Steve Zipay tweets Martin
Biron will get the start for the Rangers tonight instead of Henirk Lundqvist
against Philly. Biron has been very good
for the Rangers this season with a 7-3 record 2.26 goals against average and
.919 save percentage. No knock on Biron,
but to me this move is a mistake not to go with Lundqvist in a huge game
against the best team in the East who you have failed to beat twice already
this season. More than just the points
this game is a psychological hurdle for the Rangers and with that they should
be going with Henrik. Maybe his hand
still hurts from beating Pacioretty about the head.
In terms of the rest of the lineup no changes among
personnel and the team will use the same lines as they did in the third period
last night:
Dubinsky-Anisimov-Gaborik
Zuccarello-Stepan-Drury
Avery-Boyle-Prust
Wolski-Newbury-Fedotenko
I do not understand these line combinations. Drury has done nothing to earn a move to the
second line, so why not allow Avery to play there and leave Zuccarello on right
wing why he is more comfortable? That
simple move would also allow you to leave Fedotenko, Boyle, Prust together and
create more continuity in the lineup with Drury being on the fourth line where
he belongs. If the reason you are
putting Drury on the second line is because Stepan and his faceoffs that is not
a good enough reason to do it.
