Rangers at Islanders

RANGERS (3-2-2) at ISLANDERS (2-4-0)

Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck --
Alexis Lafreniere
Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Julien Gauthier
Sammy Blais -- Ryan Carpenter -- Ryan Reaves
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Libor Hajek -- Braden Schneider
Jaroslav Halak
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched:Zac Jones
Injured:Filip Chytil (upper body), Vitali Kravtsov(upper body)
Islanders projected lineup
Josh Bailey -- Mathew Barzal - Oliver Wahlstrom
Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Anthony Beauvillier
Zach Parise -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Kyle Palmieri
Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov -- Noah Dobson
Sebastian Aho -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Kieffer Bellows, Ross Johnston, Nikita Soshnikov
Injured: None
Status report
Chytil will miss his second straight game after he was injured in the first period of a 5-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday. … Islanders coach Lane Lambert reconfigured his forward lines during practice Tuesday. He moved Bailey and Wahlstrom onto the first line with Barzal, and shifted Parise and Palmieri onto Pageau's line. ... Halak will start after Shesterkin made 42 saves in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday. ... Gauthier was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Wednesday and will play for Kravtsov, who is day to day.