Adam Oates is sticking with the same squad that won Game 5 (and why wouldn’t he?), so expect these lines and pairings with Braden Holtby in net (though it should be noted that John Erskine and Jack Hillen were flipped for most of Game 5, to positive results, so the D may look a little different):
Marcus Johansson – Nicklas Backstrom – Alex Ovechkin
Eric Fehr – Mike Ribeiro – Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera – Mathieu Perreault – Joel Ward
Matt Hendricks – Jay Beagle – Tom Wilson
That leaves Jeff Schultz, Wojtek Wolski, Tom Poti and Aaron Volpatti as healthy scratches, and Martin Erat and Brooks Laich out with injury.
At the other end of the rink, who knows what John Tortorella is thinking, but let’s take a stab at it anyway here’s what the Rangers will go with (with Henrik Lundqvist in net, of course):
Carl Hagelin – Derek Stepan – Ryan Callahan
Rick Nash – Derick Brassard – Mats Zuccarello
Derek Dorsett – Brian Boyle – Taylor Pyatt
Chris Kreider – Brad Richards – Arron Asham