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New York Rangers Lineup Tonight: The Blueshirts’ projected lineup for the game against the Florida Panthers

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New York Rangers they are in action again tonight against Florida Panthers. The Rangers have struggled this year with a 16-18-1 record, a disappointment after their deep playoff run in the Eastern Conference last season. The defending champion Panthers hold a 22-13-2 record. This game presents an opportunity for the Rangers to turn things around, but the Panthers will be a tough matchup.

At the moment, the Rangers have no injuries. The team is completely healthy, with no players who have played or are on injured reserve, including K’Andre Miller. If everyone is available, here’s what the lineup could look like tonight at 7:00 PM EST.

Forward:

  1. LW Artemi Panarin – C Vincent Trocheck – RW Alexis Lafrenière
  2. LW Brett Berard – C Mika Zibanejad – RW Reilly Smith
  3. LW Will Cuylle – C Filip Chytil – RW Jonny Brodzinski
  4. LW Adam Edstrom – C Sam Carrick – Right Jimmy Vesey

Defensive pairs:

  1. Ryan Lindgren – Adam Fox
  2. Zac Jones – Braden Schneider
  3. Urho Vaakanainen – Will Borgen

Goalkeepers:

  • Jonathan Quick
  • Igor Šesterkin

Powerplay units:

  1. Alexis Lafrenière, Vincent Trocheck, Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox
  2. Will Cuylle, Filip Chytil, Reilly Smith, Braden Schneider, Zac Jones

Penalty kick lines:

  1. Vincent Trocheck, Reilly Smith, Ryan Lindgren, Adam Fox
  2. Sam Carrick, Will Cylle, Braden Schneider, Will Borgen

The Rangers are coming off a four-goal loss Tampa Bay Lightningwhile the Panthers are fresh off a four-goal loss to the Montreal Canadiens. The game will be played in Florida.

Odds for tonight’s New York Rangers game and a look at the upcoming schedule

Given their performance this season, it’s no surprise that the New York Rangers are underdogs on the road against the defense tonight Stanley Cup champions. Here are all the odds from FanDuel:

  • The Panthers are -200 to win outright.
  • The Rangers are +164 on the money line.
  • The puck line is Florida -1.5, which is +128.
  • The Rangers are -158 to cover the difference.
  • The over/under is 5.5 goals together.
  • The upper one is set to -140 and the lower one is +114.

After taking on the Florida Panthers, the Rangers won’t play again until 2025. Their first game of the new year will be Thursday, Jan. 2 against Boston Bruins at 19:00 EST.

New York Rangers are underdogs (Imagn)

They will close the week with back-to-back games. On Saturday, January 5, the Rangers will face the Washington Capitals at noon EST. Then, on Sunday, they will take over Chicago Blackhawks at 3:00 PM EST.