4 years agoNew York Rangers left wing Alexis Lafreniere will skate on the team's first line in Friday's battle with the Penguins. The No. 1 pick of this year's NHL Draft joins Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad on the top line. The latter is dealing with upper-body and lower-body injuries, but he is set to feature against Pittsburgh. Pavel Buchnevich will drop down to the second line. Lafreniere is pointless through his first three career games, but getting off the mark shouldn't take long for him alongside Zibanejad, who was in spectacular form last season with 75 points in 57 games. Also, the Pens defense hasn't been exactly rock-solid so far with 4.50 goals per game scored against them.--Taavi Pailk - RotoBaller
Source: Vince Z. Mercogliano