Canadiens at Rangers projected lineups

CANADIANS (43-21-10) at RANGERS (31-35-9)

7 pm ET; MSG, TSN2, RDS

Canadians projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky

Alex Newhook — Oliver Kapanen — Ivan Demidov

Zachary Bolduc — Jake Evans — Josh Anderson

Joe Veleno — Phillip Danault — Brendan Gallagher

Mike Matheson — Noah Dobson

Jayden Struble — Lane Hutson

Kaiden Guhle — Arber Xhekaj

Jacob Fowler

Jakub Dobes

Scratched: Samuel Montembeault, Adam Engstrom, Patrik Laine

Injured: Kirby Dach (higher physique), Alexandre Texier (decrease physique), Alexander Carrier (higher physique)

Rangers projected lineup

Gabe Perreault — Mika Zibanejad — Alexis Lafreniere

Tye Kartye — JT Miller — Conor Sheary

Adam Sykora — Vincent Trocheck — Will Cuylle

Jonny Brodzinski — Noah Laba — Jaroslav Chmelar

Vladislav Gavrikov — Adam Fox

Drew Fortescue — Braden Schneider

Matthew Robertson — Will Borgen

Igor Shesterkin

Dylan Garand

Scratched: Vincent Iorio, Adam Edstrom, Taylor Raddysh

Injured: Matt Rempe (higher physique), Urho Vaakanainen (higher physique), Jonathan Quick (higher physique)

Status report

The Rangers held an non-compulsory morning skate, however coach Mike Sullivan stated Shesterkin will begin. The backup shall be a game-time determination, which means Quick might costume after lacking the final seven video games, six of these since being injured. … Vaakanainen, a defenseman, was in an everyday jersey. He has missed the previous seven video games. …The Canadiens are anticipated to make use of the identical lineup from a 4-1 win in opposition to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday.