Maple Leafs at Rangers preview

MAPLE LEAFS (28-18-7) at RANGERS (25-22-4)
7:30 p.m. ET; SN, MSG, NHL.TV

Andersen sustained a neck injury during the Maple Leafs' 5-3 loss to the Florida Panthers on Monday. The Maple Leafs recalled Kasimir Kaskisuo from Toronto of the American Hockey League to be Hutchinson's backup.
Hutchinson has won all four of his starts since Dec. 21 with a .948 save percentage (six goals on 116 shots).
Rookie goalie Igor Shesterkin will start for the Rangers after being scratched the past two games. He is 3-1-0 with a 2.51 goals-against average and .927 save percentage in four starts this season.
Forward Chris Kreider will be a game-time decision for the Rangers with an upper-body injury. Kreider didn't play in New York's 5-3 loss to the Dallas Stars on Monday.

Players to watch

Maple Leafs forward William Nylander has 10 points (six goals, four assists) in an eight-game point streak.
Rangers forward Kaapo Kakko had an assist Monday, his first point in 11 games. He could play on the top line against Toronto.

They said it

"[Hutchinson] is 4-0 in his last four starts, his numbers have been excellent and we haven't played always defensive gems in front of him either. He's made some really good saves and faced a lot of high-end chances and has been there for us. In that sense, the confidence is there." -- Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe
"If you look at our last stretch here of six or seven games, we just haven't been that productive 5-on-5. We're really relying on our power play." -- Rangers coach David Quinn

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Zach Hyman -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Alex Kerfoot -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Andreas Johnsson -- Pierre Engvall -- Kasperi Kapanen
Trevor Moore -- Jason Spezza -- Dmytro Timashov
Jake Muzzin -- Justin Holl
Travis Dermott -- Tyson Barrie
Rasmus Sandin
-- Cody Ceci
Michael Hutchinson
Kasimir Kaskisuo
Scratched:Frederik Gauthier, Martin Marincin
Injured: Frederik Andersen (neck), Ilya Mikheyev (wrist), Morgan Rielly (foot)

Rangers projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Filip Chytil -- Jesper Fast
Phillip Di Giuseppe -- Ryan Strome -- Pavel Buchnevich
Brett Howden -- Greg McKegg -- Brendan Lemieux
Ryan Lindgren -- Jacob Trouba
Marc Staal -- Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei -- Adam Fox
Igor Shesterkin
Henrik Lundqvist
Scratched: Micheal Haley, Alexandar Georgiev, Brendan Smith
Injured: None

Status report

Spezza is expected to center the fourth line in place of Gauthier. … Zibanejad (illness), Fox (maintenance) and McKegg (maintenance) didn't practice Tuesday but are expected to play Wednesday. … Strome had been playing with Panarin and Fast, but Quinn said he could put Chytil in that spot against the Maple Leafs.

Stat pack

The Rangers lead the NHL with 139 points (38 goals, 101 assists) from defensemen. … The Maple Leafs lead the League in scoring from forwards with 392 points (172 goals, 220 assists). … Since Dec. 27, the Rangers are first in the NHL on the power play at 40.5 percent (17-for-42 in 15 games). … New York has five 5-on-5 goals and nine power-play goals in its past six games.