The New York Rangers take on the New York Islanders at UBS Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
RANGERS (36-35-7) at ISLANDERS (34-32-11)
7:30 p.m. ET; MSGSN, MSG 2, TVAS
Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle — J.T. Miller — Mika Zibanejad
Chris Kreider — Sam Carrick — Brett Berard
Brennan Othmann — Jonny Brodzinski — Matt Rempe
Carson Soucy — Adam Fox
Zac Jones — Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen– Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Juuso Parssinen, Urho Vaakanainen, Gabe Perreault, Calvin de Haan, Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Injured: K’Andre Miller (illness)
Status report:
The Rangers held an optional morning skate following an 8-5 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. … Shesterkin will start after Quick allowed six goals on 28 shots Wednesday.
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Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee — Bo Horvat — Kyle Palmieri
Maxim Tsyplakov — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Simon Holmstrom
Pierre Engvall — Casey Cizikas — Hudson Fasching
Matt Martin — Kyle MacLean — Marc Gatcomb
Alexander Romanov — Tony DeAngelo
Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock
Noah Dobson — Scott Mayfield
Marcus Hogberg
Tristan Lennox
Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Adam Boqvist, Mike Reilly, Anthony Duclair (indefinite leave of absence)
Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Ilya Sorokin (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body)
Status Report:
Sorokin will not play after being injured during the second period of a 7-6 overtime loss at the Nashville Predators on Tuesday; there was no timeline on his return, according to Islanders coach Patrick Roy. … Lennox was recalled from Bridgeport of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis Thursday and will back up Hogberg.
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