Projected Lineups for the Rangers vs Panthers – 4/14/25

The New York Rangers take on the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

RANGERS (37-36-7) at PANTHERS (47-29-4)

7 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MSG

Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Jonny Brodzinski
Will Cuylle — J.T. Miller — Mika Zibanejad
Chris Kreider — Juuso Parssinen — Alexis Lafreniere
Brett Berard — Sam Carrick — Matt Rempe

Carson Soucy — Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller — Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen — Matthew Robertson

Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Brennan Othmann, Gabe Perreault, Zac Jones, Calvin de Haan, Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Injured: Braden Schneider (upper body)

Status report:

The Rangers did not have a morning skate. … Robertson, who was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Sunday, will make his NHL debut. … Schneider, a defenseman, will miss the final two games of the regular season.

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Panthers projected lineup

Carter Verhaeghe — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Evan Rodrigues — Sam Bennett — Jesper Boqvist
Rasmus Asplund — Nico Sturm — Jesse Puljujarvi
A.J. Greer — Tomas Nosek — Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling — Uvis Balinskis
Jaycob Megna — Seth Jones
Dmitry Kulikov — Nate Schmidt

Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Brad Marchand, Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen, Mackie Samoskevich, Matt Kiersted, Niko Mikkola

Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body)

Suspended: Aaron Ekblad

Status Report:

Bennett (upper body) and Kulikov (upper body) will play. Bennett had missed four games, Kulikov 12 games. … The Panthers on Saturday signed top forward prospect Jack Devine to a three-year, entry-level contract that begins next season. Devine won two NCAA championships during his four seasons at the University of Denver.

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