NEW YORK -- Martin Biron will be in net for the Rangers on Thursday night when they face the Tampa Bay Lightning at Madison Square Garden. He'll be opposed by Mathieu Garon, who started seven of the last nine games for the Lightning.
Tampa Bay coach Guy Boucher said he will use seven defensemen and 11 forwards against the Rangers, but he hasn't decided on his lineup following Thursday morning's practice. He said Brett Connolly will be in the lineup, but the injured Ryan Malone will sit out another game and potentially return Saturday in Buffalo.
In Greenburgh, it was reported that rookie defenseman Stu Bickel stayed on the ice after practice, a sign that Steve Eminger will return after missing nearly two months with a separated shoulder. Eminger has been a healthy scratch the past two games.
The Lightning showed these lines at practice Thursday, while the Rangers revealed new ones at their practice Wednesday, but with coach John Tortorella, they could be completely different at 7 p.m. tonight:
LIGHTNING
Ryan Shannon - Vincent Lecavalier - Martin St Louis
Steve Downie - Steven Stamkos - Teddy Purcell
Tom Pyatt - Nate Thompson - Dominic Moore
Brett Connolly - Adam Hall - JT Wyman
Note: Wyman played just 2:35 in the Lightning's previous game, a 3-1 loss to the Kings, so he could be the forward who is removed from the lineup for Connolly, who was a healthy scratch last game.
Eric Brewer - Pavel Kubina
Victor Hedman - Brett Clark
Bruno Gervais - Brendan Mikkelson
Marc-Andre Bergeron
Mathieu Garon
Dwayne Roloson
RANGERS
Artem Anisimov - Derek Stepan - Marian Gaborik
Carl Hagelin - John Mitchell - Ryan Callahan
Brandon Dubinsky - Brian Boyle - Brandon Prust
Ruslan Fedotenko - Brad Richards - Mike Rupp
Ryan McDonagh - Dan Girardi
Michael Del Zotto - Anton Stralman
Marc Staal - Steve Eminger
Martin Biron
Henrik Lundqvist
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Projected lineups for Lightning, Rangers
Thursday, 02.09.2012 / 1:36 PM
By Dave Lozo - NHL.com Staff Writer / At the Rink blog
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