ORIGINAL 6 AT MSG!

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.