Rangers at Ducks: Open Game Thread

The New York Rangers (4-7-1, 9 points) will end their California road trip tonight as they take on the Anaheim Ducks (5-6-2, 12 points) at the Honda Center.

The Blueshirts are coming off their first road win of the season, a 4-3 shootout victory over the San Jose Sharks. Anaheim is coming off a 3-2 loss vs. the Philadelphia Flyers.

Stats of Note

Shots, Shots, Shots!

• The Ducks are currently surrendering 38.8 shots against per game which is the most in the NHL.
• The Rangers are currently surrendering 34.8 shots against per game which is the third most in the NHL./

Recent Scoring Leaders

• Hampus Lindholm has tallied seven points in his last 10 games for the Ducks, leading the team in total ice time over that period. Ryan Getzlaf also has six points in his last six games.
• Mats Zuccarello, Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider each have nine points in the last 10 games for the Rangers. /

Here are the projected lineups for both squads.

Anaheim Ducks

Rickard Rakell — Ryan Getzlaf — Pontus Aberg

Isac Lundestrom — Adam Henrique — Jakob Silfverberg

Andrew Cogliano — Ryan Kesler — Brian Gibbons

Ben Street — Sam Steel — Joseph Blandisi

Hampus Lindholm — Jacob Larsson

Cam Fowler — Andy Welinski

Marcus Pettersson — Brandon Montour

John Gibson

New York Rangers

Vladislav Namestnikov — Mika Zibanejad — Mats Zuccarello

Chris Kreider — Kevin Hayes — Ryan Spooner

Jimmy Vesey — Brett Howden — Jesper Fast

Cody McLeod — Filip Chytil — Vinni Lettieri

Marc Staal — Neal Pionk

Brady Skjei — Tony DeAngelo

Brendan Smith — Kevin Shattenkirk

Alexandar Georgiev

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