Projected Lineups for the Rangers vs Devils – 4/5/25

The New York Rangers take on the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

RANGERS (36-32-7) at DEVILS (40-29-7)

12:30 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, SN, TVAS

Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Brennan Othmann
Gabe Perreault — J.T. Miller — Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle — Mika Zibanejad — Jonny Brodzinski
Chris Kreider — Sam Carrick — Brett Berard

Carson Soucy — Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller — Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen — Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Juuso Parssinen, Zac Jones, Calvin de Haan, Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Injured: Matt Rempe (upper body)

Status report:

Zibanejad did not practice Friday because of an illness; Parssinen took his spot, but the forward will be scratched if Zibanejad is healthy enough to play. … Rempe participated in full-contact drills and rotated with Berard at right wing on the fourth line in practice Friday, but Rangers coach Peter Laviolette wouldn’t indicate if Rempe is an option to play; the forward could miss his third straight game.

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Devils projected lineup

Stefan Noesen — Nico Hischier — Jesper Bratt
Erik Haula — Dawson Mercer — Timo Meier
Ondrej Palat — Justin Dowling — Tomas Tatar
Paul Cotter — Cody Glass — Daniel Sprong

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Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce
Brian Dumoulin — Jonathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon – Seamus Casey

Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen

Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Kurtis MacDermid, Nolan Foote, Curtis Lazar, Nathan Bastian, Simon Nemec

Injured: Dougie Hamilton (lower body)

Status report:

Glass practiced Friday and is expected to return after missing four games because of a lower-body injury. … Casey was recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League on Wednesday and will replace Nemec, a defenseman. … Tatar did not practice Thursday because of personal reasons; if he cannot play, Bastian, a forward will enter the lineup.

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