CANADIENS (22-23-8) at RANGERS (34-16-3)
7 p.m. ET; MSG, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Tanner Pearson -- Jake Evans -- Brendan Gallagher
Joshua Roy -- Alex Newhook -- Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta -- Brandon Gignac -- Joel Armia
Mike Matheson -- Kaiden Guhle
Jayden Struble -- David Savard
Arber Xhekaj -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Cayden Primeau, Jesse Ylonen
Injured: Raphael Harvey-Pinard (lower body), Jordan Harris (upper body)
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Blake Wheeler
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle -- Jonny Brodzinski -- Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Adam Edstrom
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Erik Gustafsson -- Braden Schneider
Jonathan Quick
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: Zac Jones, Alex Belzile
Injured: None
Status report
Gallagher will return after serving a five-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of New York Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech during a 4-3 win on Jan. 25. … Montembeault will start for the first time in three games after Primeau made 13 saves in a 5-0 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday. ... Quick will start after Shesterkin started the previous two games. ... Belzile, a forward, was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Wednesday but is not expected to play.
