Expected Devils lineup

Ondrej Palat – Jack Hughes – Jesper Bratt

Timo Meier – Nico Hishier – Stefan Noesen

Paul Cotter – Justin Dowling – Dawson Mercer

Kurtis MacDermid – Curtis Lazar – Nathan Bastian

Brenden Dillon – Dougie Hamilton

Jonas Siegenthaler – Johnathan Kovacevic

Luke Hughes – Brett Pesce

Jacob Markstrom

Jake Allen

Scratched: Tomas Tatar

Injured: Santeri Hatakka (shoulder), Erik Haula (ankle)

Rangers’ planned lineup

Artemi Panarin – Vincent Trocheck – Alexis Lafreniere

Will Cuylle – Mika Zibanejad – Reilly Smith

Arthur Kaliyev – Jonny Brodzinski – Brett Berard

Adam Edstrom – Sam Carrick – Matt Rempe

Ryan Lindgren-Adam Fox

K’Andre Miller – Will Borgen

Urho Vaakanainen – Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin

Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Zac Jones, Jimmy Vesey

Injured: Chris Kreider (upper body), Filip Chytil (upper body)

Status report

Shesterkin will return to the starting lineup after missing four games on injured reserve with an upper-body injury. … The Rangers brought goaltender Louis Domingue back to Hartford of the American Hockey League. … Rempe will also return from an eight-game suspension for boarding and elbowing Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen in a 3-1 win on Dec. 20; He will replace striker Vesey. … Kaliyev will make his Rangers and season debut after being claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. … Chytil, a forward, participated in an optional morning skate on Thursday but will not play after being injured in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Stars on Tuesday; Kaliyev will replace Chytil in the lineup and Brodzinski will take his place as center on the third line. … Cuylle will move up to the second line, where Brodzinski played left wing in the last two games. … Kreider will miss his third straight game; The striker is on injured reserve.