Tonight at 7 PM, the New York Rangers face off against the Hurricanes in Carolina. The Rangers are coming off a great 5-1 win against the Red Wings yesterday at home and will be looking for another one despite having played a game last night and having travelled to Carolina.
Henrik Lundqvist will get some well earned rest tonight after being instrumental in the Rangers victory over Detroit. His backup, Alexandar Georgiev will step in as the starting netminder for the Rangers this evening.
On offense, Mika Zibanejad is still nursing an injury.
The rest of the line combinations should look very similar to those used in yesterday's game. Not surprising after such a convincing win. There is no doubt that the Blue Shirts are looking to keep the momentum going.
Here is the Rangers' projected lineup for tonight's game against the Hurricanes according to NHL.com correspondent Kurt Dusterberg:
Forwards:
Artemi Panarin - Ryan Strome - Jesper Fast
Chris Kreider - Filip Chytil - Pavel Buchnevich
Brendan Lemieux - Brett Howden - Kaapo Kakko
Brendan Smith - Greg McKegg - Micheal Haley
Defensemen:
Libor Hajek - Jacob Trouba
Brady Skjei - Tony DeAngelo
Marc Staal - Adam Fox
Goaltenders:
Alexandar Georgiev
Henrik Lundqvist
Forward Lias Andersson and d-man Ryan Lindgren will be the healthy scratches as Zibanejad is sidelined with an injury.
The Hurricanes' lineup will feature the dangerous Andrei Svechnikov - Sebastian Aho combination as well as a deep lineup, especially on defense. No NHL game is easy, but that may be particularly true when facing Carolina this season.
It should be a great game of hockey.