Golden Knights at Rangers

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (29-17-3) at RANGERS (26-14-8)

Golden Knights projected lineup
Reilly Smith -- William Karlsson -- Jonathan Marchessault
Paul Cotter -- Jack Eichel -- Michael Amadio
William Carrier -- Chandler Stephenson -- Phil Kessel
Brett Howden -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
Alec Martinez -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague -- Ben Hutton
Adin Hill
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Kaedan Korczak, Byron Froese, Daniil Miromanov
Injured: Zach Whitecloud (lower body), Mark Stone (upper body)
Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin -- Mika Zibanejad -- Jimmy Vesey
Chris Kreider -- Vincent Trocheck -- Barclay Goodrow
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Will Cuylle -- Jake Leschyshyn -- Julien Gauthier
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Harpur -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Libor Hajek, Vitali Kravtsov
Injured: None
Status report
Theodore will return after missing 20 games with a lower-body injury; Korczak, a defenseman, will be scratched to make room for Theodore. … Carrier will return after missing five games with an upper-body injury; Froese, a forward, will be scratched. … The Rangers' forward lines will be the same as they were for the final two periods of a 3-2 overtime loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday.