The Rangers will play in back-to-back games against the Philadelphia Flyers beginning tonight at the Garden. The coaching staff will need to start to get an idea of the kind of team they want to put on the ice with the season opener approaching. Lias Andersson and Filip Chytil, both first-round picks, are scheduled to start.
Tonight’s projected lineup:
Projected #NYR fwds tomorrow vs PHI:
Puempel
Kreider
Nieves
Carey
Zuccarello
Andersson
Fontaine
Nash
Chytil
Buchnevich
Zibanejad
Lettieri— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) September 24, 2017
Projected #NYR Goalies & D-men tomorrow vs PHI:
GOALTENDERS
Lundqvist
HalversonDEFENSE:
Staal
Shattenkirk
McDonagh
Smith
Kampfer
DeAngelo— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) September 24, 2017
Goalies: Henrik Lundqvist, Brendan Halverson
It is expected that Henrik Lundqvist will play the full game tomorrow as Halverson backs him up.