Matt Rempe will likely be a healthy scratch during Thursday night’s game against the Detroit Red Wings. He did not appear on the fourth line during Thursday's practice, which is a sign he won't be in the lineup.

I am looking at head coach Peter Laviolette’s lineup card for Monday’s Garden match against the Red Wings, and I have become 12-year-old Josh Baskin at the meeting in which a line of robot-transformer toys are under discussion.

Rempe was one of two lineup changes Rangers coach Peter Laviolette made, the other being D Chad Ruhwedel in for Zac Jones.

Matt Rempe spent a few days over the summer on the ice with retired enforcer Georges Laraque learning the finer points of fighting.

After being a healthy scratch for two consecutive games Matt Rempe will play tonight against the Maple Leafs, going head-to-head with Ryan Reaves.

GREENBURGH – The calculation is based on both personnel and math. There are four players competing for the three spots on the Rangers’ fourth line. It is a problem that Peter Laviolette fully acknowledges. “Decisions are going to have to be made. We have extra players,” Laviolette said Friday.

Noted pugilists Matt Rempe and Ryan Reaves are expected to be in their team’s respective lineups when puck drops in Toronto (7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m PT on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+).