Projected Lineups for Hurricanes vs Rangers – 11/4/25

The Carolina Hurricanes take on the New York Rangers at Madison Sqaure Garden today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

HURRICANES (7-4-0) at RANGERS (6-5-2)

7 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT, MSG, SN1

Hurricanes projected lineup

Taylor Hall — Sebastian Aho — Andrei Svechnikov
Nikolaj Ehlers — Logan Stankoven — Jackson Blake
Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — Seth Jarvis
Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Mark Jankowski — Bradly Nadeau

Alexander Nikishin — Sean Walker
Jalen Chatfield — Joel Nystrom
Mike Reilly — Charles Alexis Legault

Pyotr Kochetkov
Brandon Bussi

Scratched: Frederik Andersen, Domenick Fensore

Injured: K’Andre Miller (lower body), William Carrier (lower body), Eric Robinson (upper body), Jaccob Slavin (lower body), Juha Jaaska (lower body), Shayne Gostisbehere (lower body)

Status report

Andersen, a goalie, did not make the trip with the Hurricanes; he’s a healthy scratch. … K’Andre Miller, a defenseman who played the previous five seasons with the Rangers, will miss his sixth straight game. … Kochetkov was recalled from Chicago of the American Hockey League on Monday and will make his season debut after missing the first 11 games with a lower-body injury; Fensore, a defenseman, was also recalled from the AHL but will be a healthy scratch.

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Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin — Mika Zibanejad — J.T. Miller
Will Cuylle — Noah Laba — Alexis Lafreniere
Conor Sheary — Juuso Parssinen — Taylor Raddysh
Adam Edstrom — Sam Carrick — Jonny Brodzinski

Vladislav Gavrikov — Adam Fox
Carson Soucy — Will Borgen
Matthew Robertson — Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Connor Mackey, Jaroslav Chmelar

Injured: Vincent Trocheck (upper body), Urho Vaakanainen (lower body)

Status report

Vaakanainen, a defenseman, did not practice Monday and will not play; Mackey, a defenseman, was recalled from Hartford of the AHL but will be a healthy scratch.

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