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Rangers Shake Up Lineup for Rivalry Matchup Against Islanders
Bobby Bevilacqua
After a rough loss in the home opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Rangers, still looking to establish chemistry with a lot of new players, will have a much different looking lineup as they take on the Islanders at 7 PM.
The Rangers look to rebound tonight in their second consecutive game at Madison Square Garden.
On Sunday, Matt Hunwick was on the third defensive pair with John Moore. Kevin Hayes made his Rangers debut and centered the third line. Mats Zuccarello was scratched due to a sore shoulder, and JT Miller played on the fourth line on the right wing.
Rangers lose big at home; Rick Nash scores again
Bobby Bevilacqua
Henrik Lundqvist and his defense had a rough night, giving up 6 goals to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Just a day after losing by three to the Blue Jackets, the Rangers dropped their home opener by a score of 6-3 in a pretty ugly game for the Blueshirts.
Before the game, Mats Zuccarello was a last minute scratch. Zuccarello did injure his shoulder in last night’s game against the Blue Jackets. He was removed from tonight’s lineup after skating in warmups, and is listed as day to day with an undisclosed injury, but it is likely his shoulder.
This meant Kevin Hayes would make his Rangers debut, and the lines were changed up as a result. Kevin Hayes finished with -2 rating, and had a great scoring opportunity stopped by the pad of Leafs’ goalie James Reimer. Hayes was pretty quiet, but we’ll have to see more of him before making a decision on his play. Read the rest of this entry
UPDATE: Kevin Hayes to make Rangers’ debut Tonight
Bobby Bevilacqua
CORRECTION: Jesper Fast did play in the game tonight after Mats Zuccarello was scratched. Zuccarello skated in warmups but was scratched right before. Fast was likely inserted after that decision was made.
In yesterday’s post, I made note of an incident in the first period where Zuccarello appeared to injure his shoulder. He finished the game, but was scratched today with a sore shoulder. He is currently listed as day to day.
Recently, the Rangers’ announced that Kevin Hayes will start in place of Jesper Fast in the Rangers’ home opener against the Maple Leafs.
It is unknown the reason for Fast being removed, but Hayes will likely take his spot at right wing on the fourth line.
Kevin Hayes will make his Rangers’ debut in the home opener tonight. He will likely play on the fourth line, and wear number 53.
Hayes, 22, is a product of Boston College, known for their tremendous hockey program, where he finished his senior season as a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award for the top college player, after putting up 65 points in 40 games.
Hayes is listed at 6-foot-4 and 216 pounds, and was a sophomore on the 2012 Boston College national championship team with fellow Ranger Chris Kreider.
These are the anticipated lineups for tonight:
Kreider-St. Louis-Nash
Hagelin-Brassard-Zuccarello
Duclair-Miller-Stempniak
Glass-Dominic Moore-Hayes
McDonagh-Girardi
Staal-Klein
John Moore-Hunwick
Lundqvist
Game Notes: Rangers vs. Maple Leafs
Bobby Bevilacqua
Henrik Lundvist will start in net tonight as the Rangers play in their first game at Madison Square Garden since the Stanley Cup FInals.
The Rangers will play the Maple Leafs tonight in the first game of a four game home stand. In their first two games of the season, New York earned a split on the road (1-1-0), beating the St. Louis Blues and falling to the Columbus Blue Jackets last night.
After starting last season on a nine game road trip, the Rangers not only get to play a home game in the third game of the season, 14 of the next 19 games will be played at Madison Square Garden.
Toronto (0-2-0) lost their first two games, against the Canadiens in their season opener, and against the Penguins last night. Read the rest of this entry
Rangers fall in a fiesty loss to the Blue Jackets; Duclair records first NHL points
Bobby Bevilacqua
Cam Atkinson beats Cam Talbot for the one of Columbus’ 5 goals on the night. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
The Rangers were defeated in a tough battle against Columbus by a score of 5-1, with one of those goals being an empty netter from Cam Atkinson. The Rangers started out really slow, and wound up playing catch up for the rest of the night.
Cam Talbot had a rough net in net, with 21 saves on 25 shots. Talbot let up the first goal of the night on the third shot he faced, and allowed two goals in in first six shots Columbus put on net. That pretty much set the tone for the rest of the night, as the Blue Jackets held onto the lead for the remainder of the game. Read the rest of this entry
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