Projected Lineups for the Rangers vs Canadiens – 1/19/25

The New York Rangers take on the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

RANGERS (22-20-3) at CANADIENS (22-19-4)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, MSG, NHLN

Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle — Mika Zibanejad — Reilly Smith
Chris Kreider — Filip Chytil — Arthur Kaliyev
Adam Edstrom — Sam Carrick — Matt Rempe

Ryan Lindgren — Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller — Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen — Braden Schneider

Jonathan Quick
Igor Shesterkin

Scratched: Zac Jones, Jimmy Vesey, Jonny Brodzinski

Injured: None

Status report

Neither team will hold a morning skate. … Quick could start after Shesterkin made 27 saves for his second shutout of the season in a 1-0 shootout win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.

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Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Kirby Dach — Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta — Jake Evans — Joel Armia

Lane Hutson — Mike Matheson
Kaiden Guhle — Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard

Jakub Dobes
Sam Montembeault

Scratched: Jayden Struble

Injured: Emil Heineman (upper body)

Status report

Chabot is questionable to return; the defenseman took a puck to the face in a 2-0 win at the New York Islanders on Tuesday.

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