After two days off, the Rangers will look to push their winning streak to three games this afternoon, as they’ll host Sasha Barkov, Sergei Bobrovsky, and the rest of the Florida Panthers. Although the Blueshirts were able to escape Raleigh with two points on Thursday, they were thoroughly outplayed by the Hurricanes, and will need a much better effort to defeat a Panthers team eager to wash the taste of yesterday’s 2-1 defeat to the Islanders out of their mouth.
With Marc Staal sidelined for the next couple of weeks, Brady Skjei is set to draw back into the lineup for today’s matinee contest.