RANGERS (24-8-1) at PANTHERS (20-12-2)
7 p.m. ET; BSFL, MSG 2, TVAS
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Blake Wheeler
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle -- Nick Bonino -- Jonny Brodzinski
Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Tyler Pitlick
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Erik Gustafsson -- Braden Schneider
Jonathan Quick
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: Zac Jones, Adam Edstrom
Injured: Kaapo Kakko (lower body), Filip Chytil (upper body)
Panthers projected lines
Evan Rodrigues -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Nick Cousins
Ryan Lomberg -- Kevin Stenlund -- Will Lockwood
Gustav Forsling – Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Brandon Montour
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Dmitry Kulikov
Sergei Bobrovsky
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Josh Mahura, Steven Lorentz, Jonah Gadjovich
Status report
Trouba will play after leaving in the second period of a 5-1 win against the Washington Capitals with an upper-body injury. ... Quick will start after Shesterkin started the past two games; Shesterkin likely will start at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. ... Edstrom, a forward, was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Thursday. … Bobrovsky will make his fourth straight start and seventh in eight games. ... Stolarz could start against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
