The New York Rangers take on the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
RANGERS (32-28-6) at BLUE JACKETS (31-26-8)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, MSG
Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Will Cuylle
Alexis Lafreniere — J.T. Miller — Mika Zibanejad
Chris Kreider — Sam Carrick — Brett Berard
Brennan Othmann — Jonny Brodzinski — Matt Rempe
K’Andre Miller — Adam Fox
Urho Vaakanainen — Will Borgen
Braden Schneider — Zac Jones
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Calvin de Haan, Juuso Parssinen, Carson Soucy
Injured: Adam Edstrom (lower body), Arthur Kaliyev (upper body)
Status report
Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said Fox is “trending” to return after missing eight games with an upper-body injury; Fox practiced with the top power-play unit during the New York morning skate. … If Fox plays, Soucy, a defenseman, likely will come out.
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Blue Jackets projected lineup
Dmitri Voronkov — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Kent Johnson — Boone Jenner — Yego Chinakhov
James van Riemsdyk — Justin Danforth — Mathieu Olivier
Zach Aston-Reese — Sean Kuraly — Luke Kunin
Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Ivan Provorov
Jack Johnson — Damon Severson
Daniil Tarasov
Jet Greaves
Scratched: Jordan Harris, Christian Fischer, Elvis Merzlikins
Injured: Cole Sillinger (upper body), Erik Gudbranson (upper body), Sean Monahan (wrist), Jake Christensen (upper body)
Status report
Merzlikins, a goalie, is away from the team awaiting the birth of his second child; Greaves is on an emergency recall from Cleveland of the American Hockey League and will back up Tarasov. … Chinakhov returns after being scratched for a 4-0 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday; he replaces Fischer, a forward. … Christiansen, a defenseman, was injured against the Golden Knights and will be replaced by Jack Johnson, who was scratched the past nine games.
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