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Rangers lines, notes, how to watch final visit to Saddledome vs. Flames
Rangers lines, notes, how to watch final visit to Saddledome vs. Flames
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The New York Rangers continue their road trip and play their final regular-season game at Scotiabank Saddledome on Wednesday, when they visit the Calgary Flames.

The Rangers (10-8-1) never really fared well at the Saddledome, the last old barn remaining in the NHL before it gets replaced by a brand-new arena next door near the Calgary Stampede next season. New York is 17-35-10 with two ties all-time in Calgary, and would love to close the doors on this building with a W on Wednesday.

They come off a 3-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Monday, and are 1-1-0 so far on this four-game road trip which concludes Friday in Vancouver against the last-place Canucks. Though the result Monday was a loss, it was an extremely well-played game by the Rangers, who dominated puck possession and largely shut down the high-flying Oilers offense.

“I think the goals they scored were kind of fluky goals, and I thought we outplayed them. We desereved a better fate,” captain J.T. Miller said postgame.

Of all the things New York did well Monday, what it didn’t do was solve Oilers goalie Devon Levi, who turned in an excellent 28-save performance. Tye Kartye led the Rangers with nine shot attempts and said afterward that the Rangers needed to bear down more with their chances. But otherwise, he really liked their overall game.

The Rangers were also 0-for-5 on the power play and dropped to 22nd in the League, converting at 18.9 percent. The flip side is that the Rangers were a perfect 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and are tied with the Dallas Stars for the best PK in the NHL at 89.7 percent.

That latter stat is key because the Flames (8-9-1) are fourth in the League, converting at 28.6 percent. Calgary comes off a 4-3 overtime win over the Philadelphia Flyers at home, and is 3-4-1 in its past eight games following a four-game winning streak.

Former Rangers first-round pick Brennan Othmann returns to the Flames lineup after an injury absence to face the Blueshirts for the first time since being traded away this past March. And former Flames center Glenn Gawdin makes his Rangers debut Wednesfday after he was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. Gawdin will center the fourth line, sending Luke Glendening back to the press box as a healthy scratch.

Joonas Korpisalo starts his second game in goal for the Rangers after returning from a month-long absence with a foot infection. He made 25 saves in a 4-3 win over the Seattle Kraken to begin this road trip Saturday. Korpisalo is 4-4-2 with a 2.47 goals-against average and .924 save percentage in 12 career games (10 starts) against the Flames.

New York Rangers projected lineup

Tye Kartye — J.T. Miller — Pavel Dorofeyev

Will Cuylle — Noah Laba — Oliver Bjorkstrand

Eeli Tolvanen — Glenn Gawdin — Jaroslav Chmelar

Valdislav Gavrikov — Adam Fox

Marcus Pettersson — Braden Schneider

Joonas Korpisalo

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