Rangers vs. Maple Leafs - Mar. 20th, 7:00pm - SN, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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New York Rangers 33-30-6, 72 pts​	vs.​	Toronto Maple Leafs 41-24-3, 85 pts​

Projected Line-ups​

Panarin-Trocheck-Cuylle Lafreniere-Miller-Zibanejad Kreider-Carrick-Parssinen Berard-Brodzinski-Rempe Vaakanainen-Fox Miller-Borgen Jones-Schneider Shesterkin​

Knies-Matthews-Marner Holmberg-Tavares-Nylander McMann-Domi-Robertson Lorentz-Laughton-Jarnkrok Rielly-Carlo McCabe-Tanev Benoit-OEL Stolarz​

Scratches​

Carson Soucy Brennan Othmann Calvin de Haan​

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David Kampf Philippe Myers​

Injuries​

Arthur Kaliyev - Upper Body - Injured Reserve Adam Edstrom - Lower Body - Injured Reserve​

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Max Pacioretty - Undisclosed - Injured Reserve Jani Hakanpaa - Knee - Injured Reserve​

Game Notes​

NYR -Igor Shesterkin (23-24-4, 2.78 GAA, .907 Sv%) will likely start for the Rangers -New York currently sits 1 point behind Montreal for the 8th and final playoff spot in the East, but the Canadiens also have 2 games in hand on the Rangers

TOR -Anthony Stolarz (13-8-3, 2.39 GAA, .918 Sv%) will start for the Leafs

Streams​

Streameast Sportsurge OnHockey NHL66​

 

[herman]

The Rangers pooped the bed against Calgary, who were B2B with travel after the drubbing they received from the Leafs.

 

[cw]

If I had to pick a roster that underachieved this season, I would give the Rangers strong consideration.
I haven't seen them enough or followed them closely enough to know what happened but from a distance, it does confound some.
I recall a bunch of hockey pundits picking them to win their division and a few of them to be a Cup finalist .. while no one picked the Jets or the Caps.
Regardless, on the road, on the latter half of a back to back while facing a fresh team is going to be a challenge

 

[Bender]

I think the Rangers have aspects of a good team but unless Shesterkin is great I just personally don't see it. Trocheck as your 1C is not at all ideal.

 

[bustaheims]

I think the Rangers have aspects of a good team but unless Shesterkin is great I just personally don't see it. Trocheck as your 1C is not at all ideal.

A couple seasons ago, it definitely felt like they were being carried by Shesterkin, and maybe the success with him gave them a bit of a boost since. That can't last forever, though, and, outside of Panarin and Miller, they're definitely lacking in guys that are still truly high-end forwards.