SENATORS (36-24-9) at RANGERS (28-33-9)
7:30 p.m. ET; NHLN, MSG, Prime, RDS
Senators projected lineup
Drake Batherson — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux
Brady Tkachuk — Dylan Cozens — Ridly Greig
Nick Cousins — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio
Warren Foegele — Lars Eller — Fabian Zetterlund
Thomas Chabot — Artem Zub
Tyler Kleven — Jordan Spence
Lassi Thomson — Nikolas Matinpalo
James Reimer
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Stephen Halliday, Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Jake Sanderson (upper body), Nick Jensen (lower body), Dennis Gilbert (upper body)
Rangers projected lineup
Gabe Perreault — Mika Zibanejad — Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle — Vincent Trocheck — Taylor Raddysh
Tye Kartye — J.T. Miller — Conor Sheary
Juuso Parssinen — Adam Edstrom — Jaroslav Chmelar
Vladislav Gavrikov — Adam Fox
Matthew Robertson — Braden Schneider
Connor Mackey — Will Borgen
Igor Shesterkin
Dylan Garand
Scratched: Vincent Iorio, Jonny Brodzinski, Drew Fortescue
Injured: Matt Rempe (upper body), Urho Vaakanainen (upper body), Noah Laba (lower body), Jonathan Quick (upper body)
Status report
Thomson will play his first NHL game since Nov. 25, 2022; he is replacing Gilbert, a defenseman who was injured in a 5-2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. … Parssinen is expected to play for the Rangers after being scratched for five games. He would replace Brodzinski at forward.
