Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Vitali Kravtsov
Alexis Lafreniere -- Filip Chytil -- Jimmy Vesey
Barclay Goodrow -- Jonny Brodzinski -- Julien Gauthier
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Harpur -- Braden Schneider
Jaroslav Halak
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: Libor Hajek, Sammy Blais
Injured: None
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Colin White
Eetu Luostarinen -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Nick Cousins -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
Ryan Lomberg -- Eric Staal -- Zac Dalpe
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Marc Staal -- Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Matt Kiersted
Injured: Anthony Duclair (Achilles tendon surgery), Patric Hornqvist (concussion), Chris Tierney (concussion)
Status report
Lafreniere will return after being a healthy scratch for the first time this season in a 2-1 shootout loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.
