12:30 PM: Alexis Lafreniere is on the fourth line with Dryden Hunt and Kevin Rooney. Ryan Reaves is a scratch. (MSG)
Justin Braun is scratched and Patrik Nemeth returns to the lineup. (MSG)
11:20 AM: Gerard Gallant spoke before today’s game against Detroit and said (NYR):
- Any lineup changes, “there is one, for sure. Laffy is going back in, obviously, like I said yesterday and we’re not sure of another one right now.”
- Goalie, (laugh) “Shesterkin.”
- On the plan for the goalies, “Benny has a plan in place, I don’t talk to Igor or Georgie, I don’t talk to goaltenders at all, he takes care of that, but there’s a plan in place and sometimes the plan goes according to plan and sometimes it doesn’t. We sort of take it one game at a time, but, again, we are looking at the remainder of the season. No issues with it yet and hopefully everything stays as the way we want it to be and move on. Sometimes little things happen and we’ve got to change stuff. We’ll take it one day at a time. Happy with both of them, though.”