"The Rangers have lost three in a row and have essentially undone all the confidence built when they won three in a row and four of five earlier this month. This all started with Will Borgen's injury necessitating another defenseman being recalled (Scott Morrow), which required Gabe Perreault to be reassigned to Hartford to make space. This team is a mess right now, and despite Utah's struggles, the paper lineups are wildly mismatched."
"JT Miller is out, nursing an upper body injury. The Rangers say it happened in Colorado, so perhaps whatever has been lingering finally got bad enough he had to sit. The Rangers lines look about as scary as a box of kittens right now. This is not a lineup a playoff team puts out there. Injuries happen, but this is a rough lineup at best."
The Rangers have lost three straight games, undoing earlier momentum from a recent winning stretch. The sequence began with Will Borgen's injury, which led to recalling defenseman Scott Morrow and reassigning Gabe Perreault to Hartford to open a roster spot. The roster now appears mismatched on paper, with multiple key players absent. JT Miller is out with an upper-body injury sustained in Colorado, further weakening forward depth. The current lines and pairings lack top-end scoring and experience, and Jonathan Quick is in goal. Utah's projected lineup and Karel Vejmelka starting set a 9pm game time.
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