Rangers vs. Hurricanes: Open Game Thread

The Rangers are 10-5-2 at home, 7-3-0 in their last ten games coming off a loss vs. the Florida Panthers on Tuesday evening. With 28 points the Rangers sit a point out of a playoff spot and will look to pickup two more points against their Metropolitan Division rivals.

This will be the second game for the Blueshirts without Mika Zibanejad who is out indefinitely with a concussion. In good news, captain Ryan McDonagh is scheduled to return to the lineup.

On November 22 the Rangers handily defeated the Hurricanes 6-1 down in Raleigh in a pre Thanksgiving throw down. Since that point, the Hurricanes have gone 1-1-1 with its two previous games being decided in a shootout. Overall the Hurricanes are 10-8-5 with 25 points, and have a road record of 5-4-2.

Here is a look at the projected lines for both sides.

Rangers

Chris Kreider — David Desharnais — Pavel Buchnevich

Jimmy Vesey — Kevin Hayes — Rick Nash

Michael Grabner — J.T. Miller — Mats Zuccarello

Paul Carey — Boo Nieves —Jesper Fast

Ryan McDonagh — Nick Holden

Brady Skjei —Kevin Shattenkirk

Marc Staal— Brendan Smith

Henrik Lundqvist

Ondrej Pavelec

Hurricanes

Sebastian Aho — Jordan Staal — Teuvo Teravainen

Phil Di Giuseppe — Victor Rask — Justin Williams

Jeff Skinner — Derek Ryan — Elias Lindholm

Joakim Nordstrom — Marcus Kruger — Brock McGinn

Haydn Fleury — Justin Faulk

Jaccob Slavin — Trevor van Riemsdyk

Noah Hanifin — Brett Pesce

Scott Darling

Cam Ward

From more on the opposing team, check out Canes Country

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