There weren’t that many newsworthy events happening before puck drop at Madison Square Garden, other than what we learned about Kris Letang’s upper-body injury status earlier today. The Rangers are already eliminated from the 2019 playoffs, but are still a Metro foe, so the expectation for Pittsburgh tonight was to make sure they left the Big Apple with a couple points.
Projected lineup for tonight vs. the Rangers:
Guentzel-Crosby-Rust
Simon-Bjugstad-Hornqvist
McCann-Blueger-Kessel
A. Johnson-Cullen-Wilson
Dumoulin-Trotman
J. Johnson-Schultz
Pettersson-Gudbranson
Murray— PensBurgh (@Pensburgh) March 25, 2019And the starting lineup for the Rangers:
1st Period
Despite the Penguins’ early dominance in possession and controlling play in the Rangers’ defensive zone, NYR was the first to strike on the scoreboard.