Projected Lineups for the Rangers vs Devils – 12/23/24

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

RANGERS (16-16-1) at DEVILS (22-11-3)

1 p.m. ET; MSGSN, MSG

Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider — Filip Chytil — Will Cuylle
Reilly Smith — Mika Zibanejad — Brett Berard
Adam Edstrom — Sam Carrick — Jimmy Vesey

Ryan Lindgren — Adam Fox
Braden Schneider — Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen — Chad Ruhwedel

Jonathan Quick
Igor Shesterkin

Scratched: Jonny Brodzinski, Zac Jones

Injured: K’Andre Miller (upper body)

Suspended: Matt Rempe

Status report:

Rempe, a forward, received an eight-game suspension on Sunday for boarding and elbowing Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen on Dec. 20.

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Devils projected lineup

Paul Cotter — Jack Hughes — Dawson Mercer
Timo Meier — Nico Hischier — Stefan Noesen
Ondrej Palat — Erik Haula — Jesper Bratt
Tomas Tatar — Justin Dowling — Nathan Bastian

Brenden Dillon — Dougie Hamilton
Jonas Siegenthaler — Johnathan Kovacevic
Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce

Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen

Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid

Injured: Curtis Lazar (knee), Santeri Hatakka (shoulder)

Status report

The Devils assigned defenseman Colton White to Utica of the American Hockey League on Sunday.

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