New York Rangers Begin Second Half Of Season With Heavyweight Tilt Against Avalanche

The New York Rangers (30-16-3) host the Colorado Avalanche (32-14-3) to begin the second half of the season. 

Former Blueshirts netminder Alexander Georgiev (27-11-2, 2.91 GAA, .899 SV%)  will get the start for the Avalanche at Madison Square Garden tonight. 

The Blueshirts finished the month of January with a 5-7-2 record. The team earned a confidence victory against the Ottawa Senators on Jan.27 to conclude the month. 

The puck is set to drop at Madison Square Garden at 7:00 p.m. Following tonight's game, the Rangers host the Tampa Bay Lightning (27-18-5) on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

Morning Skate Updates: The Rangers skated today at the MSG training facility. Jonathan Quick (10-4-2, 2.43 GAA, .915 SV%) will start in the net tonight. 

Igor Shesterkin represented the Rangers at the All-Star weekend. The coaching staff chose to start Quick to allow Shesterkin to get more work in ahead of Wednesday's contest. 

"They have a really dynamic power play. [We need to] make sure that we're playing hard but staying out of the box. They’ll make you pay there,” Braden Schneider said. 

"I think we're just going to make sure we're limiting their chances and staying in front of them. [We need to] own the front of our net and get to the front of theirs and keep numbers in front of them off the rush. They don't leave much room to make something happen."

"They're dangerous and a top team in the league for a reason," said Rangers head Coach Peter Laviolette. "They bring speed and skill. They are good in a lot of different areas and so we're gonna need to be good with discipline"

Rangers Projected Lines:

Kreider-Zibanejad-Wheeler

Panarin-Trocheck-Lafreniere

Cuylle- Brodzinski-Kakko

Vesey-Goodrow-Pitlick

Lindgren-Fox

Miller-Schneider

Gustafsson-Jones

Quick 

Shesterkin 

Extra: Mackey

Out: Trouba

Avalanche Projected Lines:

Drouin-Mackinnon-Rantanen

Wood-Colton-O'Connor

Lehkonen-Johansen-Parise

Cogliano-Olofsson-Kiviranta

Toews-Makar

Girard-Manson

Byram-Johnson

Georgiev

Annunen

IR: Landeskog, Francouz, Nichushkin 

How To Watch: Tonight's game is available to watch on ESPN+ and MSG Networks.