New York Rangers Top 10 Prospects

The New York Rangers Top 10 Prospect Rankings as of October 2013
1. Chris Kreider, LW 2009 1st Round Pick Hartford AHL
2. Danny Kristo, RW Acquired in trade with Montreal Hartford AHL
3. J.T. Miller, Center 2011 1st Round Pick Hartford AHL (sent down after 1 game on Rangers)
4. Dylan MacIlrath, D 2010 1st Round Pick Hartford AHL
5. Adam Tambellini, C 2013 3rd Round Pick University of North Dakota
6. Brady Skjei, D 2012 1st Round Pick University of Minnesota
7. Cristobal Nieves, C 2012 2nd Round Pick University of Michigan
8. Oscar Lindberg, C Acquired in trade from Phoenix in 2011 Skelletea SHL (Sweden)
9. Pavel Buchnevich, RW 2013 3rd Round Pick Severstal Cherepovets KHL (Russia)
10. Anthony Duclair, LW 2013 3rd Round Pick Quebec (QMJHL)

New York Rangers Opening Night Lineup with Line Combinations

Lineup

Lines:

Taylor Pyatt, Brian Boyle, Derrick Dorsett
Rick Nash, Brad Richards, Derek Stepan
Benoit Pouliot, Derrick Brassard, Mats Zucarello

Other Line combinations:

Derrick Dorsett, J.T. Miller, Dominic Moore
Taylor Pyatt, Brian Boyle, Jesper Fast

The Rangers have used a lot of different combinations early in this game.

Defenseman Pairings:

Michael Del Zotto, Mark Staal
Dan Girardi, Ryan McDonagh
Anton Stralman, John Moore

The Rangers have switched up some of the pairings as McDonagh is not getting high minutes early in this game yet.

Starting Goaltender: Henrik Lundqvist Backup: Marty Biron

Scratches: D Justin Falk, RW Aaron Asham