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New York Rangers News<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jonathan Quick<\/a> makes his first start between the pipes since March 18, when the New York Rangers host the Detroit Red Wings in a Saturday matinee at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

The 40-year-old goalie missed six games with a lower-body injury, but dressed as Igor Shesterkin\u2019s<\/a> backup for New York\u2019s 3-2 loss<\/a> to the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday. Since Quick is an unrestricted free agent at season\u2019s end, coupled with the possibility that he may retire, this could be the future Hall of Famer\u2019s final game in the NHL. <\/p>\n

The Rangers (31-36-9) have five games remaining after this one, and Shesterkin wants to play as many as possible, plus rookie Dylan Garand<\/a> likely earned at least one more start. Do the math. Not a lot more opportunities for Quick, who is the all-time winningest United States-born goalie in NHL history, and 12th all-time<\/a> with 409 victories.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a rough season for Quick, a three-time Stanley Cup champion. He missed a chunk of games twice due to lower-body injuries, and underwhelmed filling in for Shesterkin when the Rangers No. 1 goalie missed most of January with a lower-body injury of his own.<\/p>\n

Quick is 5-16-2 in 23 games (22 starts)with a 3.18 goals-against average, .889 save percentage, and two shutouts this season, his third with the Rangers. He started the first two games of this season series against the Red Wings, making 32 saves in a 4-1 Rangers road win<\/a> on Nov. 7, and stopping 40 of 42 shots in a tough 2-1 loss at MSG nine days later.<\/p>\n

The Rangers had their three-game winning streak end in that loss to the Devils on Thursday. The Red Wings come off a 4-2 road win at the Philadelphia Flyers the same night. They\u2019re tied with the Ottawa Senators for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference<\/a>, despite losing four of their past six games.<\/p>\n

3\u00a0storylines when Rangers host Red Wings<\/p>\n

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1. Fox is streaking<\/p>\n

Adam Fox<\/a> has it going right now. New York\u2019s 28-year-old defenseman is finally healthy after two extended stints on LTIR and has a five-game point streak (two goals, six assists). He also has 17 points (three goals, 14 assists) in his past 16 games. <\/p>\n

Despite missing 27 games due to injury this season, Fox is tied for the Rangers lead<\/a> with 38 assists in 49 games, where he also totaled 45 points. He returned after the Olympic break following his latest injury absence, and is a big reason why the Rangers played better hockey overall down the stretch.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look at our defense corps, he brings a unique skill set that the other guys don\u2019t. And he missed a significant portion of the season \u2026 I think he\u2019s recapturing that element of his game, but it\u2019s hard when you missed that much time \u2026 you\u2019re jumping on a moving train, so to speak,\u201d coach Mike Sullivan said Friday<\/a>. \u201cI do think he\u2019s getting better very game he plays.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. Kid line<\/p>\n

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Sullivan explained after practice Friday why he put three rookies on the fourth line against the Canadiens, and why that trio of Adam Sykora<\/a>, Noah Laba,<\/a> and Jaroslav Chmelar<\/a> didn\u2019t see much ice Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat wasn\u2019t the intent. Part of it was how the game played out,\u201d Sullivan explained. \u201cI had said to our coaching staff maybe a couple of games before, at some point, I wouldn\u2019t mind exploring putting the three kids together and see what that might look like. They can all skate. They bring some speed. [S\u00fdkora] has got, I think, a real good relationship with Jaro, in particular, and sometimes those relationships can carry over when they compete hard for one another out there. In a perfect world, my intention was to get them more minutes in the game. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere were a number of special team circumstances, and I was looking for one particular match up against [Nick] Suzuki\u2019s line, which is obviously a dynamic line. \u2026 So the way kind of the game flowed, let\u2019s just say my intention was to get more minutes for that line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Expect that threesome to be on the fourth line together and see more minutes against the Red Wings.<\/p>\n

3. Kane is still able<\/p>\n

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Patrick Kane is 37 years old now, but the three-time Stanley Cup champion is doing everything in his power to help drag the Red Wings back into the playoffs for the first time since 2016. Kane had a goal and two assists in the win against the Flyers, and brings a four-game point streak (two goals, six assists) into The Garden.<\/p>\n

Since March 6, a span of 13 games, the former Rangers forward has 17 points (five goals, 12 assists). On the season, Kane is fifth on the Red Wings<\/a> with 50 points (14 goals, 36 assists) in 60 games. <\/p>\n

And in that game Thursday, Kane passed Brett Hull to become the all-time scoring leader among United States-born players in the NHL. He enters play Saturday with 1,393 points (506 goals, 887 assists) in 1,362 games.<\/p>\n

New York Rangers projected lineup<\/p>\n

Alexis Lafreniere \u2014 Mika Zibanejad \u2014 Gabe Perreault<\/p>\n

Will Cuylle \u2014 \u00a0Vincent Trocheck \u2014 Jonny Brodzinski<\/p>\n

Tye Kartye \u2014 J.T. Miller \u2014 Conor Sheary<\/p>\n

Jaroslav Chmelar \u2014 Noah Laba \u2014 Adam Sykota<\/p>\n

Vladislav Gavrikov \u2014 Adam Fox<\/p>\n

Matthew Robertson \u2014 Will Borgen<\/p>\n

Drew Fortescue \u2014 Braden Schneider<\/p>\n

Jonathan Quick<\/p>\n

Igor Shesterkin<\/p>\n

Rangers vs. Red Wings: When, where, what time, how to watch<\/p>\n

Who:\u00a0New York Rangers vs. Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n

When: Saturday, April 4 at 12:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Where: Madison Square Garden<\/p>\n

How to watch:\u00a0ABC<\/p>\n

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\t\tJim Cerny is Executive Editor at Forever Blueshirts and Managing Editor at Sportsnaut, with more than 30 years of … More about Jim Cerny<\/a><\/p>\n

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