Projected Lineups for the Flames vs Rangers – 3/18/25

The Calgary Flames 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.

FLAMES (30-25-11) at RANGERS (33-29-6)

7 p.m. ET; MSG, SNW

Flames projected lineup

Jonathan Huberdeau — Nazem Kadri — Martin Pospisil
Blake Coleman — Morgan Frost — Matt Coronato
Joel Farabee — Yegor Sharangovich — Connor Zary
Ryan Lomberg — Kevin Rooney — Adam Klapka

Kevin Bahl — Rasmus Andersson
Joel Hanley — MacKenzie Weegar
Jake Bean — Brayden Pachal

Dan Vladar
Dustin Wolf

Scratched: Daniil Miromanov, Dryden Hunt

Injured: Mikael Backlund (upper body)

Status report:

The Flames did not hold a morning skate after a 6-2 loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. … Zary is expected to play after completing a two-game suspension from the NHL Department of Player Safety for elbowing Vancouver Canucks defenseman Elias Pettersson on March 12.

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Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Will Cuylle
Alexis Lafreniere — J.T. Miller — Mika Zibanejad
Chris Kreider — Sam Carrick — Juuso Parssinen
Brett Berard — Jonny Brodzinski — Matt Rempe

K’Andre Miller — Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen — Adam Fox
Zac Jones — Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Brennan Othmann, Calvin de Haan, Carson Soucy

Injured: Adam Edstrom (lower body), Arthur Kaliyev (upper body)

Status report:

The Rangers announced Kaliyev, a forward, will not return this season.

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