Rangers at Canadiens

RANGERS (21-12-6) at CANADIENS (15-20-3)

Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Vitali Kravtsov
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil -- Jimmy Vesey
Sammy Blais -- Barclay Goodrow -- Julien Gauthier
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Harpur -- Braden Schneider
Jaroslav Halak
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: Libor Hajek, Jonny Brodzinski, Gustav Rydahl
Injured: None
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Anderson
Evgenii Dadonov -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta -- Jonathan Drouin -- Anthony Richard
Joel Edmundson -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Arber Xhekaj -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Mike Hoffman, Justin Barron
Injured: Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (leg), Sean Monahan (lower body), Mike Matheson (upper body)
Status report
Brodzinski, a forward, did not take part in the Rangers' morning skate Thursday because his wife went into labor. ... Rydahl, a forward, was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Thursday. … Halak will make his second start in three games. … Gallagher, a forward, will not play because of the same injury that sidelined him for 13 games from Dec. 1-28. ... Allen will start for the fifth time in seven games.