ORIGINAL 6 AT MSG!

Welcome to the Saps Sports show! It is the New York Rangers vs the Montreal Canadiens at Madison Square Garden!!

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Jesse Ylonen

Evgenii Dadonov — Kirby Dach — Joel Armia

Juraj Slafkovsky — Christian Dvorak — Josh Anderson

Michael Pezzetta — Jonathan Drouin

Joel Edmundson — David Savard

Jordan Harris — Johnathan Kovacevic

Arber Xhekaj — Chris Wideman

Justin Barron

Cayden Primeau

Sam Montembeault

Scratched: Jake Allen, Mike Hoffman

Injured: Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Kaiden Ghule (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb), Mike Matheson (lower body), Sean Monahan (foot), Carey Price (knee)

Rangers projected lineup

Alexis Lafreniere — Mika Zibanejad — Kaapo Kakko

Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Vitali Kravtsov

Barclay Goodrow — Filip Chytil — Jimmy Vesey

Sammy Blais — Jake Leschyshyn — Jonny Brodzinski

Ryan Lindgren — Adam Fox

K’Andre Miller — Jacob Trouba

Ben Harpur — Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin

Jaroslav Halak

Scratched: Libor Hajek, Ryan Carpenter

Injured: Chris Kreider (upper body), Julien Gauthier (upper body)

Status report

Evans, a forward, was injured in a 2-1 loss at the New York Islanders on Saturday. Pezzetta or Hoffman, a forward, will take his place in the lineup. … Primeau is expected to start after Montembeault made 36 saves Saturday. … Carpenter, a forward, was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Sunday. … Gauthier was placed on injured reserve after being hurt in the Rangers’ 2-1 overtime win against the Dallas Stars on Thursday. … Kreider has skated on his own but the forward is expected to miss his third straight game. … Lindgren, Kravtsov and Panarin didn’t practice Saturday because of a flu bug but each is expected to play Sunday, coach Gerard Gallant said.