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NEW YORK — A couple of backup goalies could get their chance to perform on the big stage Tuesday night http://www.flyersshoponline.com/authentic-ivan-provorov-jersey , when the New York Rangers host the Anaheim Ducks at Madison Square Garden.The Ducks will be playing the second game of a back-to-back road set after earning their fourth straight win Monday by beating the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-2, on Monday night. The Rangers were off Monday after falling to the visiting Vegas Golden Knights, 4-3, on Sunday afternoon.Both teams likely tipped their hands Monday regarding their goalie decisions for TuesdayArticle continues below ...By starting John Gibson for the third straight game — Gibson earned the win against the Penguins by making 28 saves — the Ducks (19-11-5) all but ensured Chad Johnson will make his debut with the club against the Rangers. Johnson was claimed off waivers from the St. Louis Blues on Dec. 11, two days after Anaheim lost backup goalie Ryan Miller to a sprained knee.Once Johnson takes the ice for the Ducks, he’ll have suited up for more than a quarter of the 31-team NHL. Anaheim will be the eighth team for whom Johnson has played in a career that began with the Rangers in December 2009.“At the end of the day, I look at it that I’m in the NHL Jakub Voracek Jersey Kids ,” Johnson told The Athletic on Sunday. “I’ve had a 10-year career from my first game with the Rangers when I was 23 and I’m 32 now. I look at it — there’s obviously more that I always feel like I have and can offer if it was the right situations that I get myself into. But I’m OK with it.“I have a good living. I’m in the NHL. Hey, somebody always wants me. When that stops, then that stops.”At 22-year-old Rangers backup Alexander Georgiev has had a far less circuitous career than Johnson thus far. He’s also been far busier lately. Georgiev was recalled Monday from Hartford of the American hockey League. He was sent there Dec. 3 and played in five straight games while New York played just four games, all of which were started by Hall of Fame-bound Henrik Lundqvist.“It was great to get that kind of workload and just get into the rhythm,” Georgiev told Newsday following practice Monday. “It’s a bit easier to get into the game when you play every few days.”With the 36-year-old Lundqvist sidelined with what the Rangers (14-13-5) termed a maintenance day Monday, there’s a good chance Georgiev will get into an NHL game Tuesday. Head coach David Quinn didn’t announce a starter but said Georgiev would play “soon.” Georgiev hasn’t played for New York since Dec. 1, when he took the defeat after recording 36 saves in a 5-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens.Johnson is 1-1-0 in three career games against the Rangers. Georgiev earned the win in his lone appearance against the Ducks on Nov. 1, when he stopped 28 shots in New York’s 3-2 shootout victory. OTTAWA — Dark clouds are circling over the Ottawa Senators Youth Jordan Weal Jersey , who hope to make it through Saturday without getting drenched.The season forecast could hinge on what hits them in the morning.The status of team leading scorer Matt Duchene and veteran winger Bobby Ryan is expected to be made clear when the team returns to work after Friday’s day off. Article continues below ...Both players were injured during Thursday’s 5-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens, after which Senators coach Guy Boucher said both “could be” out long term.The Senators (12-14-3) are still among the pack in the playoff chase, but after back-to-back losses they are also only a couple of points from the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings. Facing the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins in home-ice starts less than 24 hours apart — beginning with Saturday’s game against a Penguins team that’s revving its engine — will be a difficult challenge even if the Senators catch a break on the Duchene and Ryan injury fronts.They can ill afford to lose either player for an extended period.“I would like to say going forward it’s going to be better,” goalie Craig Anderson said after the Senators were sunk by a second-period breakdown against the Montreal Canadiens — for the second time in two days — after stringing three wins together the previous week.“We have to make sure we do everything we can to make it better and be more consistent. Losing that momentum, making it two, three, four (losses), that’s where things start to be a little sour. We want to make sure we don’t go down that path.”The Penguins (12-10-5) will be starting a three-game road trip when they visit Ottawa. They are coming off back-to-back wins (6-3 over Colorado and 6-2 over the New York Islanders) for the first time since October. Pittsburgh is now 5-2-1 in its last eight games.“Obviously this year hasn’t started off the best for us Scott Laughton Jersey ,” Penguins winger Phil Kessel told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “We’re right in it. There’s lots of hockey to play. We have to keep improving and getting better.”Taking over the goaltending reins since the injury to Matt Murray, Casey DeSmith is now 5-1-1 in his last seven starts.“That’s what happens when the whole team comes out and plays really well, plays really hard,” DeSmith told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette after stopping 19 of 21 shots in Thursday’s win over the Islanders. “Dominated at home, that’s something we’ve been wanting to do more and more lately. I think (Thursday) was kind of a culmination of that. Hopefully, we can keep it rolling.”This will be the second of three meetings between Ottawa and Pittsburgh this season. The Senators, who are 9-5-2 at Canadian Tire Centre, defeated the Penguins 6-4 on Nov. 17 at PPG Paints Arena Womens Sean Couturier Jersey , with Duchene and Mark Stone each scoring twice and Anderson making 31 saves.Anderson, who is 6-10-3 in his career against the Penguins, is expected to get the start Saturday. In that case, coach Guy Boucher would likely go with backup Mike McKenna versus the Bruins.“The major thing we have to do is play with the puck a little more,” said Anderson, who has faced more rubber than any other goalie this season. “That’s the key.”