The Penguins reconfigure their lower three lines for this game with some new combinations as they look to get more at 5v5.
The Rangers, having enough “fun” for now, decide to sit Jack Johnson and rotate Brendan Smith back into the lineup. Too bad!
Shesterkin starts in net tonight, per #NYR Coach Quinn. Blackwell and Smith are in, Lemieux and Johnson come out. pic.twitter.com/plV6Stadeq
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) January 24, 2021
First period
The Pens get off to a slow start, Chad Ruhwedel takes an interference 4:10 into the game as the first significant moment of the game.