Rangers at Stars projected lineups

RANGERS (33-37-9) at STARS (47-20-12)

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Rangers projected lineup

Gabe Perreault — Mika Zibanejad — Alexis Lafreniere

Tye Kartye — JT Miller — Conor Sheary

Will Cuylle — Vincent Trocheck — Jonny Brodzinski

Adam Sykora — Noah Laba — Jaroslav Chmelar

Vladislav Gavrikov — Adam Fox

Matthew Robertson — Will Borgen

Drew Fortescue — Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin

Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Vincent Iorio, Adam Edstrom, Taylor Raddysh, Dylan Garand

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

Stars projected lineup

Justin Hryckowian — Wyatt Johnston — Mikko Rantanen

Jason Robertson — Matt Duchene — Mavrik Bourque

Adam Erne — Arttu Hyry — Jamie Benn

Cameron Hughes — Oskar Back — Colin Blackwell

Thomas Harley — Tyler Myers

Esa Lindell — Ilya Lyubushkin

Lian Bichsel — Kyle Capobianco

Jake Oettinger

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Alexander Petrovic

Injured: Nathan Bastian (hand), Michael Bunting (decrease physique), Radek Faksa (decrease physique), Miro Heiskanen (decrease physique), Roope Hintz (decrease physique), Nils Lundkvist (sickness), Tyler Seguin (ACL), Sam Steel (undisclosed)

Status report

The Rangers are anticipated to decorate the identical 18 skaters they utilized in a 5-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabers on Wednesday. …Shesterkin, Quick and Garand, a goalie, will journey on the season-ending three-game highway journey; it is doable Garand might play one of many video games after making his NHL debut in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Winnipeg Jets on March 22, however New York coach Mike Sullivan didn’t affirm which sport he would play. …The Stars held an non-compulsory follow Friday. …Heiskanen is not going to play after leaving within the first interval of a 5-4 win towards the Minnesota Wild on Thursday; The defenseman’s standing for the playoffs was not identified on Friday, when he was scheduled to have an MRI. … Forwards Faksa and Bunting every is near returning; it is doable Bunting will costume Saturday and if accessible he would exchange Hughes.