Rangers at Red Wings

RANGERS (6-5-3) at RED WINGS (7-3-3)

Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Jimmy Vesey
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Vitali Kravtsov
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Sammy Blais -- Ryan Carpenter -- Barclay Goodrow
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Zac Jones -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Ryan Reaves, Libor Hajek
Injured: Julien Gauthier (upper body)
Red Wings projected lineup
Lucas Raymond -- Dylan Larkin -- Pius Suter
Dominik Kubalik -- David Perron -- Andrew Copp
Adam Erne -- Michael Rasmussen -- Austin Czarnik
Jonatan Berggren
-- Joe Veleno - Givani Smith
Moritz Seider -- Ben Chiarot
Filip Hronek -- Olli Maatta
Jordan Oesterle -- Gustav Lindstrom
Ville Husso
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Robert Hagg
Injured: Jake Walman (shoulder), Robby Fabbri (knee), Tyler Bertuzzi (upper body), Oskar Sundqvist (upper body), Filip Zadina (leg), Elmer Soderblom (undisclosed), Matt Luff (upper body)
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate Thursday. ... Lindgren will return after missing two games with an upper-body injury. ... Shesterkin will make his sixth start in seven games. ... Berggren will make his NHL debut in place of Soderblom, a forward.