RANGERS (33-39-9) at LIGHTNING (50-25-6)
7 p.m. ET; The Spot, MSG, TVAS2
Rangers projected lineup
Gabe Perreault — Mika Zibanejad — Alexis Lafreniere
Tye Kartye — J.T. Miller — Conor Sheary
Will Cuylle — Vincent Trocheck — Jonny Brodzinski
Adam Sykora — Noah Laba — Taylor Raddysh
Vladislav Gavrikov — Adam Fox
Matthew Robertson — Will Borgen
Drew Fortescue — Braden Schneider
Dylan Garand
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: Vincent Iorio, Adam Edstrom, Jaroslav Chmelar, Jonathan Quick
Injured: Matt Rempe (upper body), Urho Vaakanainen (upper body)
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Gage Goncalves
Zemgus Girgensons — Nick Paul — Yanni Gourde
Scott Sabourin — Conor Geekie — Corey Perry
J.J. Moser — Declan Carlile
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Charle-Edouard D’Astous — Max Crozier
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brandon Halverson
Scratched: Steven Santini, Emil Lilleberg, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Mitchell Chaffee, Jakob Pelletier
Injured: Darren Raddysh (undisclosed), Pontus Holmberg (upper body), Dominic James (lower body), Jonas Johansson (undisclosed)
Status report
Garand will make his first start since March 27. … Hagel is expected to return after missing a 4-3 overtime win against the Detroit Red Wings on Monday because of an undisclosed injury. … Crozier will play for the first time since Feb. 1 after recovering from core muscle surgery. … Johansson, a goalie, is unlikely to be available; Halverson was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … The Lightning may have several lineup changes before puck drop.
