Blackhawks at Rangers

BLACKHAWKS (6-12-4) at RANGERS (11-9-5)

Blackhawks projected lineup
Andreas Athanasiou -- Jonathan Toews -- Patrick Kane
Philipp Kurashev -- Max Domi -- Taylor Raddysh
Jujhar Khaira -- Jason Dickinson -- Colin Blackwell
Boris Katchouk -- MacKenzie Entwistle -- Reese Johnson
Jack Johnson -- Seth Jones
Filip Roos -- Connor Murphy
Jake McCabe -- Caleb Jones
Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: None
Injured: Alex Stalock (concussion), Tyler Johnson (ankle), Sam Lafferty (upper body), Jarred Tinordi (hip)
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Jimmy Vesey
Artemi Panarin -- Filip Chytil -- Vitali Kravtsov
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Vincent Trocheck -- Kaapo Kakko
Sammy Blais -- Barclay Goodrow -- Julien Gauthier
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Braden Schneider
Libor Hajek -- Jacob Trouba
Jaroslav Halak
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched:Ryan Carpenter, Jonny Brodzinski, Ben Harpur
Injured: None
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Saturday. ... The Blackhawks practiced at Madison Square Garden on Friday using the same lines as they did in a 5-4 home loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. … Halak is expected to start after Shesterkin made 34 saves in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Ottawa Senators on Friday. ... An unnamed Rangers forward will be a game-time decision; Brodzinski, a forward, and Harpur, a defenseman, were recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Saturday, ,,, Defenseman Zac Jones was assigned to Hartford.