Rangers at Canadiens

RANGERS (35-19-9) at CANADIENS (26-33-5)

Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Patrick Kane
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Jonny Brodzinski
Niko Mikkola -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Harpur -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched:None
Injured:Ryan Lindgren (upper body), Tyler Motte (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Nick Suzuki -- Jesse Ylonen
Mike Hoffman -- Jonathan Drouin -- Josh Anderson
Anthony Richard -- Rem Pitlick -- Denis Gurianov
Michael Pezzetta -- Chris Tierney -- Alex Belzile
Mike Matheson -- David Savard
Kaiden Guhle -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Joel Edmundson -- Chris Wideman
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched:None
Injured:Cole Caufield (shoulder), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body), Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Sean Monahan (foot), Kirby Dach (lower body), Joel Armia (illness), Justin Barron (upper body), Christian Dvorak (lower body), Jordan Harris (lower body)
Status report
Miller returns after serving a three-game suspension. … Lindgren, a defenseman, wore a non-contact jersey while taking part in an optional morning skate. … Harris, a defenseman, and Dvorak, a forward, each will not play. … Richard was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League. … Barron, a defenseman, took part in the morning skate wearing a non-contact jersey.