The New York Rangers are up 3-0 and are going for their second straight sweep of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. If, on Sunday, any of us thought the Rangers would be in this position, we would’ve been called crazy. I was homer-ific on the podcast saying Rangers in 5 is possible, but 6 is more realistic, and even I thought I was crazy.
Yet here we are. And we know the Canes won’t go quietly into the night. They’re going to try to live on. They’re going to try to survive. They will celebrate their Independ……sorry I got carried away.
Anyway, we know what’s going on here. It’s critical for the Rangers to end this in 4 or 5 games so Adam Fox can rest his knee.
If you missed our previews, check them out: Stats preview. Systems preview. Goaltending preview. Matchup preview.
Canes Lines
Jake Guentzel-Sebastian Aho-Andrei Svechnikov
Teuvo Teravainen-Jordan Staal-Seth Jarvis
Jordan Martinook-Jack Drury-Martin Necas
Jesperi Kotkaniemi-Evgeny Kuznetsov-Stefan Noesen
Jaccob Slavin-Brent Burns
Brady Skjei-Tony DeAngelo
Dmitry Orlov-Jalen Chatfield
Pyotr Kochetkov gets the start
Rangers Lines
Artemi Panarin-Vincent Trocheck-Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Jack Roslovic
Will Cuylle-Alex Wennberg-Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey-Jonny Brodzinski-Barclay Goodrow
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller-Braden Schneider
Erik Gustafsson-Jacob Trouba
Igor Shesterkin gets the start
Injuries: Filip Chytil (concussion), Blake Wheeler (leg)
Crazy Prediction: The Rangers finish the sweep.
Game time is 7pm.
