Game 50: Rangers at Penguins

This is slowly becoming a bigger rivalry than Rangers/Islanders, mostly because these games matter, and the Islanders are god-awful.

We all know what happened the last time these teams met. The Rangers forgot to show up, and they were embarrassingly awful in a 3-0 loss. You can bet your life that the Rangers will want to put that sorry game behind them.

The Penguins are surprising a lot of people by sitting outside the playoffs right now, and are treading water by playing .500 hockey. Their inconsistent goaltending has been a major issue for them. The Penguins go as Fleury goes.

As for the Rangers, who are 5-1-1 in their past 7, they seem to find ways to hide their flaws. Anyone who watched the game last night noticed that they were giving up way too many chances in the high slot to a team that isn’t exactly known for its offense. You can’t really complain when they are winning though, so kudos to them. Keep it up.

Crosby says he is 80%, so he’s playing tonight. I don’t think there will be any lineup changes tonight (except for Hank in net tonight), Voros played well last night and there’s no reason to take him out of the lineup.

It’s a 7:30pm start tonight on MSG+.