Per Vince Mercogliano, Vitali Kravtsov will be a healthy scratch tonight, again. This was expected with Will Cuylle’s recall, as Cuylle is from Toronto and will play in his hometown tonight. Scratching Kravtsov was also expected, given the glut of wingers in the bottom six. That said, scratching Kravtsov seems off this time around.
Kravtsov was benched in the Rangers loss to Boston, then punted to the fourth line at the following practice. That fourth line, which looked like it was comprised of the “extras” that weren’t in the top nine, was (rightly) benched in the third period against Florida, which eventually turned into a blowout win.