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New York Rangers Projected Lineups Vs The Vancouver Canucks: Unexpected Defenseman Among Two Scratched

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Hunter Bowman
October 28, 2025 (4:30 PM)

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Taking a quick look at the New York Rangers projected lineups for their upcoming game against the Vancouver Canucks, which see's two players from the Rangers to be health scratched.

Just moments ago the New York Rangers have confirmed that two players will be healthy scratched, one being offensive prospect Brennan Othmann and defensive prospect Matthew Robertson.

Certainly a bit of a shocking move made by Mike Sullivan, considering Brennan Othmann had only played one game on Thursday night against the San Jose Sharks, but the most shocking one being defenseman Matthew Robertson, who has been playing very well throughout his seven games played.

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New York Rangers Projected Lineups Vs The Vancouver Canucks

However, here's a look at the Rangers projected lineups against the Canucks that will feature a few drastic changes, with Jonny Brodzinski and Urho Vaakanainen slotting in:

#NYR morning skate look from Vancouver:

Panarin - Zibanejad - Cuylle
Sheary - Miller - Lafrenière
Pärssinen - Laba - Raddysh
Edström - Carrick - Brodzinski

Gavrikov - Fox
Soucy - Borgen
Vaakanainen - Schneider

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Hopefully these new lines will be able to produce some offensive against the Canucks tonight as they desperately need to find some confidence moving forward, especially after they took a brutal 5-1 loss to the Flames on Sunday.

How To Watch New York Rangers vs Vancouver Canucks: October 28th

According to what we could find, here's how you can watch the Rangers vs Canucks game:

The Gotham Sports App or you can also stream if you have subscriptions to Spectrum, Optimum, Verizon Fios, DirecTV Stream or fuboTV. Nationally televised games may be available on ESPN+ (if broadcast on ABC, ESPN or carried by ESPN+), Hulu (ESPN+ broadcasts) or MAX (TNT/TBS/TruTV broadcasts).

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