The Canucks and Rangers released their projected lineups for October 11, and the sheet came with the kind of turnover that changes a game before the puck drops. Cole Beaudoin, who went to Hartford to play Saturday, got one shift and was recalled after the game.
That matters because the lineup card is doing more than listing starters. It shows the Canucks without Filip Chytil and Thatcher Demko, while the Rangers are carrying injuries to Igor Shesterkin, Joonas Korpisalo and Joseph Veleno. For readers checking Canucks vs Rangers, the status board is the real news first.
For the Canucks, Jake DeBrusk, Elias Pettersson and Jonathan Lekkerimaki were on the first projected line, followed by Paul Cotter, Marco Rossi and Linus Karlsson on the second. Drew O'Connor, Liam Ohgren and Brock Boeser were listed on the third, with Aatu Raty, Max Sasson and Brendan Gallagher on the fourth. Arshdeep Bains, Victor Mancini and Guillaume Brisebois were scratched.
The Rangers' projected look put Gabe Perreault, Mika Zibanejad and Pavel Dorofeyev on the first line, with Tye Kartye, J.T. Miller and Alexis Lafreniere on the second. Will Cuylle, Noah Laba and Eeli Tolvanen were on the third, and Oliver Bjorkstrand, Cole Beaudoin and Jaroslav Chmelar on the fourth. Scott Morrow, Matt Rempe and Juuso Parssinen were scratched.
One detail cuts through the rest. Martin will be the backup to Garand after being recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League, even though the Rangers still list multiple injured goaltenders. That leaves the backup job settled for now, but it also shows how thin the margin has become behind the starter when injuries keep stacking up and the roster keeps changing around them.
Beaudoin's path is the clearest example of how quickly this can move. He went to Hartford for Saturday, played one shift, and was back after the game. The lineup page is built around those kinds of short moves, where a player can be sent down, used, and brought back before the next night arrives. The next step is simple: the Canucks and Rangers take that same patched-together list into the game, with the availability sheet telling the story of who is actually ready to go.
