Rangers backup goalie Ondrej Pavelec will make his fifth start Monday night against the Dallas Stars at Madison Square Garden. Pavelec stepped in for Henrik Lundqvist (flu) in Pittsburgh last week and made 41 saves in a 4-3 win.
Pavelec, 30, is 2-4, with a 3.45 GAA and .899 save percentage. Kari Lehtonen (3-4-1, 2.71, .903) is expected to start in goal for the Stars, (16-13-1) who have lost three straight.
The rest of the lineup for the Rangers (16-11-2), who have won seven of the last 10, remains the same as in the 5-2 defeat of the Devils on Saturday when Lundqvist was in the net.