The New York Rangers are in Sunrise to take on the Florida Panthers C team as both try to jockey for improved draft lottery odds. I say the C team because if you look at the lineup, it reads more like a lineup from a preseason game than a regular season game. The Panthers are the most banged up team in the NHL, which is why they were so bad this year. Can’t say the same about the Rangers, who were bad because they are bad.
That said, the Rangers are 30th in the NHL right now thanks to a Calgary win last night. A loss tonight guarantees they can’t finish higher than 29th. Calgary holds the regulation wins tiebreaker on the Rangers for 29th, which means a tie in points goes to the Flames and the Rangers would stick to 30th. A 30th place finish guarantees a top-5 pick. A 29th place finish guarantees a top-6 pick.
Rangers Lines
Gabe Perreault-Mika Zibanejad-Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle-Vincent Trocheck-Jonny Brodzinski
Conor Sheary-JT Miller-Tye Kartye
Adam Sykora-Noah Laba-Jaro Chmelar
Vlad Gavrikov-Adam Fox
Drew Fortescue-Braden Schneider
Matthew Robertson-Will Borgen
Jonathan Quick gets the start.
Panthers Lines
Mackie Samoskevich-Eetu Luostarinen-AJ Greer
Wilmer Skoog-Cole Schwidt-Jesper Boqvist
Nolan Foote-Tomas Nosek-Noah Gregor
Cole Reinhardt-Luke Kunin-Vinnie Hinostroza
Gustav Forsling-Michael Benning
Donovan Sebrango-Marek Alscher
Tobias Bjornfot-Ludvig Jansson
Daniil Tarasov gets the start.
Game time is 7pm.
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