The New York Rangers take on the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups, sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents and others.
RANGERS (51-21-4) at RED WINGS (37-30-8)
7 p.m. ET; MSGSN, BSDETX, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS
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 — Matt Rempe
Ryan Lindgren — Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller — Jacob Trouba
Erik Gustafsson — Braden Schneider
Jonathan Quick
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: Jonny Brodzinski, Chad Ruhwedel, Zac Jones
Injured: None
Status report
- Quick is expected to start; Shesterkin started five of the past six games.
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Red Wings projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat – Dylan Larkin — Patrick Kane
David Perron — J.T. Compher — Lucas Raymond
Michael Rasmussen — Andrew Copp — Christian Fischer
Robby Fabbri — Austin Czarnik — Joe Veleno
Ben Chiarot — Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson — Jeff Petry
Jake Walman — Shayne Gostisbehere
Alex Lyon
James Reimer
Scratched: Justin Holl, Olli Maatta, Daniel Sprong
Injured: Ville Husso (lower body)
Status report
- Edvinsson will remain in the lineup despite the return of Walman, who returned for a 4-2 win at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday after missing six games with a lower-body injury.
- Maatta, a defenseman, will be scratched for a second consecutive game.
- Lyon will make his fifth start in six games.
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