Rangers vs. Blackhawks Open Game Thread

The New York Rangers (3-5-1, seven points) will take on the Chicago Blackhawks (5-2-2, 12 points) at the United Center in Chicago in search of their first victory away from Madison Square Garden this season. Tonight is the first stop of a four-game road trip that will end in California. The Blueshirts are fresh off a 5-2 victory against the Florida Panthers, and the Blackhawks are coming off a 3-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.

Last season the Blueshirts faced the Blackhawks twice, and the team lost 6-3 on November 15 and 5-2 on January 3. Henrik Lundqvist was in goal for both of those games.

Here are the projected lineups for both squads courtesy of NHL.com.

New York Rangers

Chris Kreider — Mika Zibanejad — Mats Zuccarello

Filip Chytil — Kevin Hayes — Jesper Fast

Jimmy Vesey — Brett Howden — Pavel Buchnevich

Cody McLeod — Vladislav Namestnikov — Ryan Spooner

Brady Skjei — Adam McQuaid

Brendan Smith — Kevin Shattenkirk

Marc Staal — Neal Pionk

Henrik Lundqvist

Alexandar Georgiev

Chicago Blackhawks

Alex DeBrincat — Jonathan Toews — Dominik Kahun

Brandon Saad — Artem Anisimov — Patrick Kane

Alexandre Fortin — Luke Johnson — Nick Schmaltz

Chris Kunitz — Marcus Kruger — John Hayden

Duncan Keith — Henri Jokiharju

Erik Gustafsson — Brent Seabrook

Brandon Manning — Jan Rutta

Corey Crawford

Cam Ward

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