At the Rink: Rangers at Senators

OTTAWA – New York Rangers forward Rick Nash will not play Sunday against the Ottawa Senators (3 p.m. ET; MSG, RDS2, TSN5).

Coach Alain Vigneault said Nash, who is day-to-day, was injured blocking a shot in the Rangers' 4-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday, but expects him to play Monday against the Buffalo Sabres at Madison Square Garden.

"I think there's a good chance he'll be okay for [Monday]," Vigneault said. "We'll see how it goes here in the next 24 hours."

Forward Chris Kreider, who missed the game against the Hurricanes with neck spasms, will play against the Senators.

With Nash out, Kreider will play with center Derek Stepan and J.T. Miller. Mats Zuccarello will play on the left wing with center Derick Brassard and Jesper Fast.Goalie Henrik Lundqvist will start for the Rangers.

Senators forward Alex Chiasson will replace Milan Michalek against the Rangers. Michalek broke his finger in Ottawa's 5-2 loss to the New York Islanders on Friday and is out indefinitely.

Senators coach Dave Cameron said center Kyle Turris (lower body) and defenseman Marc Methot (lower body) will not play Sunday.

Goalie Craig Anderson will start for the Senators

Here are the projected lineups:

RANGERS

Mats Zuccarello – Derick Brassard – Jesper Fast

Chris Kreider – Derek Stepan – J.T. Miller

Oscar Lindberg – Kevin Hayes – Viktor Stalberg

Tanner Glass – Dominic Moore – Daniel Paille

Ryan McDonagh – Dan Girardi

Marc Staal – Dan Boyle

Keith Yandle – Kevin Klein

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath

Injured: Rick Nash (lower body)

SENATORS

Mike Hoffman – Mika Zibanejad – Bobby Ryan

Matt Puempel – Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Mark Stone

Curtis Lazar – Zack Smith – Alex Chiasson

Shane Prince – Max McCormick – Chris Neil

Mark Borowiecki – Erik Karlsson

Patrick Wiercioch – Cody Ceci

Jared Cowen – Chris Wideman

Craig Anderson

Andrew Hammond

Scratched: None

Injured: Kyle Turris (lower body), Marc Methot (lower body), Chris Phillips (back), Clarke MacArthur (concussion), Milan Michalek (broken finger).

Status report: Stepan will play his 400th NHL game. … Cameron said there are no timetables for the return of Methot or Turris.

Who's hot: Stepan has a goal and four assists in his past four games. … Miller has three goals in his past two games. … Zibanejad has two goals and three assists in his past four games. … Ryan has three goals and two assists in his past four games. … Karlsson has a goal and five assists in his past four games.