Red Wings at Rangers

RED WINGS (22-22-6) at RANGERS (31-13-4)

Red Wings projected lineup
Filip Zadina -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Robby Fabbri -- Pius Suter -- Tyler Bertuzzi
Joe Veleno -- Michael Rasmussen -- Adam Erne
Givani Smith -- Gemel Smith -- Sam Gagner
Danny DeKeyser -- Moritz Seider
Marc Staal -- Troy Stecher
Nick Leddy -- Filip Hronek
Alex Nedeljkovic
Thomas Greiss
Scratched: Jordan Oesterle
Injured: Mitchell Stephens (lower body), Carter Rowney (lower body), Vladislav Namestnikov (undisclosed), Gustav Lindstrom (undisclosed)
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad --
Alexis Lafreniere
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Barclay Goodrow
Dryden Hunt -- Filip Chytil -- Julien Gauthier
Greg McKegg -- Kevin Rooney -- Ryan Reaves
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Zac Jones -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Morgan Barron, Libor Hajek, Patrik Nemeth
Injured: Kaapo Kakko (upper body)
Status report
Namestnikov will be a game-time decision after the forward missed a 7-4 loss at the Minnesota Wild on Monday. ... Hronek is available after being removed from COVID-19 protocol. … Lindstrom did not make the trip to New York; Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said Wednesday he hoped the defenseman's condition is day to day. … Zibanejad (maintenance) did not practice Wednesday. … The Rangers are expected to keep Jones and Schneider on the third defense pair; Jones replaced Nemeth for a 2-1 shootout win against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.