Rangers at Ducks

RANGERS (10-6-4) at DUCKS (5-13-1)

Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Jimmy Vesey
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Barclay Goodrow
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Sammy Blais -- Ryan Carpenter -- Julien Gauthier
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
Zac Jones -- Braden Schneider
Jaroslav Halak
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: Libor Hajek, Vitali Kravtsov
Injured: None
Ducks projected lineup
Adam Henrique -- Trevor Zegras -- Troy Terry
Frank Vatrano -- Ryan Strome -- Jakob Silfverberg
Max Jones -- Mason McTavish -- Brett Leason
Pavol Regenda -- Isac Lundestrom -- Sam Carrick
Cam Fowler -- Dmitry Kulikov
Simon Benoit -- John Klingberg
Colton White -- Kevin Shattenkirk
John Gibson
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: None
Injured: Max Comtois (lower body), Urho Vaakanainen (upper body), Jamie Drysdale (shoulder), Nathan Beaulieu (upper body), Derek Grant (upper body)
Status report
The Rangers traded forward Ryan Reaves to the Minnesota Wild for a fifth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft. ... Halak is expected to start after Shesterkin made 35 saves in a 5-3 win at the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. That is expected to be the Rangers only lineup change. ... The Ducks reassigned defenseman
Austin Strand
to San Diego of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. ... Comtois will miss his fifth consecutive game. The forward was expected to be with the team on its three-game road trip that concluded with a 3-1 loss at the St. Louis Blues on Monday, but he was sent home after the first game, a 3-2 loss at the Winnipeg Jets on Nov. 17, because he wasn't making progress in his recovery.