Rangers at Devils

RANGERS (19-16-6) at DEVILS (14-20-6)

Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Colin Blackwell
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Kevin Rooney -- Brett Howden -- Vitali Kravtsov
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Libor Hajek -- Brendan Smith
Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Julien Gauthier, Phillip Di Giuseppe
Injured: None
Devils projected lineup
Janne Kuokkanen -- Jack Hughes -- Yegor Sharangovich
Miles Wood -- Nico Hischier -- Jesper Bratt
Andreas Johnsson -- Jesper Boqvist --
Marian Studenic
Mikhail Maltsev -- Michael McLeod --
Tyce Thompson
Ty Smith -- Damon Severson
Will Butcher -- P.K. Subban
Ryan Murray -- Jonas Siegenthaler
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Aaron Dell, Nick Merkley
Injured: Nathan Bastian (lower body), Pavel Zacha (undisclosed)
Status report
Kreider and Panarin each is expected to play after not practicing Monday. ... Hischier will return after missing 24 games with a sinus fracture. ... Siegenthaler will make his Devils debut after being acquired in a trade with the Washington Capitals on Sunday. ... Bastian practiced a second straight day Tuesday but the forward will miss his 14th straight game. ... Zacha, a center, was scheduled to meet with doctors Tuesday to determine the extent of an injury sustained in the second period of a 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday.