New York Rangers Look To Bounce Back Against the Florida Panthers Friday Night

Tonight, the New York Rangers will take on the Florida Panthers, hoping to bounce back from a 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night.

Here is a brief overview and pregame for tonight's Rangers-Panthers game.

Henrik Lundqvist OR Martin Biron

Tonight's starting goalie has yet to be determined by the Rangers head coach, John Tortorella; but a decision is expected to come during this morning practice.

Line Changes?

According to Jesse Spector (New York Daily News), the Rangers had several line changes during Thursday's morning skate.

Thursday's morning skate lines were:

Brandon Dubinsky—Derek Stepan—Marian Gaborik

Ruslan Fedotenko—Brian Boyle—Ryan Callahan

Alexander Frolov—Artem Anisimov—Brandon Prust

Sean Avery—Erik Christensen—Todd White

The lines are expected to be finalized after today's morning skate.

Derek Boogaard and Michal Rozsival

Derek Boogaard will be out day-to-day with a shoulder injury, according to Jesse Spector, and Rozsival is not expected to play tonight, though that may change after morning skate.

Marian Gaborik

After yesterday's morning skate, Marian Gaborik was asked about his current slump, and he answered:

"I [need to] make the opposing team be miserable. That's the way I've been successful, and it's what I need to do. And I will do that." (Quote courtesy of Jesse Spector.)

Gaborik was pretty much invisible Wednesday night against the Lightning, and he did not play well against the Calgary Flames Monday night, either.

Hopefully he, along with Lundqvist, can jump out of his current slump very soon.

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