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RANGERS (18-7-3) at COYOTES (5-20-2)

Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Dryden Hunt
Alexis Lafreniere -- Filip Chytil -- Julien Gauthier
Kevin Rooney -- Barclay Goodrow -- Ryan Reaves
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Patrik Nemeth -- Libor Hajek
Keith Kinkaid
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched:Greg McKegg
Injured:Nils Lundkvist (non-COVID illness), Igor Shesterkin (lower body)
Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Travis Boyd -- Phil Kessel
Lawson Crouse -- Nick Schmaltz -- Christian Fischer
Antoine Roussel -- Barrett Hayton -- Loui Eriksson
Andrew Ladd -- Alex Galchenyuk - - Liam O'Brien
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Dysin Mayo
Kyle Capobianco -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Cam Dineen -- J.J. Moser
Scott Wedgewood
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched:Anton Stralman
Injured:Jay Beagle (lower body) Ryan Dzingel (upper body), Johan Larsson (lower body), Carter Hutton (lower body), Jakob Chychrun (upper body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. ... Kinkaid is likely to make his season debut after Georgiev made 27 saves in a 4-2 loss at the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday. ... Shesterkin is on the road trip but the goalie's return remains uncertain. ... Chychrun will be out at least one week after the defenseman was injured in a 3-1 loss to the Florida Panthers on Dec. 10. ... Moser, recalled from Tucson of the American Hockey League, will make his NHL debut. ... Hutton, a goalie out since Oct. 14, is practicing but his return is undetermined.