{"id":370772,"date":"2026-10-12T04:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T04:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370772\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T04:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T04:58:22","slug":"game-7-vancouver-canucks-vs-new-york-rangers-open-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370772\/","title":{"rendered":"Game #7: Vancouver Canucks vs. New York Rangers Open Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <a class=\"gh-article-tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blueshirtbanter.com\/tag\/new-york-rangers-game-threads\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Rangers Game Threads<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Join the in-game conversation with the Blueshirt Banter community by becoming a member today!<\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueshirtbanter.com\/author\/jake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791781101_745_jake.jpeg\" alt=\"Jake DiBlasio\"\/><br \/>\n                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2025-12-17T014447Z_152293460_MT1USATODAY27831847_RTRMADP_3_NHL-VANCOUVER-CANUCKS-AT-NEW-YORK-RANGERS.jpeg\" alt=\"Game #7: Vancouver Canucks vs. New York Rangers Open Thread\"\/><br \/>\n            (Image credit: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be the first of many games without Igor Shesterkin for the New York Rangers, but the season is young, and there is plenty of hockey left to play. The Rangers are coming off a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueshirtbanter.com\/rangers-vs-capitals-pain\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3-1 loss against the<\/a> Washington Capitals, while the Vancouver Canucks have lost their last three games.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers have made one change to their top six, switching Pavel Dorofeyev and Alexis Lafreni\u00e8re. Dylan Garand will play between the pipes, and Spencer Martin will serve as the backup. Former Ranger Filip Chytil remains on injured reserve, and goaltender Kevin Lankinen will start for the Canucks.<\/p>\n<p>Where to Watch<\/p>\n<p>Cable\/Network TV: MSG Network, NHL website, NHL app, and DAZN<\/p>\n<p>National Broadcast: ESPN+<\/p>\n<p>Radio: 880 AM<\/p>\n<p>                    Sign up for Blueshirt Banter<\/p>\n<p class=\"kg-signup-card-subheading\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The top destination for New York Rangers fans\u2014news, trade rumors, stats, podcasts, and in-depth analysis from the trusted Blueshirt Banter team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kg-signup-card-disclaimer\" style=\"color: #000000;\">No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.<\/p>\n<p>        Player to Watch: Alexis Lafreni\u00e8re<\/p>\n<p>Lafreni\u00e8re has four goals, two assists, and six points in as many games continuing his strong play since players returned from the Olympics. The change was made to help get Dorofeyev going, who has one goal and two assists so far. Lafreni\u00e8re will play with J.T. Miller and Tye Kartye but most importantly is still on the top power play unit. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-9.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1700\"  \/>Chart via Evolving Hockey<\/p>\n<p>I understand the concern of breaking up a line that was working well together, but I see the benefit in it. Dorofeyev needs to play with someone who can get him the puck, like Gabe Perreault, while the old second line did not have anyone who could transition the puck, like Lafreni\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the game!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Rangers Game Threads Join the in-game conversation with the Blueshirt Banter community by becoming a member&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-370772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}