The New York Rangers will face the New York Islanders tonight at UBS Arena. Here are predictions/expected lineups from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
Rangers (53-21-4) vs. Islanders (35-27-15)
7pm ET. MSGSN, MSG 2
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider – Mika Zibanejad – Jack Roslovic
Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Will Quill — Alex Wennberg — Kaapo Kakko
Berkeley Goodrow — Johnny Brodzinski — Jimmy Vesey
Ryan Lindgren – Adam Fox
Kandre Miller – Jacob Trouba
Eric Gustafson — Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
With scratches: Matt Lempe, Chad Ruhwedel, Zach Jones
Injured: none
status report
- Roslovic played in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens after suffering an injury and replaces forward Lempe.
Details from THW:
Islanders projected lineup
Casey Cizikas — Bo Horvat — Matthew Barzal
Simon Holmstrom — Brock Nelson — Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Pierre Engval
Matt Martin – Kyle MacLean – Cal Clutterbuck
Alexander Romanov — Noah Dobson
Adam Perek — Ryan Purok
Mike Riley – Robert Bortozzo
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
With scratches: Samuel Bolduc, Oliver Wahlstrom, Sebastian Aho, Hudson Fassing
Injured: none
status report
- Varlamov will be making his fifth start in the last seven games.
Details from THW:
