Game 38 SATURDAY JANUARY 6 2024 NYR @ MTL 7:OO PM NHLN

Doug Glatt · 2024-01-06T23:05:21Z

RANGERS (26-10-1) at CANADIENS (16-17-5) 7 p.m. ET; TVAS, CITY, SNE, MSG 2, NHLN Rangers projected lineup Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Blake Wheeler Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere Brennan Othmann -- Nick Bonino -- Jonny Brodzinski Will Cuylle -- Barclay Goodrow -- Jimmy Vesey Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba Erik Gustafsson -- Braden Schneider Jonathan Quick Igor Shesterkin Scratched: Zac Jones Injured: Kaapo Kakko (lower body), Filip Chytil (upper body), Tyler Pitlick (lower body) Canadiens projected lineup Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky Josh Anderson -- Sean Monahan -- Jesse Ylonen Joel Armia -- Jake Evans -- Brendan Gallagher Emil Heineman -- Mitchell Stephens -- Michael Pezzetta Mike Matheson -- David Savard Kaiden Guhle -- Justin Barron Jayden Struble -- Jordan Harris Sam Montembeault Jake Allen Scratched: Jonathan Kovacevic, Gustav Lindstrom, Cayden Primeau Injured: Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower body), Alex Newhook (lower body), Tanner Pearson (upper bnody) Status report Quick will start after Shesterkin started the previous three games. ... Kakko took part in the Rangers morning skate wearing a red non-contact jersey; the forward will miss his 18th straight game. ... Montembeault will make his third start in four games. ... Kovacevic, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch after Montreal dressed 11 forwards and seven defensemen the past three games.