GDT: Game # 53 - 05/03/2021 - Rangers vs Capitals - 7pm - MSG2

[Leonardo87]

RANGERS (26-20-6) vs CAPITALS (32-14-5)

7 p.m. ET - MSG2

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson
Conor Sheary -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Anthony Mantha
Michael Raffl -- Lars Eller -- Daniel Sprong
Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway

Dmitry Orlov -- John Carlson
Brenden Dillon -- Justin Schultz
Nick Jensen -- Zdeno Chara

Vitek Vanecek
Ilya Samsonov

Scratched: T.J. Oshie, Trevor van Riemsdyk
Injured: None


Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich
Alexis Lafreniere -- Ryan Strome -- Kaapo Kakko
Vitali Kravtsov -- Filip Chytil -- Colin Blackwell
Morgan Barron -- Kevin Rooney -- Julien Gauthier

K'Andre Miller -- Adam Fox
Tarmo Reunanen -- Brendan Smith
Libor Hajek -- Zac Jones

Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev

Scratched: Anthony Bitetto, Phillip Di Giuseppe
Injured: Jacob Trouba (upper body), Chris Kreider (lower body), Ryan Lindgren (upper body)

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[Ruggs225]

Delete

 

[KevinFinnerty]

5-0 loss with an Ovechtrick. Hopefully Quinn can be shown the door and we get a better pick this summer for a C

 

[Tob]

 

[redwhiteandblue]

Lol why is Blackwell on PP1... Unless you're saying 'ok lets roll with these guys as a unit so they can grow' but why wouldn't you just give one of them some time on PP1?

 

[17futurecap]

Lol why is Blackwell on PP1... Unless you're saying 'ok lets roll with these guys as a unit so they can grow' but why wouldn't you just give one of them some time on PP1?

Panarin is playing tonight, he was just a practice filler.

 

[Ruggs225]

Lol why is Blackwell on PP1... Unless you're saying 'ok lets roll with these guys as a unit so they can grow' but why wouldn't you just give one of them some time on PP1?

placeholder for Panarin.

I originally thought the same thing

 

[GAGLine]

That 2nd PP unit has the be the youngest in the history of the NHL lol.

 

[Fitzy]

Feels like the GMs are calling the lineup shots now for the purposes of player assessment

 

[tomobson]

I hope the veterans at least try to show some effort tonight.

 

[Number 9]

5-0 loss with an Ovechtrick. Hopefully Quinn can be shown the door and we get a better pick this summer for a C

I need an overchtrick in my life just not against the rangers 9 goals is what I thought an overchtrick is

 

[chosen]

Feels like the GMs are calling the lineup shots now for the purposes of player assessment

Pretty unlikely.

 

[Leonardo87]

Just play the kids, David. Playoffs are not happening.

 

[nyr2k2]

Shesterkin loses his HF prospect status tonight.

 

[Machinehead]

 

[will1066]

Do we have to?

 

[will1066]

This made me laugh irl

 

[NYRFAN218]

Last week of Rangers hockey until September (or later, who knows with the world nowadays). May as well enjoy it.

 

[DudMan28]

Looks like the experiment of Hajek as a top pairing defenseman is over. Thank god.

Excited to see how Fox & KAM look together.

 

[RangerRebirth]

This made me laugh irl

It made me laugh. And then weep on the inside.

 

[romba]

Looking forward to that PP2 and seeing what they can do. Jones toes the line nicely, but hasn't been getting his shot through, which really cramps the PP and leads to quick clears. The Isles made alot of our guys looks dumb so who knows though.

Can we lead with PP2 to give the kids the prime zone start? Not sure our vets would approve, but we need to eval the kids and prepare for next year, I'm sure they would understand even if they're not thrilled to maybe end the season with a few less points (and points=$).

Also can Laf please take the faceoffs for the second unit? I don't recall one OZ win for Chytil on the PP which often ends up wasting a good 25 seconds of their already limited PP time.

 

[romba]

Why didn't DQ try Panarin with Zbad halfway through that first shutout last week when the season was still on life support? Blackwell and Strome both looked weak for a few games now, and we were desperate for a goal. Too little too late now to try to stimulate offense.

 

[MyLoveIsBlue]

 

[rangersfansince08]

Why didn't DQ try Panarin with Zbad halfway through that first shutout last week when the season was still on life support? Blackwell and Strome both looked weak for a few games now, and we were desperate for a goal. Too little too late now to try to stimulate offense.

Honestly Panarin-Strome-Blackwell has to be one of the least physical lines we could ice.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Well it looks like the young guys will get some time. Credit Quinn for it.