NHL Game Preview: New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins with Line Combinations 1/31/2026 | Inside The Rink
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New York Rangers (22-27-6, 50 pts) at Pittsburgh Penguins (27-14-11, 65 pts)
Venue: PPG Paints Arena
Date: Saturday, January 31
Time: 3:30 pm EST
How To Watch:Â ABC
Radio:Â WEPN-AM 880,1050 AM, 105.9 The X
Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster
New York Rangers News & Notes:
The Rangers are 1-4-0 in their last five games after their 2-1 loss to the Islanders on Thursday night. The Rangers are scoring an average of 2.2 goals per game while conceding an average of 3.4 goals per game. This will be the third meeting between these two teams this year. The Rangers are 1-1-0 against the Penguins this season.
Pittsburgh Penguins & Notes:
The Penguins are 5-0-0 over their last five games. They beat the Blackhawks on Thursday, 6-2. The Penguins have scored an average of five goals per game while allowing an average of two goals per game during this winning streak. They won their first game against the Rangers 3-0 back on October 7th.
New York Rangers Projected Lines:
Miller – Zibanejad – Perreault
Cuylle – Trocheck – Lafreniere
Othmann – Laba – Raddysh
Berard- Carrick – Rempe
Gavrikov – Schneider
Robertson – Borgen
Vaakanainen – Morrow
Quick
Martin
Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines
Rakell-Crosby-Brazeau
Chinakhov-Novak-Malkin
McGroarty-Kindel-Mantha
Dewar-Lizotte-Acciari
Wotherspoon-Karlsson
Kulak-Letang
Solovyov-Shea
SKinner
Silovs
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Players To Watch:
New York Rangers
Sam Carrick had two assists in the Rangers’ 6-1 victory over the Penguins back on October 11th.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Blake Lizotte had a goal on four shots in the Penguins’ 3-0 win over the Rangers back on October 7th.
Injury Report:
New York Rangers
LW Artemi Panarin – OUT
D Adam Fox – IR
G Igor Shesterkin – IR
LW Conor Sheary – IR
C Adam Edstrom – IR
Pittsburgh Penguins
C Filip Hallander – IR
G Joel Blomqvist – IR
D Caleb Jones – IR
D Jack St. Ivany – IR
F Bryan Rust – OUT
D Ryan Graves – IR
F Evgeni Malkin – DTD
D Kris Letang – DTD
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