Rangers at Hurricanes

RANGERS (26-10-4) at HURRICANES (26-8-2)

Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome --
Alexis Lafreniere
Barclay Goodrow -- Filip Chytil -- Julien Gauthier
Dryden Hunt -- Kevin Rooney -- Ryan Reaves
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Patrik Nemeth -- Braden Schneider
Alexandar Georgiev
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: Libor Hajek, Jarred Tinordi, Greg McKegg
Injured: None
Hurricanes projected lineup
Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov -- Vincent Trocheck -- Nino Niederreiter
Steven Lorentz - Jordan Staal - Jesper Fast
Josh Leivo -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Derek Stepan
Jaccob Slavin - Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Ian Cole - Brendan Smith
Frederik Andersen
Jack LaFontaine
Scratched: Ethan Bear
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Martin Necas , Jordan Martinook
Status report
The Rangers held an optional morning skate Friday. ... Georgiev will make his first start since a 3-1 loss at the Los Angeles Kings on Jan. 10. … Leivo has been activated from the taxi squad and will replace Martinook, a forward.