Rangers at Maple Leafs preview

RANGERS (15-13-5) at MAPLE LEAFS (23-10-2)
7 p.m. ET; NHLN, CBC, SN, SN1, MSG, NHL.TV

Goalie Frederik Andersen will make his seventh straight start for the Maple Leafs, who have outscored their opponents 13-3 in their past two games. Toronto will be without Zach Hyman, who will miss at least three weeks with an ankle injury sustained on Tuesday against the New Jersey Devils.
The Rangers, who have points in five of their past six games (2-1-3), have scored at least three goals in each of those games but have allowed at least four in six of their past seven.

Players to watch

Rangers forward Kevin Hayes has 10 points (four goals, six assists) during a five-game point streak.
Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews has six points (three goals, three assists) in his past two games and became the only Maple Leafs player since Wendel Clark in 1993-94 to score 19 goals in his first 21 games in the modern era (since 1943-44) with two goals in a 6-1 win against the Florida Panthers on Thursday.

They said it

"Discipline and not forcing things that are not there. They're a team you compare them to maybe Tampa Bay, if you make a mistake they're pretty fast to expose you. It's a game where patience will be extremely important and puck management I think." -- Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist
"If you look after the puck, we're a team that can have a lot of success so that's got to be a priority here for us tonight playing a good Rangers team. We really believe if we can get rolling around in the offensive zone that we have enough weapons and skill that we're going to hurt you." -- Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock

Rangers projected lineup

Filip Chytil -- Mika Zibanejad -- Mats Zuccarello
Chris Kreider -- Kevin Hayes -- Pavel Buchnevich
Jimmy Vesey -- Brett Howden -- Vladislav Namestnikov
Boo Nieves -- Lias Andersson -- Ryan Strome
Marc Staal -- Neal Pionk
Brendan Smith -- Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei -- Adam McQuaid
Alexandar Georgiev
Henrik Lundqvist
Scratched: Fredrik Claesson
Injured: Cody McLeod (broken hand), Jesper Fast (upper body), Kevin Shattenkirk (separated shoulder)

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Andreas Johnsson -- John Tavares -- Mitchell Marner
Patrick Marleau -- Auston Matthews -- Kasperi Kapanen
Connor Brown -- Nazem Kadri -- William Nylander
Par Lindholm -- Frederik Gauthier -- Tyler Ennis
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner -- Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott -- Martin Marincin
Frederik Andersen
Garret Sparks
Scratched:Justin Holl
Injured: Zach Hyman (ankle), Igor Ozhiganov (illness)

Status report

Rangers coach David Quinn said Friday that Shattenkirk has not started skating but is "getting closer." … The Rangers did not hold a morning skate. … Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said Ozhiganov is sick and could not get through the extra work he was given this morning.

Stat pack

Namestnikov has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past five games. … Buchnevich had a five-game point streak end on Tuesday in a 3-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks. He had six points (three goals, three assists) during the streak. … Zibanejad has four points (two goals, two assists) during a three-game point streak. … Rielly has seven points (one goal, six assists) during a three-game point streak. … Tavares has five points (four goals, one assist) during a three-game point streak.