NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 02: Ryan Lindgren #55 of the New York Rangers takes a shot on goalie Juuse Saros #74 of the Nashville Predators through the third interval at Bridgestone Area on November 02, 2019, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Picture by Frederick Breedon/Getty Photos)
Everybody within the Rangers fan base is feeling good about themselves after that 8-2 bloodbath of the Detroit Pink Wings. There’s loads to love about how the staff goes to reply. It’s been far too lengthy since we’ve seen back-to-back good performances from this Rangers roster. They’ve had some tough opponents however there might be no excuses tonight because the Rangers play a struggling Nashville squad.
Nashville has the identical feeling about them that was painted onto the Rangers final season. They’ve flaws as a roster that their famous person goalie hides. Flawless logic, however Juusse Saros has not been the spectacular shot-stopper he was final 12 months. His .892 save share and three.45 goals-against common is a significant purple flag for the struggles of this Nashville roster. They’re trying to get again within the win column because the Rangers have been a number of days in the past.
New York’s famous person goalie additionally had a mediocre begin by his reigning-Vezina winner requirements. I get his .909 save share can be craved by a number of different groups, however that has gone up just lately and he too will probably be trying to return to the peak of his powers. On the time of penning this, it’s unclear if the Rangers are going to go along with Igor or Halak, however both means, the goalie matchup needs to be attention-grabbing.
Vitali Kravtsov won’t be within the lineup tonight on account of an sickness. His alternative is scheduled to be Ryan Carpenter. It’s very potential that Ryan Reaves is the one which comes into the lineup to fill the footwear of the Russian winger, however nothing is a given. All that has been stated by Gallant is that Kravtsov has a abdomen bug and won’t be that includes tonight in Nashville. He’s not going to be lacking for lengthy hopefully.
New York Rangers
Chris Kreider – Mika Zibanejad – Jimmy Vesey
Artemi Panarin – Vincent Trocheck – Alexis Lafreniere
Barclay Goodrow – Filip Chytil – Kaapo Kakko
Sammy Blais – Ryan Carpenter – Julien Gauthier
Okay’Andre Miller – Jacob Trouba
Ryan Lindgren – Adam Fox
Libor Hajek – Braden Schneider
Jaroslav Halak
Igor Shesterkin
Nashville Predators
Filip Forsberg – Mikael Granlund – Juuso Parssinen
Nino Niederreiter – Ryan Johansen – Matt Duchene
Yakov Trenin – Mark Jankowski – Tanner Jeannot
Cole Smith – Colton Sissons – Eeli Tolvanen
Roman Josi – Dante Fabbro
Mattias Ekholm – Alexandre Service
Ryan McDonagh – Jeremy Lauzon
Juuse Saros
Kevin Lankinen
Puck drop time & the place to observe?
Puck drop for this one is at 8 PM Japanese or 7 PM Central. As at all times this sport will probably be on MSG for followers of the Blueshirts within the Metropolis that By no means Sleeps. Bally Sports activities South will probably be protecting the sport for the Nashville feed if you happen to would like that. ESPN and Sportsnet have streams on their platforms for this sport too relying on whether or not you might be north of the border or not.
