RANGERS IN MONTREAL!!!

Welcome to the Saps Sports show! It is the New York Rangers vs the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre!

Rangers projected lineup

Chris Kreider — Mika Zibanejad — Kaapo Kakko

Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Vitali Kravtsov

Alexis Lafreniere — Filip Chytil — Jimmy Vesey

Sammy Blais — Barclay Goodrow — Julien Gauthier

Ryan Lindgren — Adam Fox

K’Andre Miller — Jacob Trouba

Ben Harpur — Braden Schneider

Jaroslav Halak

Igor Shesterkin

Scratched: Libor Hajek, Jonny Brodzinski, Gustav Rydahl

Injured: None

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Kirby Dach

Juraj Slafkovsky — Christian Dvorak — Josh Anderson

Evgenii Dadonov — Jake Evans — Joel Armia

Michael Pezzetta — Jonathan Drouin — Anthony Richard

Joel Edmundson — David Savard

Jordan Harris — Johnathan Kovacevic

Arber Xhekaj — Chris Wideman

Jake Allen

Sam Montembeault

Scratched: Mike Hoffman, Justin Barron

Injured: Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (leg), Sean Monahan (lower body), Mike Matheson (upper body)

Status report

Brodzinski, a forward, did not take part in the Rangers’ morning skate Thursday because his wife went into labor. … Rydahl, a forward, was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Thursday. … Halak will make his second start in three games. … Gallagher, a forward, will not play because of the same injury that sidelined him for 13 games from Dec. 1-28. … Allen will start for the fifth time in seven games.