Rangers To Face Off Against Metallurg Magnitogorsk

The Rangers will play Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL at 1:45pm today. Metallurg Magnitogorsk is the reigning European champion and is also the former team of Evgeni Malkin. The KHL team will surely put up more of a fight than SC Bern did yesterday. Historically, the Rangers are 0-3 against Russian teams but that was against the Red Army powerhouses of the seventies.

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Henrik Lundqvist is expected to get the start tonight. It looks like the Drury Gomez Naslund line is going to be together along with the Zherdev Dubinsky and either Prucha/Dawes/Voros on the wing. My guess is the third line is going to be centered by Korpedo with Callahan on one of his wings. The Rangers have six forwards fighting for four spots. I think that Rissmiller and Sjostrom may be the odd men out. There has been a lot of talk among fans that Prucha is going to be left in the winds. I just think that’s a mindless bandwagoner type idea. Prucha has too much ability to cut the cord when hes still under contract relatively cheaply and can still fit into the lineup.