The Rangers and Islanders are back at it tonight for the third time in a little over a week, with the Rangers taking the first two matchups. It’s been a long time since Rangers/Islanders games actually meant something between the two teams. For the fans, they’ve always meant something, but now it looks like bad blood is brewing between the current teams, fueled on by some physical play and seeing each other three times in a week. It also helps that the Rangers won in dramatic fashion in their prior meeting.
The Blueshirts lost in equally dramatic fashion on Sunday night, which meant David Quinn changed up the lines.