The Rangers complete their Canada trip in Vancouver. After winning the first game of the trip, New York has dropped their last two games. The Blueshirts next face Colorado at home Tuesday.

David Quinn Pre-Game

“We feel good about the direction we’re going.”

Coach Quinn previews tonight’s road trip finale vs. Vancouver: pic.twitter.com/GzVdKRM2KM

— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) January 4, 2020

Lines:
Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin-Ryan Strome-Jesper Fast
Brett Howden-Filip Chytil-Kaapo Kakko
Brendan Smith-Greg McKegg-Steven Fogarty

Brady Skjei-Jacob Trouba 
Marc Staal-Tony DeAngelo 
Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox

Alexandar Georgiev is between the pipes as Henrik Lundqvist is a bit under the weather. 

A bit surprised that Buch is back on the top line, based upon his performance. His "advanced metrics" are still relatively solid but he has scored in just of his last 16 games. As such, I thought a change might occur, which still could happen in the near-term. The good news is that Kaako, after getting benched for a bit Thursday is back on the third line. Sooner or later I could see him on the top line or possibly swapping spots with Fast, who is miscast on the second line. 

The defensive pairings also need to be tweaked, as seen by the issues recently. Even Lindgren and Fox have struggled as duo. I could see Lindgren possibly paired with Trouba to change the landscape and see if modifications help remediate some of the problems we have seen.

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