Rangers at Flyers

RANGERS (24-10-4) at FLYERS (13-16-7)

Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Filip Chytil
Greg McKegg -- Kevin Rooney --
Ryan Reaves
Tim Gettinger -- Morgan Barron --
Julien Gauthier
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Patrik Nemeth -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Libor Hajek, Jarred Tinordi, Jonny Brodzinski
Injured: Sammy Blais (knee), Dryden Hunt (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Barclay Goodrow , Alexis Lafreniere
Flyers projected lineup
Joel Farabee -- Claude Giroux -- Cam Atkinson
James van Riemsdyk -- Kevin Hayes --
Gerry Mayhew
Oskar Lindblom -- Scott Laughton -- Travis Konecny
Jackson Cates -- Morgan Frost -- Zack MacEwen
Ivan Provorov -- Justin Braun
Cam York
-- Travis Sanheim
Keith Yandle -- Nick Seeler
Carter Hart
Martin Jones
Scratched:Kevin Connauton, Rasmus Ristolainen
Injured: Ryan Ellis (lower body), Sean Couturier (upper body), Derick Brassard (hip), Nate Thompson (shoulder)
Status report
Gerard Gallant will coach the Rangers after missing two games in NHL COVID-19 protocol; Kris Knobaluch, who took Gallant's place, returned to his role as coach of Hartford of the American Hockey League. ... Reaves and Gauthier each was removed from COVID-19 protocol, as was assistant Mike Kelly. Assistant Gord Murphy entered COVID-19 protocol. ... New York forward
Anthony Greco
, who made his season debut in a 3-0 win at the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, was assigned to the taxi squad. ... The Rangers sent forward
Lauri Pajuniemi
to the AHL on Friday. ... Ristolainen was removed from COVID-19 protocol Saturday but will not play. ... The Flyers assigned forward
Max Willman
to Lehigh Valley of the AHL.