Rangers at Wild

RANGERS (1-0-0) at WILD (0-0-0)

Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck --
Alexis Lafreniere
Jimmy Vesey -- Filip Chytil -- Barclay Goodrow
Dryden Hunt -- Ryan Carpenter -- Ryan Reaves
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Zac Jones -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Libor Hajek
Injured: Sammy Blais (upper body), Vitali Kravtsov (upper body)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Tyson Jost -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno
Frederick Gaudreau -- Sam Steel -- Matt Boldy
Connor Dewar -- Marco Rossi -- Brandon Duhaime
Alex Goligoski -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Jake Middleton -- Calen Addison
Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Andrej Sustr
Injured: Jordan Greenway (upper body), Jon Merrill (upper body)
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate Thursday. ... The Rangers play the first game of a back-to-back, visiting the Winnipeg Jets on Friday. … Blais took part in the optional skate but will not play; the forward could play Friday. … Kravstov, a forward, did not make the two-game road trip. … Hunt will make his season debut. … Greenway, a forward, and Merrill, a defenseman, are progressing, but neither is close to an immediate return.