1 p.m. ET; NHLN, MSG, SN, TVAS
The NHL schedule maker is a fucking idiot. It had to be said. I understand the MSG is a busy building, but I have things to do. If you have the time to watch this game, why don't you play the early drinking game of Miller/Petey. Anytime the two are mentioned in the same sentence.....DRINK! Coffee might be your choice.
The Canucks are coming of a great/disappointing overtime loss in St Louis. Losing a point to the Blues is not great, but the team is battling every game and the stars are playing hard. The Rangers are in the same battle as the Canucks as they are 2 points out of a playoff spot, so expect another playoff type game. The Canucks special teams have been great in their past 10 games, but they need to win more 5vs5 battles in the final 12 games.
GAME DAY CHATTER
It really is too early for their to be any chatter. For all the number nerds, feast your tired eyes on this.
Last big chance for the Canucks and Rangers this afternoon https://t.co/G8FLUCallC pic.twitter.com/St6H7aa2Vg
— MoneyPuck.com (@MoneyPuckdotcom) March 22, 2025
GAME DAY LINEUPS
NHL.com says that these are the lineups, but who can trust anyone associated with Bettman.
Canucks projected lineup
Nils Hoglander -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Jake DeBrusk -- Pius Suter -- Kiefer Sherwood
Drew O’Connor -- Teddy Blueger -- Conor Garland
Dakota Joshua -- Nils Aman -- Linus Karlsson
Quinn Hughes -- Tyler Myers
Marcus Pettersson -- Filip Hronek
Derek Forbort -- Elias Pettersson
Kevin Lankinen
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Victor Mancini, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
Injured: Filip Chytil (upper body), Thatcher Demko (lower body), Noah Juulsen (lower body)
Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle -- J.T. Miller -- Mika Zibanejad
Chris Kreider -- Sam Carrick -- Jonny Brodzinski
Brennan Othmann -- Juuso Parssinen -- Matt Rempe
Carson Soucy -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Will Borgen
Zac Jones -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Calvin de Haan, Urho Vaakanainen, Brett Berard
Injured: Adam Edstrom (lower body)
Status report
Chytil did not accompany the Canucks on their six-game road trip that started with a 4-3 overtime loss at the St. Louis Blues on Thursday; the center will miss his third straight game. ... Demko has been a full participant in the past two morning skates for Vancouver and is close to returning after not playing since Feb. 8. ... Rempe returns after being a late scratch for a 4-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday because of illness. … Berard, a forward, comes out of the lineup after playing 6:35 against Toronto. … The Rangers changed all four line combinations during practice Friday, including moving Zibanejad from center on the top line to wing on the second, with Trocheck moving up into that spot, and swapping Krieder and Lafreniere.
GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN
The Canucks spend the next 5 days in the New York area, so this song seems appropriate.
Go Canucks Go!
