As expected, Ryan Hollweg in for Prucha.
"He hunts pucks down, he's good on contact," said Renney, signalling that in the critical game tonight, the Rangers will try to apply more pressure on the forecheck and play with an edge. "That would be my hope," said coach Tom Renney. "You've gotta take that to the rink."
Expect some shuffling in line combinations as well. Nothing was said, but we're speculating that the changes could possibly come among right wings, with Ryan Callahan and Fred Sjostrom moving up to the second and third lines and Shanahan dropping to four.
On the power play, he said, "we're close but we need to be much better against a team that has played well defensively...I believe we've yet to play our best hockey."
About the only thing surprising about the Penguins so far, Renney said, is "the amount of ice time Sidney's getting."
More soon...Staple's wearing his blog chapeau this evening, and Mark Herrmann has his eyes peeled for game-turning moments in what is sure to be a noisy little rink in about 90 minutes.