RANGERS (4-0-1) at CANADIENS (2-3-1)

7:15 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, MSG

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, Zac Jones, Chad Ruhwedel

Injured: Jimmy Vesey (lower body)

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Kirby Dach

Alex Newhook — Oliver Kapanen — Joel Armia

Josh Anderson — Jake Evans — Brendan Gallagher

Michael Pezzetta — Christian Dvorak — Emil Heineman

Mike Matheson — Justin Barron

Lane Hutson — Logan Mailloux

Jayden Struble– David Savard

Sam Montembeault

Cayden Primeau

Scratched: Arber Xhekaj

Injured: Juraj Slafkovsky (upper body), Kaiden Guhle (upper body), Patrik Laine (knee), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (broken leg)

Status report

Lindgren will make his season debut wearing a clear full face shield he has used since he began practicing last week. He missed the start of the season after sustaining an upper-body injury Sept. 22. … Slafkovsky, a forward, will be out one week and will be re-evaluated then. … Dach will move to the wing on the top line, and Kapanen will move from wing to center in place of Dach on the second line. … Pezzetta will make his season debut. … Xhekaj, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch for a second straight game.