5 January 2025

New York Rangers They are back in action tonight against Florida Panthers. The Rangers have struggled this year to a 16-18-1 record, which is disappointing after a deep playoff run in the Eastern Conference last season. The defending champion Panthers hold a 22-13-2 record. This game presents a chance for the Rangers to turn things around, but the Panthers will be a tough matchup.

Currently, the Rangers have no injuries to report. The team is healthy, with no players on day-to-day or injured reserve, including Kandre Miller. If everyone is available, here's what the lineup could look like tonight at 7:00 PM EST.

Attackers:

  1. LW Artemi Panarin – C Vincent Trocheck – RW Alexis Lafrenière
  2. LW Brett Berard – C Mika Zibanejad – RW Riley Smith
  3. LW Will Cuylle – C Filip Chytil – RW Jonny Brodzinski
  4. Left winger Adam Edstrom – C Sam Carrick – Right winger Jimmy Vesey

Defensive pairing:

  1. Ryan Lindgren – Adam Fox
  2. Zach Jones – Braden Schneider
  3. Urho Vakaninen – Will Burgen

Goalkeepers:

  • Jonathan Quick
  • Igor Shesterkin

Powerplay units:

  1. Will Coyle, Phillip Chytil, Riley Smith, Braden Schneider, Zach Jones

Penalty killing lines:

  1. Vincent Trocheck, Riley Smith, Ryan Lindgren, Adam Fox

Rangers came out of the loss by four goals to one Tampa Bay Lightningwhile the Panthers are fresh off a four-goal loss to the Montreal Canadiens. The match will be held in Florida.


Odds for tonight's New York Rangers game and a look at the upcoming schedule

Given their performance this season, it's no surprise that the New York Rangers are less fortunate tonight on the road against the Defenders Stanley Cup revocation. Here are the full odds from FanDuel:

  • The Panthers are -200 to win outright.
  • Rangers +164 on the moneyline.
  • The disc line is Florida -1.5, which is +128.
  • Rangers -158 to cover the spread.
  • The over/under is 5.5 goals combined.
  • The high is set to -140, and the low is set to +114.

After their showdown with the Florida Panthers, the Rangers will not play again until 2025. Their first game of the new year will be on Thursday, January 2 against the Florida Panthers. Boston Bruins 7:00 PM EST.

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The New York Rangers are the underdogs (Imagine)

They will close out the week with back-to-back games. On Saturday, January 5, he will face the Rangers Washington Capitals At noon EST. Then, on Sunday, they face off Chicago Blackhawks 3:00 PM EST.