Projected Lineups for the Hurricanes vs Rangers – Game 5

The Carolina Hurricanes take on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden tonight for Game 5 of their second-round series. Here are the projected/expected lineups, sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

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(2M) HURRICANES at (1M) RANGERS

Eastern Conference Second Round, Game 5

New York leads best-of-7 series 3-1

7 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS, CBC

Hurricanes projected lineup

Jake Guentzel — Sebastian Aho — Andrei Svechnikov

Jordan Martinook — Jack Drury — Martin Necas

Teuvo Teravainen — Jordan Staal — Seth Jarvis

Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Stefan Noesen

Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns

Brady Skjei — Tony DeAngelo

Dmitry Orlov — Jalen Chatfield

Frederik Andersen

Pyotr Kochetkov

Scratched: Jackson Blake, Brendan Lemieux, Maxime Comtois, Scott Morrow, Bradly Nadeau, Spencer Martin, Dylan Coghlan, Ryan Suzuki, Ronan Seeley

Injured: Jesper Fast (upper body), Brett Pesce (lower body)

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• Rangers’ Keys to Winning Game 5 vs. Hurricanes
• The Importance of Brady Skjei’s Power-Play Goal for Hurricanes
• Hurricanes Hold Off Rangers in Game 4 to Avoid Elimination

Rangers projected lineup

Chris Kreider — Mika Zibanejad — Jack Roslovic

Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere

Will Cuylle — Alex Wennberg — Kaapo Kakko

Jimmy Vesey — Barclay Goodrow — Jonny Brodzinski

Ryan Lindgren — Adam Fox

K’Andre Miller — Braden Schneider

Erik Gustafsson — Jacob Trouba

Igor Shesterkin

Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Zac Jones, Chad Ruhwedel, Louis Domingue, Adam Edstrom, Matt Rempe

Injured: Blake Wheeler (lower body), Filip Chytil (illness)

Status report

• Wheeler, a forward, has been medically cleared for contact and was in a regular jersey at the Rangers’ morning skate. Wheeler, who had been skating in a red noncontact jersey, has not played since sustaining his injury Feb. 15.
• Chytil, a forward, was on the ice for the morning skate after missing Game 4 with an undisclosed illness. Rangers coach Peter Laviolette was noncommittal on the lineup, but it doesn’t appear Chytil will play after the line rushes indicated there would be no changes.

More from THW:

• Rangers’ Keys to Winning Game 5 vs. Hurricanes
• Rangers’ Minor Moves That Helped Them Become NHL’s Best Team
• Hurricanes Hold Off Rangers in Game 4 to Avoid Elimination

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