The Utah Mammoth take on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
MAMMOTH (19-20-3) at RANGERS (20 -18-5)
7 p.m. ET; Utah16, MSG
Mammoth projected lineup
Clayton Keller — Nick Schmaltz — Lawson Crouse
J.J. Peterka — Barrett Hayton — Dylan Guenther
Michael Carcone — Jack McBain — Daniil But
Alexander Kerfoot — Kevin Stenlund — Brandon Tanev
Mikhail Sergachev — Sean Durzi
Nate Schmidt — John Marino
Ian Cole — Nick DeSimone
Karel Vejmelka
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Olli Maatta, Liam O’Brien, Kailer Yamamoto
Injured: Logan Cooley (lower body)
Status report
Tanev will play for the first time since Dec. 10 after being a healthy scratch for 10 straight games. He will replace O’Brien, who is coming out of the lineup after playing in 15 consecutive games. … Crouse will move up to the Mammoth’s top line with Keller and Schmaltz, with Peterka dropping to the second line to play with Hayton and Guenther.
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Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin — Mika Zibanejad — Will Cuylle
Gabe Perreault — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Jonny Brodzinski — Justin Dowling — Taylor Raddysh
Anton Blidh — Sam Carrick — Matt Rempe
Vladislav Gavrikov — Adam Fox
Carson Soucy — Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen — Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Matthew Robertson, Brett Berard
Injured: J.T. Miller (upper body), Adam Edstrom (lower body), Conor Sheary (lower body), Noah Laba (upper body)
Status report:
Vaakanainen is expected to play for the first time since Dec. 21. He was a healthy scratch the past five games. He should replace Robertson. … Blidh is expected to play in his first NHL game since Jan. 13, 2024, replacing Berard. He was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Thursday.
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