PANTHERS (4-3-1) at RANGERS (5-0-1)

7 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MSG

Panthers projected lineup

Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk

Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Sam Reinhart

Evan Rodrigues — Jesper Boqvist — Mackie Samoskevich

A.J. Greer — Patrick Giles — Uvis Balinskis

Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov

Nate Schmidt — Adam Boqvist

Sergei Bobrovsky

Spencer Knight

Scratched: None

Injured: Aleksander Barkov (lower body), Tomas Nosek (upper body), Jonah Godjovich (back)

Rangers projected lineup

Chris Kreider — Mika Zibanejad — Reilly Smith

Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere

Will Cuylle — Filip Chytil — Kaapo Kakko

Adam Edstrom — Sam Carrick – Jonny Brodzinski

K’Andre Miller — Adam Fox

Braden Schneider — Jacob Trouba

Ryan Lindgren — Victor Mancini

Igor Shesterkin

Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Matt Rempe, Chad Ruhwedel, Zac Jones

Injured: Jimmy Vesey (lower body)

Status report

Barkov will miss his seventh straight game; Panthers coach Paul Maurice said there’s a chance the forward could return at the New York Islanders on Saturday. … Nosek, a forward, will miss his ninth consecutive game to start the season; Maurice said he’s targeted to return against the Dallas Stars on Nov. 1, which is the first game of the 2024 NHL Global Series Finland presented by Fastenal. … Gadjovich, a forward, will miss his third straight game. … Vesey, a forward, participated in the Rangers’ morning skate Thursday, but is on long-term injured reserve and has to miss at least the first 10 games of the season.