How to watch New York Rangers vs. San Jose Sharks
When: 7:00 p.m.
Where: Madison Square Garden
TV: MSG
Stream: Gotham Sports App
Radio: ESPN New York, 98.7 FM
Projected Lineups
New York Rangers
Artemi Panarin -- Mika Zibanejad -- Alexis Lafrenière
Will Cuylle -- J.T. Miller -- Connor Sheary
Juuso Parssinen -- Noah Laba -- Taylor Raddysh
Adam Edstrom -- Sam Carrick -- Matt Rempe
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Adam Fox
Matthew Robertson -- Will Borgen
Carson Soucy -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
San Jose Sharks
Tyler Toffoli -- Macklin Celebrini -- Will Smith
William Eklund -- Alex Wennberg -- Jeff Skinner
Collin Graf -- Michael Misa -- Adam Gaudette
Barclay Goodrow -- Ty Dellandrea -- Ryan Reaves
Dmitry Orlov -- Timothy Liljegren
Mario Ferraro -- Vincent Desharnais
Nick Leddy -- Vincent Iorio
Alex Nedeljkovic
Players to watch
J.T. Miller
Miller has just two goals and assists through eight games for the Blueshirts. He's tallied 20 shots on goal, and is skating 20:43 per night. The Blueshirts' captain expects more from himself, and tonight offers a great opportunity to get his game on track. Miller was previously with the Vancouver Canucks, and that gave him additional opportunities to play the Sharks. In 26 career games vs. San Jose, Miller has a line of 9-23-32, and that is the second most points he's recorded against a single organization.
Will Cuylle
Cuylle is having a tough start to the season, and in eight games he's scored just one goal on 18 shots. He's getting opportunities while skating 17:29 per night, but the offense isn't coming along. Per Evolving-Hockey, Cuylle has a 56.59 xGF% and a 53.24 CF%, and assuming he sticks with the process put in place by Mike Sullivan, he should be rewarded soon. He won over the fans last year and was awarded the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award, and they'd like to see that player make an impact sooner rather than later.
Conor Sheary
Sheary earned an NHL contract by performing well in the preseason, and he was one of the Rangers most noticeable players. An early injury to Vincent Trocheck created an opening in the top six, and he's yet to see the results in his NHL dot com numbers. In eight games he's got just a 35.22 GF%, but he's also posted a 52.88 CF%, and a 55.88 xGF%. Sheary is a veteran player who knows what it takes to be successful, and he needs to start producing if he's going to remain in the top six.