Gabe Perreault, the 19-year-old New York Rangers' consensus top prospect, is on track to make his NHL debut Wednesday night.
All signs are pointing to the 2023 first-round draft pick out of Boston College taking the ice for Wednesday's 7 p.m. game against the Minnesota Wild at Madison Square Garden.
Here's a look at the Rangers' projected lineup:
NY Rangers (35-32-7) projected lineup: Game 75 vs. Minnesota Wild (41-28-6)
When: Wednesday, April 2 at 7 p.m.
Where: Madison Square Garden
TV/Radio: MSG 2/1050 AM
Forwards
Top line ⊳ Artemi Panarin (LW) ⋄ Vincent Trocheck (C) ⋄ Brennan Othmann (RW)
Second line ⊳ Gabe Perreault (LW) ⋄ J.T. Miller (C) ⋄ Alexis Lafrenière (RW)
Third line ⊳ Chris Kreider (LW) ⋄ Mika Zibanejad (C) ⋄ Will Cuylle (RW)
Fourth line ⊳ Brett Berard (LW) ⋄ Sam Carrick (C) ⋄ Jonny Brodzinski (RW)
Defensemen
Top pair ⊳ K'Andre Miller (L) ⋄ Will Borgen (R)
Second pair ⊳ Carson Soucy (L) ⋄ Adam Fox (R)
Third pair ⊳ Urho Vaakanainen (L) ⋄ Braden Schneider (R)
Goalies
Starter ⊳ Igor Shesterkin
Backup ⊳ Jonathan Quick
Healthy scratches: F Nicolas Aube-Kubel, D Calvin de Haan, D Zac Jones and F Juuso Pärssinen
Injured: F Arthur Kaliyev (upper body)and Matt Rempe (upper body)
Vincent Z. Mercogliano is the New York Rangers beat reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Read more of his work at lohud.com/sports/rangers/ and follow him on Twitter @vzmercogliano.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: NY Rangers projected lineup vs Wild as Gabe Perreault makes NHL debut
