Rangers at Penguins

RANGERS (10-10-3) at PENGUINS (14-9-1)

Rangers projected lineup
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich
Chris Kreider -- Ryan Strome -- Kaapo Kakko
Kevin Rooney -- Filip Chytil -- Julien Gauthier
Phillip Di Giuseppe -- Brett Howden -- Colin Blackwell
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Jack Johnson -- Brendan Smith
Keith Kinkaid
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Artemi Panarin, Jonny Brodzinski , Brendan Lemieux, Libor Hajek
Injured: Igor Shesterkin (groin strain)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Evan Rodrigues -- Evgeni Malkin -- Kasperi Kapanen
Zach Aston-Reese -- Teddy Blueger -- Brandon Tanev
Colton Sceviour -- Mark Jankowski -- Anthony Angello
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Mike Matheson -- Cody Ceci
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Chad Ruhwedel, Sam Lafferty
Injured: Jason Zucker (lower body), Juuso Riikola (upper body), Mark Friedman (upper body), Jared McCann (upper body)
Status report
Kinkaid will make his first start for the Rangers; he made 16 saves on 18 shots in relief of Georgiev in his New York debut, a 5-1 loss at Pittsburgh on Sunday. … The Rangers could make other lineup changes. … McCann, who is day to day, will not play after the forward was injured during the second period Sunday. … Sceviour returns after missing two games in COVID-19 protocol. ... Angello was recalled from the taxi squad and will play.