Rangers look to complete season sweep of Lightning
The New York Rangers are coming off a huge 1-0 win over the second-place Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday to expand their Metro Division lead to six points.
Igor Shesterkin was brilliant in stopping 28 shots. However, despite missing captain Jacob Trouba due to injury, New York’s defense stepped up in a big way, including the newly formed pairing of K’Andre Miller and Braden Schneider.
“It was everybody tonight,” coach Peter Laviolette said postgame. “It was certainly ‘Shesty,’ but it was everybody.”
Now the team continues their road trip with a visit to the desperate Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night. Another victory will extend the Rangers current win streak to four games and complete the regular-season sweep of the Bolts. New York won the previous two meetings by a combined score of 8-2).
The Rangers will be without Matt Rempe after he was suspended four games Tuesday for elbowing Devils defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler in the head. Meanwhile Trouba remains sidelined for 2-3 weeks with a lower-body injury.
