New York Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins Open Game Thread

The New York Rangers (29-32-13, 71 points) were eliminated from playoff contention on Sunday night after the Montreal Canadiens lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in overtime. The Blueshirts are 2-5-3 in their last 10 games played, and are coming off a 2-1 overtime victory vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs in which Alexandar Georgiev made 44 saves.

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Their opponent this evening, the Pittsburgh Penguins (41-24-11, 93 points) are looking to pick up two points in the standings to bring them even with the New York Islanders, and one point back of the division leading Washington Capitals. Pittsburgh is 6-2-2 over the last 10 games, and are coming off a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars.

Both teams will not be dressing 100% healthy lineups, so the game could be an interesting one. With that said, here are the expected lineups for both sides.

New York Rangers

Brendan Lemieux — Mika Zibanejad — Pavel Buchnevich

Vladislav Namestnikov — Filip Chytil — Vinni Lettieri

Jimmy Vesey — Lias Andersson — Ryan Strome

Brendan Smith — Brett Howden — Boo Nieves

Brady Skjei — Kevin Shattenkirk

Fredrik Claesson — Tony DeAngelo

John Gilmour — Neal Pionk

Alexandar Georgiev

Henrik Lundqvist

Pittsburgh Penguins

Jake Guentzel — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust

Jared McCann — Teddy Blueger — Phil Kessel

Dominik Simon — Nick Bjugstad — Patric Hornqvist

Adam Johnson — Matt Cullen — Garrett Wilson

Brian Dumoulin — Zach Trotman

Jack Johnson — Justin Schultz

Marcus Pettersson — Erik Gudbranson

Matt Murray

Casey DeSmith

Use this as your open game thread, and enjoy the game!