The San Jose Sharks continue the east coast swing with a stop at Madison Square Garden tonight to face the New York Rangers. As expected, the Rangers are in the mix for the playoffs. The team is fourth in the Metropolitan Division but has a .679 points percentage, better than the division leading New Jersey Devils, which have played five more games than the Rangers at this point in the season.
This will be what some hockey pundits call a “money on the board” game. The Sharks will certainly be looking to beat the Rangers to get some sort of vengeance for Barclay Goodrow. You’ll remember that when the Rangers could not trade Goodrow, the team decided to place him on waivers to get him off the roster. That’s when San Jose picked him up, helping the Rangers out. Goodrow wasn’t upset about returning to San Jose, but rather the way the Rangers handled it all.
Safe to say Barclay Goodrow has had his return to MSG circled.
— Arthur Staple (@StapeAthletic) November 13, 2024
“I didn’t like how things were handled,” he said of his departure from the #NYR this past summer, when he rejected a trade, was waived and picked up by the Sharks.
Any extra motivation tomorrow? “Yeah. For sure.”
In honor of his return to MSG, Goodrow will skate on the top line with Macklin Celebrini and Tyler Toffoli tonight.
As for what to expect from the Rangers, Artemi Panarin leads the team with 22 points in 14 games. He’s far and away the hottest player on the team right now. Alexis Lafreniere and Adam Fox are second on the team in scoring and they have just 12 points each. Panarin also leads the team with 10 goals.
In net, Igor Shesterkin is 6-4-1 for the season with a 2.85 goals against average and a .913 save percentage. Jonathan Quick’s record is 3-0-0 this season with a 1.17 goals against average and a .964 save percentage.
San Jose Sharks lines tonight
San Jose Hockey Now’s Sheng Peng reports that Celebrini and Will Smith will play on the power play together tonight. Defenseman Jake Walman is still day to day, so he’s out. In net, look for Mackenzie Blackwood.
#TheFutureIsTeal morning skate lines, Walman did not participate :
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) November 14, 2024
Goodrow-Celebrini-Toffoli
Eklund-Granlund-Zetterlund
Dellandrea-Wennberg-W. Smith
Grundstrom-Sturm-Kunin
Thrun-Ceci
Ferraro-Liljegren
Thompson-Rutta
Forwards
Barclay Goodrow – Macklin Celebrini – Tyler Toffoli
William Eklund – Mikael Granlund – Fabian Zetterlund
Ty Dellandrea – Alex Wennberg – Will Smith
Carl Grundstrom – Nico Sturm – Luke Kunin
Defense
Henry Thrun – Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro – Timothy Liljegren
Jack Thomson – Jan Rutta
Goaltenders
Mackenzie Blackwood
Vitek Vanecek
New York Rangers lines vs. San Jose Sharks
This is what we think the lines will look like tonight based on what The Athletic’s Peter Baugh reported seeing in practice yesterday. There’s already been confirmation that Igor Shesterkin gets the start.
#NYR lines at practice:
— Peter Baugh (@Peter_Baugh) November 13, 2024
Kreider-Zibanejad-Smith
Panarin-Trocheck-Lafrenière
Cuylle-Chytil-Kakko
Edström-Carrick-Vesey
Miller-Fox
Lindgren-Trouba
Jones-Schneider
Brodzinski-Mancini
Shesterkin
Quick
Forwards
Chris Kreider – Mika Zibanejad – Reilly Smith
Artemi Panarin – Vincent Trocheck – Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle – Filip Chytil – Kaapo Kakko
Adam Edstrom – Sam Carrick – Jimmy Vesey
Defense
K’Andre Miller – Adam Fox
Ryan Lindgren – Braden Schneider
Zac Jones – Braden Schneider
Goaltenders
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
How to watch San Jose Sharks at New York Rangers, Nov. 14, 2024
Sharks fans can watch tonight’s game on NBC Sports California or listen on the Sharks & SAP Center app.
Rangers fans can watch the game on MSG Network or listen to it on ESPN 880 AM.
The puck drops this afternoon at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET.
Be sure to jump back here at game time to talk about everything happening on and off the ice.
