ABOUT THE RANGERS

• New York is coming off a 3-0 loss to Montreal on Saturday -- its third straight defeat -- and is battling some injuries. The Rangers will be without Rick Nash for a fourth straight game with what is believed to be a concussion. Also on the mend is defenceman Ryan McDonagh. New York is expected to welcome back Darroll Powe and Michael Del Zotto, who missed the Canadiens game. "As a collective group we have to pick up for the guys that are missing," captain Ryan Callahan told reporters after Monday's practice at the Rangers facility in Rye, N.Y. "It can't be one or two guys doing it themselves."

• The Jets lost all four meetings with the Rangers last year, including being shut out twice in New York.

• The Rangers power play is second-last in the NHL (heading into Monday's action) with an 11.5 per cent success rate. By comparison, Winnipeg's PP is ranked 20th at 16.4. The Rangers surrendered a power-play goal against the Canadiens, but have killed 21 of the last 23 over the last eight games.

30 Henrik Lundqvist

43 Martin Biron

4 Michael Del Zotto

5 Dan Giardi

6 Anton Stralman

10 Marian Gaborik

14 Taylor Pyatt

15 Jeff Halpern

18 Marc Staal

19 Brad Richards

20 Chris Kreider

21 Derek Stepan

22 Brian Boyle

24 Ryan Callahan

27 Ryan McDonagh

40 Brandon Mashinter

41 Stu Bickel

44 Steve Eminger

45 Arron Asham

47 J.T. Miller

58 Christian Thomas

61 Rick Nash

62 Carl Hagelin

97 Matt Gilroy

 

WINNIPEG JETS

31 Ondrej Pavelec

32 Eddie Pasquale

4 Paul Postma

5 Mark Stuart

6 Ron Hainsey

8 Alex Burmistrov

9 Evander Kane

12 Olli Jokinen

13 Kyle Wellwood

14 Anthony Peluso

16 Andrew Ladd

17 James Wright

18 Bryan Little

19 Jim Slater

20 Antti Miettinen

22 Chris Thorburn

24 Grant Clitsome

26 Blake Wheeler

27 Eric Tangradi

33 Dustin Byfuglien

39 Tobias Enstrom

44 Zach Bogosian

71 Julian Melchiori

80 Nik Antropov

 

(Lineups subject to change)

 

--Ed Tait

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition February 26, 2013 D3