8:29 PM: Gerard Gallant spoke after practice today and said the following about the lineup (NYR):

• Is Kravtsov cleared to play, “I think so, but I’m not 100% sure. He had that oral surgery so we wanted to give him another day today to see how he got along and flying all day yesterday. He worked hard out there, did the whole practice. We’ll decide tomorrow on the lineup, but he looked good out there.”

4:09 PM: At Rangers practice on Wednesday the lines being used were (Stephenson):

• Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad, Jimmy Vesey
• Artemi Panarin, Vincent Trocheck, Vitali Kravtsov/Barclay Goodrow
• Alexis Lafreniere, Filip Chytil, Kaapo Kakko
• Sammy Blais, Ryan Carpenter, Julien Gauthier/Ryan Reaves