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RANGERS (22-20-3) at CANADIENS (22-19-4)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, MSG, NHLN

Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere

Will Cuylle -- Mika Zibanejad -- Reilly Smith

Chris Kreider -- Filip Chytil -- Arthur Kaliyev

Adam Edstrom -- Sam Carrick -- Matt Rempe

Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox

K’Andre Miller -- Will Borgen

Urho Vaakanainen -- Braden Schneider

Jonathan Quick

Igor Shesterkin

Scratched: Zac Jones, Jimmy Vesey, Jonny Brodzinski

Injured: None

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky

Alex Newhook -- Kirby Dach -- Patrik Laine

Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher

Owen Beck -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia

Lane Hutson -- Mike Matheson

Kaiden Guhle -- Alexandre Carrier

Arber Xhekaj -- David Savard

Jakub Dobes

Sam Montembeault

Scratched: Jayden Struble, Michael Pezzetta

Injured: Emil Heineman (upper body)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. … Quick will start after Shesterkin made 27 saves for his second shutout of the season in a 1-0 shootout win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. … Dobes could make his first home start in the NHL after Montembeault made 27 saves in a 7-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. ... Beck enters Montreal's lineup for Pezzetta. The forward was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League.