RANGERS (26-12-2) at CAPITALS (19-14-6)
1 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, SN
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Will Cuylle
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Blake Wheeler
Jake Leschyshyn -- Nick Bonino -- Jonny Brodzinski
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
Erik Gustafsson -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Zac Jones, Anton Blidh
Injured: Kaapo Kakko (lower body), Filip Chytil (upper body), Tyler Pitlick (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Max Pacioretty
Hendrix Lapierre -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Aliaksei Protas -- Connor McMichael -- Anthony Mantha
Beck Malenstyn -- Nic Dowd -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Nick Jensen
Joel Edmundson -- Ethan Bear
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Alexander Alexeyev, Matthew Phillips
Injured: Tom Wilson (broken nose), Sonny Milano (upper body), Rasmus Sandin (upper body)
Status report
Zibanejad will be a game-time decision after he missed a 5-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday because of a lingering illness. With Zibanejad unavailable, Jones dressed as a seventh defenseman. ... Blidh was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Friday. It's unknown if the forward will play. ... Quick will start after Shesterkin started the previous two games. ... Ovechkin (lower-body injury) and Wilson, a forward, each will be a game-time decision; Wilson, who missed a 4-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday, wore a full shield during practice Friday. ... Charlie Lindgren will make his first start since sustaining an upper-body injury in a 5-1 loss at the New York Islanders on Dec. 29.
This game brings us to the halfway point in the season. Which team shows up to play, the one from the first quarter, or the one from the second quarter?
No Tom Wilson because he has a broken nose? Must be pretty frikken broken...
If they need me to bleed, then I'll bleed for my team
No Tom Wilson because he has a broken nose? Must be pretty frikken broken...
And no 8?
If they need me to bleed, then I'll bleed for my team
I saw Tom Wilson in the warmup with a band aid on his nose.... he's playing
If they need me to bleed, then I'll bleed for my team
I saw Tom Wilson in the warmup with a band aid on his nose.... he's playing
And he is suffering from "facial discomfort" 🙂
Looks like Anton Blidh making his NYR debut
This game brings us to the halfway point in the season. Which team shows up to play, the one from the first quarter, or the one from the second quarter?
Sadlly more and more each day they resemble the one from the second quarter. Is anyone rerally expecting Chytill and Kakko to be the saviours?
Better than what they have on the ice to replace themThis game brings us to the halfway point in the season. Which team shows up to play, the one from the first quarter, or the one from the second quarter?
Sadlly more and more each day they resemble the one from the second quarter. Is anyone rerally expecting Chytill and Kakko to be the saviours?
1 Cup in 86 years
2048
Fox with a give away
1 Cup in 86 years
2048
Rangers haven't had the puck for the first 2 minutes
They need to play harder on the puck and stop with the pokin' at the puck pussy hockey.
If they need me to bleed, then I'll bleed for my team
Ragers zero offense
1 Cup in 86 years
2048
Ray Ferraro is a numbskull
If they need me to bleed, then I'll bleed for my team