RANGERS (4-0-1) at CANADIENS (2-3-1)
7:15 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, MSG
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Reilly Smith
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle -- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Adam Edstrom -- Sam Carrick -- Jonny Brodzinski
K’Andre Miller -- Adam Fox
Braden Schneider -- Jacob Trouba
Ryan Lindgren -- Victor Mancini
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Matt Rempe, Zac Jones, Chad Ruhwedel
Injured: Jimmy Vesey (lower body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach
Alex Newhook -- Oliver Kapanen -- Joel Armia
Josh Anderson -- Jake Evans -- Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta -- Christian Dvorak -- Emil Heineman
Mike Matheson -- Justin Barron
Lane Hutson -- Logan Mailloux
Jayden Struble-- David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Arber Xhekaj
Injured: Juraj Slafkovsky (upper body), Kaiden Guhle (upper body), Patrik Laine (knee), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (broken leg)
Status report
Lindgren will make his season debut wearing a clear full face shield he has used since he began practicing last week. He missed the start of the season after sustaining an upper-body injury Sept. 22. … Slafkovsky, a forward, will be out one week and will be re-evaluated then. … Dach will move to the wing on the top line, and Kapanen will move from wing to center in place of Dach on the second line. … Pezzetta will make his season debut. … Xhekaj, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch for a second straight game.
