The Rangers head up to Toronto to face the Maple Leafs at the Air Canada centre. The Blueshirts come off a bad 3-0 loss to Ottawa on Thursday while Toronto lost yesterday against Buffalo ending a four-game winning streak.

Brandon Dubinsky is out again with his sore right shoulder while Martin Biron mans the pipes as Henrik Lundqvist gets the start tomorrow in his own personal house of horrors, the Bell Centre in Montreal.

If he warm-up lines are any indication, Torts has decided to shift up the pairings.
Hagelin-Richards-Callahan,
Mitchell-Stepan-Gaborik,
Prust-Boyle-Fedotenko,
Anisimov-Rupp-Wolski

I like the first line and don't understand the second one. I would shift Wolski or restore Anisimov to that trio and have the other skate on the fourth line. Obviously, AA's struggles have him buried on the fourth line while Wolski's solid start and poor finish landed him down on the fourth line as well.

A few interesting stats per the Rangers and various websites:
The Rangers play their seventh of 14 back-to-backs tonight. They are 5-1 in the last six, 10-2 in the last 12. They are 5-0-1 in the first games of back-to-backs, and 5-0-1 in the second games of back-to-backs.

Time to get back on the beam and head to Montreal with a win.

Let's Go Rangers!

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