Tonight's New York Rangers lineup: The Blueshirts' projected lineup for the game against the Florida Panthers


New York Rangers vs. are back in action tonight Florida Panthers. The Rangers have struggled to a 16-18-1 record this year, following a disappointing Eastern Conference playoff run last season. The defending champion Panthers own 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.

There are currently no injuries for Rangers to report. The team is fully healthy, with no players on day-to-day or injured reserve status, including K'Andre Miller. Here's what the lineup could look like tonight at 7:00 PM EST if everyone is available.

Strikers:

  1. LW Artemi Panarin to C Vincent Trocheck to 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 – RW Jimmy Vesey

Defense pairs:

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

Goalkeepers:

  • Jonathan Quick
  • Igor Shesterkin

Powerplay Units:

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

Penalty Kill Lines:

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

“Rangers” is facing 4 ball losses Tampa Bay LightningAlthough the Panthers are fresh off a four-goal shutout loss to the Montreal Canadiens. The game will be played in Florida.

Check out the odds and upcoming schedule for tonight's New York Rangers game

Given their performance this season, it should come as no surprise that the New York Rangers are weak on the road against defensemen tonight. The Stanley Cup champions. Here are the full odds from FanDuel:

  • The Panthers are -200 to win outright.
  • The Rangers are +164 on the moneyline.
  • The puck line is Florida -1.5, which is +128.
  • The Rangers are -158 to cover the spread.
  • The over/under is just 5.5 goals.
  • The top is -140 and the bottom is +114.

After their battle with the Florida Panthers, the Rangers won't play again until 2025. Their first match of the new year will be against the USA on Thursday, January 2. Boston Bruins 7:00 a.m. EST.

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