New York Rangers Take On the Anaheim Ducks Looking to Rebound From Panthers Loss
Coming off their first regulation loss of the season, the New York Rangers will take on the Anaheim Ducks from Madison Square Garden. It'll be the Blueshirt's first time seeing the Ducks in their remodeled jerseys with the iconic logo back, and it's a young team that's given Orange County, California, a lot of optimism. They're dangerous up front and will not roll over. New York has to be at the races if they're going to win tonight.
For New York, we expect to see the young defenseman who started the season so well, Victor Mancini, make way in the lineup for the re-instalation of Zac Jones. Ryan Lindgren coming back into the fold saw the Rangers chop and change at the back, but their first regulation defeat came with Mancini and Lindgren playing together. The reworked pairings have Lindgren with captain Jacob Trouba and Jones partnering with Braden Schneider, whose dropping to the third pairing.
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Matt Rempe's reassignment to the Hartford Wolf Pack means Jonny Brodzinski is now getting the minutes on the fourth line. With Jimmy Vesey still out but getting ever closer, the Rangers will have options for that position. Since we've seen they'll all be significant assets, which one plays is a luxury. Vesey will slot back in, so one of Edstrom and Brodzinski will likely come out. There's some internal competition for places.
Projected Lineups
Anaheim Ducks
Cutter Gauthier – Leo Carlsson – Alex Killorn
Robby Fabbri – Mason McTavish – Trevor Zegras
Brock McGinn – Ryan Strome – Troy Terry
Ross Johnston – Isac Lundestrom – Brett Leason
Cam Fowler – Tristan Luneau
Olen Zellweger – Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov – Brian Dumoulin
Lukas Dostal
James Reimer
New York Rangers
Chris Kreider – Mika Zibanejad – Reilly Smith
Artemi Panarin – Vincent Trocheck – Alexis Lafrenière
Will Cuylle – Filip Chytil – Kaapo Kakko
Jonny Brodzinski – Sam Carrick – Adam Edstrom
Ryan Lindgren – Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller – Jacob Trouba
Victor Mancini – Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Puck Drop
A 7 p.m. Eastern puck drop will see these two teams clash under the bright lights on Broadway. Since this is an interconference game, going to overtime isn't as big a deal as it would be against an Eastern Conference lineup. Can the Rangers get back in the win column and show the world that the Florida game was an anomaly, or will this losing streak grow to two games?