After a day away from the ice on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Blueshirts are back in action tonight. Peter Laviolette’s squad is set to clash with the NHL’s newest franchise, the Seattle Kraken, who are in the midst of an eastern road swing in what is now their third season as the league’s 32nd team.
The Kraken enter tonight’s game on the back end of a back-to-back set of games, been served a shutout defeat by Tristan Jarry and the Pittsburgh Penguins yesterday afternoon. With fresh legs on New York’s side, tonight serves as an opportunity for the Rangers to build on Sunday’s victory over Washington and officially put the recent four game losing streak in the rear view mirror.