GDT: Game 30 - New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils - 7pm EST - MSG,NHLN

[Leonardo87]

New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils
Game # 30
7pm EST - MSG,NHLN

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It’s Game Day!

Devils Projected Line up

Tomas Tatar -- Nico Hischier -- Jesper Bratt
Erik Haula -- Jack Hughes -- Dawson Mercer
Miles Wood -- Michael McLeod -- Fabian Zetterlund
Yegor Sharangovich -- Jesper Boqvist -- Alexander Holtz

Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton
Ryan Graves -- John Marino
Damon Severson -- Brendan Smith

Vitek Vanecek
Akira Schmid

Scratched: Andreas Johnsson, Kevin Bahl
Injured: Jonathan Bernier (hip), Ondrej Palat (lower body), Mackenzie Blackwood (knee), Nathan Bastian (shoulder)



Rangers Projected Line up


Alexis Lafreniere -- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Filip Chytil -- Barclay Goodrow
Chris Kreider -- Vincent Trocheck -- Jimmy Vesey
Sammy Blais -- Jonny Brodzinski -- Julien Gauthier

Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Libor Hajek -- Braden Schneider


Igor Shesterkin
Jaroslav Halak


Scratched: Ben Harpur, Vitali Kravtsov

Injured: None

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[will1066]

Expect big-time games from Corey Millen, Sergei Brylin and Joe Cirella.

 

[Bacon Artemi Bravo]

We win tonight. No more bullshit. No excuses. Just win.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Please win.

9-4-1 on Road
5-6-4 at Home

Would be a huge two points to restore order and confidence on home ice.

Starts with defense

 

[Filip Chytil]

Expect big-time games from Corey Millen, Sergei Brylin and Joe Cirella.

John Madden shuts down Zibanejad line

 

[Kovalev27]

I honestly expect a statement win tonight. I think we’re back. Igor flashy some swagger last game. It starts with him and everything opens up from there.

 

[will1066]

John Madden shuts down Zibanejad line

I can't stand Madden and Langenbrunner. They always have Mika's number, and ffs, someone stop Peluso from taking liberties.

 

[KevinFinnerty]

Watch out for Tverdovsky and Jansen

 

[Psycho for Perreault]

Prediction: Vesey has the puck with a 2 on 0 breakaway. Decides to slow down and wait for help. No shot on goal.

 

[cheech70]

 

[McRanger92]

Win this game if you want to be taken seriously going forward. Lose and Gallant-watch is back on

 

[Larrybiv]

I see no one has said it yet, so I will.

A MUST WIN!​

Seriously, cannot allow them of all teams to derail us. I still have hopes we get it together, and Jersey loses most of their juju and falters 2nd half of season. Rangers just need to play our game and with much more moxy.

 

[MyLoveIsBlue]

 

[will1066]

Prediction: Vesey has the puck with a 2 on 0 breakaway. Decides to slow down and wait for help. No shot on goal.

"Onstar. This is David."

"I'm on a 2 on none and I don't know what to do."

"Stay where you are. Help is coming..."

"...And thank you for choosing Onstar."

 

[romba]

Gorgeous. If you're deep, he roofs it, if you're aggressive, he goes around you.

 

[njdevil26]

Watch out for Tverdovsky and Jansen

From the Devils side of things, I'm hearing Jeff Friesen and Alexei Ponikarovksy are gametime decisions.

 

[tomobson]

Must win.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Expect big-time games from Corey Millen, Sergei Brylin and Joe Cirella.

Are Millen & Cirella playing for the Devs or the Rangers tonight?

 

[mrmovies779]

play physical against them.hit them hard,hit them often.Make them think twice about dancing around in our zone like the Harlem Globetrotters

 

[will1066]

play physical against them.hit them hard,hit them often.Make them think twice about dancing around in our zone like the Harlem Globetrotters

I think they're too fast to be hit. We're going to be giving away swaths of ice by collapsing and trying to defend the front of the fort.

 

[romba]

I think they're too fast to be hit. We're going to be giving away swaths of ice by collapsing and trying to defend the front of the fort.

Yup, the NZ is where we need to be physical

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

play physical against them.hit them hard,hit them often.Make them think twice about dancing around in our zone like the Harlem Globetrotters

Been saying the same thing about playing the devils to past 3 seasons.

The Rangers have a decided size advantage. Players like Mika, Kreids, Chytil, Kakko, Miller, even Laf, etc are 3-4" and 20 pounds heavier than players like Hughes and Bratt.

The Devils are quick and elusive and tough to catch so when theres an opportunity to close them out on the wall you need to do it.

You dont have to open-ice Trouba them or run them through a wall (would be nice too) because that will put the Rangers out of position, just forecheck, get a body on them, make it difficult for them to join the play, do it often and disrupt their flow.

 

[will1066]

Yup, the NZ is where we need to be physical

They did a good job of slowing down the Avs after the first period, though with the Devils, it will not be like with the Avs missing half their starters. Where the Avs have players play their system to get speed, they're dealing with NJ's full complement of very fast and shifty players. Gotta be really careful with the holding and clutching, because the refs will surely be watching for that.

 

[DialUp]

From the Devils side of things, I'm hearing Jeff Friesen and Alexei Ponikarovksy are gametime decisions.

I know that the most famous Devil names are Stevens, Brodeur, Elias, Gionta, etc, but for some reason, no name is more "NJD" to me than Ponikarovksy, followed closely by Chorkse

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

2 goals from KK tonight