Blueshirts Gameday Preview: Rangers vs Hurricanes in Powerhouse Matchup
Battle of the top of the Metro takes place tonight
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The Rangers (25-9-1) who are atop the Metropolitan Division will be taking on the Hurricanes (20-13-4) who are second in the Metropolitan Division. These two teams last battled each other on November 2nd, 2023 where the Rangers came out victorious with a 2-1 win so the Canes will be looking for revenge.
The Rangers are coming off a 5-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in what was their final game of 2023 while the Hurricanes are coming off a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Let’s now take a look at both teams’ projected lineups & stats from both teams.
Rangers’ Projected Lines:
Kreider - Zibanejad - Wheeler
Panarin - Trocheck - Lafreniere
Cuylle - Bonino - Brodzinski
Vesey - Goodrow - Pitlick
Lindgren - Fox
Miller - Trouba
Gustafasson - Schneider
Shesterkin
Hurricanes’ Projected Lines:
Svechnikov - Aho - Teravainen
Noesen - Kotkaniemi - Necas
Martinook - Staal - Jarvis
Bunting - Drury - Lemieux
Slavin - Burns
Skjei - Pesce
Orlov - Chatfield
Kochetkov
Game Notes;
The Rangers have been a red-hot team to start the new season while the Hurricanes have been good, but not quite as strong as the Rangers.
The Hurricanes come into the game with injuries to defenseman Jesper Fast and Frederik Andersen, while the Rangers continue to be without Kappo Kakko and Filip Chytil.
The Rangers have been slightly better offensively, scoring 3.43 goals per game while the Hurricanes have scored 3.32 per game this season.
Defensively, the Rangers have been much better allowing only 2.69 goals per game while the Hurricanes have allowed 3.11 goals per game.
The game starts at 5:00 pm MT/7:00 pm EST