Devils at Rangers

DEVILS (4-3-2) at RANGERS (4-6-3)

Devils projected lineup
Andreas Johnsson -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt
Janne Kuokkanen -- Yegor Sharangovich -- Kyle Palmieri
Mikhail Maltsev -- Pavel Zacha -- Nick Merkley
Miles Wood -- Michael McLeod -- Nathan Bastian
Ryan Murray -- P.K. Subban
Ty Smith -- Damon Severson
Will Butcher -- Matt Tennyson
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched:Connor Carrick, Nikita Gusev, Eric Comrie, Aaron Dell
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Travis Zajac , Nico Hischier , Dmitry Kulikov
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Colin Blackwell
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Ryan Strome -- Kaapo Kakko
Phillip Di Giuseppe -- Brett Howden -- Pavel Buchnevich
Brendan Lemieux -- Kevin Rooney -- Julien Gauthier
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
Brendan Smith -- Jacob Trouba
Libor Hajek -- Anthony Bitetto
Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: None
Injured: K'Andre Miller (upper body), Artemi Panarin (lower body), Filip Chytil (upper body), Jack Johnson (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Filip Chytil
Status report
Gusev was removed from COVID-19 protocol and skated on his own Tuesday, but the forward will not play. ... Maltsev and Merkley will have to be recalled from the taxi squad in order to play. The Devils are expected to make transactional moves prior to the game. ... Panarin will miss his second straight game after the forward was injured against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday. ... Smith will replace Miller after missing four games with an upper-body injury.