Rangers at Bruins

RANGERS (10-12-3) at BRUINS (14-6-4)

Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Julien Gauthier
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Brendan Lemieux -- Brett Howden -- Kevin Rooney
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Libor Hajek -- Brendan Smith
Keith Kinkaid
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Jack Johnson, Phillip Di Giuseppe, Colin Blackwell
Injured: Igor Shesterkin (groin strain)
Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Anders Bjork -- David Krejci -- Nick Ritchie
Trent Frederic -- Charlie Coyle -- Craig Smith
Sean Kuraly -- Jack Studnicka -- Chris Wagner
Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Urho Vaakanainen -- Connor Clifton
Jarred Tinordi -- Jakub Zboril
Jaroslav Halak
Dan Vladar
Scratched:Steven Kampfer , John Moore, Greg McKegg
Injured: Zach Senyshyn (upper body), Tuukka Rask (undisclosed), Ondrej Kase (upper body), Brandon Carlo (upper body), Jeremy Lauzon (fractured hand), Kevan Miller (knee)
COVID-19 protocol: Jake DeBrusk
Status report
Panarin, a forward, will return from a nine-game personal leave of absence. … Kinkaid will make his second start in three games. ... Marchand, who did not practice Friday, is expected to play ... DeBrusk, a forward, entered COVID-19 protocol Saturday. ... Senyshyn, a forward, will miss some time after sustaining an injury in his NHL season debut Thursday; Wagner will replace him. … Halak makes his third straight start. ... Rask remains day-to-day.