Rangers at Avalanche

RANGERS (13-10-5) at AVALANCHE (13-10-1)

Rangers projected lineup
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Filip Chytil -- Barclay Goodrow
Chris Kreider -- Vincent Trocheck -- Jimmy Vesey
Sammy Blais -- Jonny Brodzinski -- Julien Gauthier
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Libor Hajek -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Ben Harpur, Ryan Carpenter, Vitali Kravtsov
Injured: None
Avalanche projected lineup
Alex Newhook -- Mikko Rantanen -- Valeri Nichushkin
Andrew Cogliano -- J.T. Compher -- Logan O'Connor
Dryden Hunt -- Ben Meyers -- Charles Hudon
Jean-Luc Foudy -- Callahan Burke -- Jacob MacDonald
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Andreas Englund
Brad Hunt
-- Erik Johnson
Alexandar Georgiev
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: None
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Darren Helm (hip), Bowen Byram (lower body), Shane Bowers (upper body), Kurtis MacDermid (lower body), Evan Rodrigues (lower body), Nathan MacKinnon (upper body), Artturi Lehkonen (concussion), Josh Manson (lower body)
Status report
The Rangers held an optional morning skate Friday. … Coach Gerard Gallant said there would be no lineup changes following a 5-1 win at the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday. ... Nicushkin did not take part in the Avalanche morning skate but could return after missing 17 games with a lower-body injury. ... Georgiev will make his sixth start in seven games.