Carolina Hurricanes @ New York Rangers: Lineups, Game Preview and How to Watch

What - Game 51 (30-16-4)
When - 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 27
Where - Madison Square Garden; New York, NY
How to Watch - FanDuel Sports Network South, MSG

The Carolina Hurricanes will take on the New York Rangers (24-21-4) tonight in the second game of the Mikko Rantanen/Taylor Hall era.

Carolina is coming off of a 3-2 overtime loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday, but have points in five straight games.

The Canes are still trying to find the right balance and chemistry after moving Martin Necas and Jack Drury and they'll hope that a couple more practice days will help settle the new guys in.

Speaking of Necas and Drury, the pair helped the Colorado Avalanche defeat the Rangers 5-4 on Sunday with three points between them.

Before that loss, New York had had points in 10 straight dragging them out of the league basement and back into playoff contention.

Streaks

• Frederik Andersen has picked up a win in each of his last five starts.

• Jesperi Kotkaniemi (4g, 1a) has points in four consecutive games.

• Sebastian Aho (2g, 2a) has points in back-to-back games.

Milestone Watch

• Brent Burns is one point shy of 900 career points.

• Jack Roslovic is two goals shy of 100 career goals.

• Pyotr Kochetkov played his 100th career game Saturday night against the New York Islanders.

Game Notes

• Carolina is 2-0-0 against New York this season, last having won 3-1 at MSG on Dec. 22.

Key Matchups

Projected Starting Goalies

• Frederik Andersen: 5-1-0; 0.912 Sv%; 2.15 GAA

• Igor Shesterkin: 17-16-2; 0.911 Sv%; 2.79 GAA

Leading Scorers

• Goals - Mikko Rantanen (25) / Artemi Panarin (21)

• Points - Mikko Rantanen (64) / Artemi Panarin (52)

Power Play

• Carolina - 21.1% (18th)

• New York - 20.3% (20th)

Penalty Kill

• Carolina - 85.7% (1st)

• New York - 83.4% (4th)

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Mikko Rantanen - Sebastian Aho - Jackson Blake
Taylor Hall - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Andrei Svechnikov
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Seth Jarvis
Eric Robinson - Juha Jaaska - Jack Roslovic

Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burn
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere - Sean Walker

Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov

Injuries and Scratches: William Carrier (LBI), Tyson Jost (LBI), Jesper Fast (neck)

Rangers Projected Lineup

Artemi Panarin - Vincent Trocheck - Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle - Mika Zibanejad - Reilly Smith
Chris Kreider - Filip Chytil - Arthur Kaliyev
Adam Edstrom - Sam Carrick - Matt Rempe

Ryan Lindgren - Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller - Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen - Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick

Injuries and Scratches: Jonny Brodzinski, Bo Groulx, Zac Jones, Jimmy Vesey

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