Projected Lineups for Ducks vs Rangers – 12/15/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Anaheim Ducks take on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Gardens. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

DUCKS (19-12-1) at RANGERS (16-13-4)

7 p.m. ET; Victory+, KCOP-13, MSG

Ducks projected lineup

Cutter Gauthier — Leo Carlsson — Alex Killorn
Chris Kreider — Mason McTavish — Beckett Sennecke
Frank Vatrano — Mikael Granlund — Troy Terry
Ross Johnston — Ryan Poehling — Ryan Strome

Jackson LaCombe — Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov — Radko Gudas
Olen Zellweger — Ian Moore

Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso

Scratched: Nikita Nesterenko, Drew Helleson, Jansen Harkins

Injured: Petr Mrazek (lower body)

Status report

Mintyukov will play after being a healthy scratch against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. He will likely replace Helleson, a defenseman.

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Rangers projected lineup

Conor Sheary — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Artemi Panarin — J.T. Miller — Jonny Brodzinski
Brett Berard — Noah Laba — Will Cuylle
Taylor Raddysh — Sam Carrick — Matt Rempe

Vladislav Gavrikov — Braden Schneider
Carson Soucy — Will Borgen
Uhro Vaakanainen — Matthew Robertson

Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Mika Zibanejad, Jaroslav Chmelar, Scott Morrow

Injured: Adam Fox (upper body), Adam Edstrom (lower body)

Status report

Zibanejad will be scratched after the forward missed a team meeting Monday, Rangers coach Mike Sullivan said. … Rempe was activated from injured reserve, and Sullivan sounded optimistic he will play for the first time since sustaining an upper-body injury against the San Jose Sharks on Oct. 23. He missed 24 games.

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