Projected Lineups for Rangers vs Oilers – 11/23/24 – Hockey Writers – Projected Lineups

The New York Rangers take on the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups obtained from NHL.com staff writers, freelance writers, and others.

RANGERS (12-5-1) at OILERS (10-9-2)

10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, CITY, MSG

Guardians are proposed

Chris Kreider – Mika Zibanejad – Reilly Smith
Artemi Panarin – Vincent Trochek – Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle – Jonny Brodzinski – Kaapo Kakko
Adam Edstrom – Sam Carrick – Jimmy Vesey

Andre Miller – Adam Fox
Ryan Lindgren – Jacob Trouba
Braden Schneider – Victor Mancini

Jonathan Quick
Igor Shesterkin

Scratched: Chad Ruhwedel

Injured: Filip Chytil (upper body), Zac Jones (upper body)

Status report

• Shesterkin left the ice for a while after taking a shot at the top during the morning ski but was able to return. Will support Quick as planned.
• Mancini has been recalled to Hartford of the American Hockey League and will play in place of the injured Jones, while Schneider will move from right to left.

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The Oilers propose a plan

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Connor McDavid – Kasperi Kapanen
Vasily Podkolzin – Leon Draisaitl – Connor Brown
Jeff Skinner – Adam Henrique – Mattias Janmark
Drake Caggiula – Derek Ryan – Corey Perry

Mattias Ekholm – Evan Bouchard
Darnell’s Nurse – Troy Stecher
Brett Kulak – Ty Emerson

Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard

Scratched: Josh Brown, Travis Dermott

Injured: Zach Hyman (undisclosed), Viktor Arvidsson (undisclosed)

Status report

• Nurse is expected to return after missing three games due to a head injury.
• Bouchard sat out the morning skate with an undisclosed illness and will be a game-time decision. “Evan is 50-50. We’ll see how he does before the game,” said Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch. “We hope he can play.”
• Kapanen will move up to the top line with Hyman, a forward, unavailable.

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