While New York has a better record at this point, Philadelphia arguably still has more talent and rides a five-game series winning streak into this matchup. Alexandar Georgiev gets the call between the pipes for the Rangers in Tuesday night's contest. New York's current three-game winning streak includes victories at home over the Carolina Hurricanes and Chicago Blackhawks, and they also grabbed an impressive 2-1 road win at the hot New York Islanders on January 12 to give them four victories in their last five outings. Hayes has missed the past four weeks of action nursing an upper-body injury, but put up 33 points over his first 39 games. The Rangers have outscored opponents 13-7 during their winning streak and are expected to have forward Kevin Hayes back in the lineup on Tuesday night.
Hart is 7-5-1 this season with a 2.38 goals-against average, but he is expected to give way to Anthony Stolarz on Tuesday night.
Rookie goalie Carter Hart has started each of the team's last five wins, including all four during the current winning streak. The Flyers have started to play much better lately, though, averaging 3.8 goals and giving up 2.3 per game in winning five of their last six. It sits 12 points out of a Wild Card spot and 13 behind third place in the Metro following a 3-1 victory against the Winnipeg Jets on Monday to extend the team's winning streak to a season-high four games. The New Jersey Devils have also been linked to Meier after GM Tom Fitzgerald recently said he's looking to add a top-six forward with cost control at the deadline.Īs it stands, the Devils and Rangers are set to face each other in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.Philadelphia is a longer shot to get into the playoffs compared to New York. The market for forwards was set earlier this week as former Vancouver Canucks captain Bo Horvat was shipped to the New York Islanders for Anthony Beauvillier, Aatu Raty, and a conditional first-round pick in 2023. The club has two first-round picks in 2023, young NHLers in Alexis Lafreniere and Kaapo Kakko, and a prospect pipeline headlined by 2021 first-rounder Brennan Othmann. On top of financial flexibility, New York has the assets to swing for the fences before the deadline. The Rangers have approximately $6.7 million in deadline cap space, according to Cap Friendly. He also has a longstanding relationship with Rangers GM Chris Drury from their playing days with the Buffalo Sabres in the mid-2000s. Sharks general manager Mike Grier worked in the Rangers' front office as a hockey operations advisor before taking over in San Jose this past offseason.
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