GDT 2021-22 ECQF #1: (2M) Rangers vs. (3M) Pittsburgh Penguins — to War!

Phil · May 2, 2022

EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTER FINALS
GAME #1 — 5/3/22

vs.

Location: Madison Square Garden — New York, NY
Time: 7:00 PM
TV: ESPN, CBC, SN, TVAS, MSG, ATTSN-PT
Radio: 98.7 FM, 107.1 FM, 710 AM, Sirius XM

USEFUL LINKS:

Coverage: @NYP_Brooksie • @StapeAthletic • @ColinSNewsday • @vzmercogliano

Team Official: @NYRangers • NYR on Instagram

Official Team Websites: nhl.com/rangers • nhl.com/penguins

GameCenter - here

Series Preview - here

SERIES SCHEDULE:

Team Leaders:

Goals:

Assists:

Points:

+/-:

PIM:

TOI/G (D):

TOI/G (F):

N/A (0)

N/A (0:00)

Starting Lineup:^

Chris Kreider A / Mika Zibanejad A / Frank Vatrano

Artemi Panarin A / Ryan Strome A / Andrew Copp
Alexis Lafrenière / Filip Chytil / Kaapo Kakko

Dryden Hunt / Barclay Goodrow A / Kevin Rooney

Ryan Lindgren / Adam Fox

K'Andre Miller / Jacob Trouba A
Patrik Nemeth / Braden Schneider

^Subject to change

Starting Goaltender:

Igor Shesterkin

GS:

REC:

SV%:

GAA:

SO:

0

0-0-0

N/A

0

Healthy Scratches:

Ryan Reaves , Greg McKegg , Jonny Brodzinski , Julien Gauthier , Justin Braun , Libor Hajek

Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

Sammy Blais [IR] — Knee surgery; Out for season

Tyler Motte [IR] — Upper-body injury; Unlikely to return this season

Zac Jones —
Tim Gettinger —
Lauri Pajuniemi —
Nils Lundkvis —
Jarred Tinordi —
Matthew Robertson —

Team Leaders:

Goals:

Assists:

Points:

+/-:

PIM:

TOI/G (D):

TOI/G (F):

N/A (0)

N/A (0:00)

Starting Lineup:^

Jake Guentzel / Sidney Crosby C / Bryan Rust
Danton Heinen / Evgeni Malkin A / Rickard Rakell
Brock McGinn / Jeff Carter / Kasperi Kapanen
Brian Boyle / Teddy Blueger / Evan Rodrigues

Brian Dumoulin / Kris Letang A
Michael Matheson / Chad Ruhwedel
Marcus Pettersson / John Marino

^Subject to change

Starting Goaltender:

Casey DeSmith

GS:

REC:

SV%:

GAA:

SO:

0

0-0-0

N/A

0

Healthy Scratches:

Daniel Sprong, Matt Irwin

Injuries, Suspensions, Misc:

Tristan Jarry [IR] — Broken bone in foot; Will miss first two games of the series, minimum
Jason Zucker [IR] — Lower-body injury; Expected to be out until at least May 9
Nathan Beaulieu [IR] — Lower-body injury; Expected to be out until at least May 3

QUOTE(S) TO NOTE:

“I think we’re as good as anybody in the playoffs and I think anybody in the playoffs can beat us. I truly believe, can we win against Pittsburgh? Yeah, I believe that.

Are we favored against Pittsburgh? I don’t really care about that. I think we can make a run, I don’t know if we’re going to, but I think we have as good a chance as anybody else.”

— Gerard Gallant looking ahead to the playoffs