Game 71 Preview and Open Thread: Ottawa Senators @ New York Rangers

Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty ImagesComing off a hard-fought loss to Nashville on Thursday, the Ottawa Senators head to MSG to take on the Rangers. The Sens ran these lines at practice yesterday (notes to follow):

Friday morning practice lines:

(No Batherson or Hamonic)

Tkachuk Norris Joseph

Formenton Stützle Gaudette

Kelly White Brown

Gambrell Kastelic Watson

Tierney

Brannstrom Zub

Holden Zaitsev

Del Zotto Mete

— TSN 1200 (@TSN1200) April 8, 2022 From the same TSN1200 thread, DJ Smith will start Anton Forsberg tonight. Dylan Gambrell could return to the lineup while Drake Batherson remains out with the same non-COVID illness, and Tim Stützle continues to sit as the team monitors his ailing…