Projected Lineups for Lightning vs Rangers – 4/7/25

The Tampa Bay Lightning take on the New York Rangers today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

LIGHTNING (44-26-6) at RANGERS (36-33-7)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, MSG, TVAS

Lightning projected lineup

Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nick Paul
Oliver Bjorkstrand — Yanni Gourde — Gage Goncalves
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening

Victor Hedman — JJ Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Nick Perbix
Darren Raddysh

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Cam Atkinson, Mitchell Chaffee

Injured: None

Status report:

The Lightning are using the same 11 forwards and seven defensemen they’ve used the past two games. It’s the eighth straight game they’ll use 11 forwards and seven defensemen.

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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 — Matt Rempe

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

Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick

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

Injured: None

Status Report:

Rempe will return after missing four games with an upper-body injury. … K’Andre Miller is a game-time decision, Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said. Miller missed practice Sunday because of an illness and didn’t participate in an optional morning skate. If he can’t play, Jones, a defenseman, is the likeliest candidate to replace him.

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