Update: Shanahan is in tonight. He wasn’t supposed to be but he is. Parenteau is the scratch. The below lines are useless, and I have no idea what they will be. Drury with Shanahan and Prucha sounds like a safe bet, with Dawes with Gomez and Jagr and Moore with Dubinsky and Hossa. That’s just a guess though.

Just under 30 minutes from now, the Rangers begin a homestand, starting with facing off against the Tampa Bay Lightning. With all of the hooplah that I reported before, it looks like we have some solid line combinations for the game.

Drury-Gomez-Jagr
Hossa-Dubinsky-Prucha
Dawes-Moore-Parenteau
Hollweg-Betts-Orr

Tyutin – Girardi
Staal – Rozsival
Mara – Strudwick

Marek Malik will be a healthy scratch and even though Brendan Shanahan is skating pre-game warmups right now, he has been ruled out for tonight. He should be ready to go for Thursday night’s tilt against Philadelphia. Martin Straka’s concussion is a minor one, but he will miss some time. About a week is the timetable for Straka. Sean Avery is on the IR, meaning he will miss a minimum of a week as well. Enjoy the game.