Devils at Rangers

DEVILS (14-22-6) at RANGERS (21-16-6)

Devils projected lineup
Janne Kuokkanen -- Jack Hughes -- Yegor Sharangovich
Miles Wood -- Nico Hischier -- Nick Merkley
Andreas Johnsson -- Michael McLeod -- Nathan Bastian
Mikhail Maltsev -- Jesper Boqvist --
Tyce Thompson
Ty Smith -- P.K. Subban
Ryan Murray -- Damon Severson
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Will Butcher
Aaron Dell
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Scott Wedgewood, Marian Studenic
Injured: Pavel Zacha (lower body), Jesper Bratt (lower body)
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Colin Blackwell
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Brett Howden -- Kevin Rooney -- Vitali Kravtsov
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Libor Hajek -- Brendan Smith
Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Julien Gauthier, Phillip Di Giuseppe, Anthony Bitetto, Zac Jones
Injured: None
Status report
Bastian will return after missing 15 games with a lower-body injury. … Hughes (non-COVID-19 illness) and Subban (maintenance) did not practice Friday. ... Bratt, a forward, will miss his second straight game and Zacha, a center, his third; each is day to day. … Shesterkin will make his third straight start against the Devils in six days. ... Panarin and Smith each took a maintenance day Friday but each is expected to play.