will cover the game with the Dallas Stars feed for those that would like to watch with a Dallas orientation. With two points, the Rangers could pull level with the Devils ahead of them.