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(2A) BRUINS at (1A) PANTHERS

Eastern Conference Second Round, Game 5

7 p.m. ET; ESPN, SNO, SNE, TVAS, CBC

Florida leads best-of-7 series 3-1

Bruins projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- Morgan Geekie -- David Pastrnak

Danton Heinen -- Charlie Coyle -- Trent Frederic

James van Riemsdyk -- Pavel Zacha -- Justin Brazeau

Jakub Lauko -- John Beecher -- Pat Maroon

Mason Lohrei -- Charlie McAvoy

Hampus Lindholm -- Brandon Carlo

Parker Wotherspoon -- Andrew Peeke

Jeremy Swayman

Linus Ullmark

Scratched: Matt Grzelcyk, Derek Forbort, Kevin Shattenkirk, Jesper Boqvist, Patrick Brown, Jayson Megna, Brandon Bussi

Injured: Brad Marchand (upper body)

Panthers projected lineup

Vladimir Tarasenko -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart

Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk

Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Evan Rodrigues

Steven Lorentz -- Kevin Stenlund -- Kyle Okposo

Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola -- Brandon Montour

Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky

Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Nick Cousins, Ryan Lomberg, Tobias Bjornfot, Uvis Balinskis, Josh Mahura, Jonah Gadjovich, Spencer Knight, Rasmus Asplund, Mike Benning, Magnus Hellberg, Matt Kiersted, William Lockwood, Mackie Samoskevich, Justin Sourdif

Injured: None

Status report

Marchand skated for the second day in a row, but the forward will miss his second straight game. ... Boston recalled forwards Brown and Megna, as well as Bussi, a goalie, from Providence of the American Hockey League on Monday. … The Panthers will dress the same lineup for the third consecutive game. ... Reinhart will play after taking a puck to the face and leaving at 4:30 of the third period during a 3-2 win in Game 4 on Sunday.

(1P) CANUCKS at (2P) OILERS

Western Conference Second Round, Game 4

9:30 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, ESPN

Canucks lead best-of-7 series 2-1

Canucks projected lineup

Pius Suter -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser

Ilya Mikheyev -- Elias Pettersson -- Linus Karlsson

Dakota Joshua -- Elias Lindholm -- Conor Garland

Nils Aman -- Teddy Blueger -- Sam Lafferty

Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek

Nikita Zadorov -- Tyler Myers

Ian Cole -- Noah Juulsen

Arturs Silovs

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Mark Friedman, Phillip Di Giuseppe, Christian Wolanin

Injured: Thatcher Demko (undisclosed), Nils Hoglander (undisclosed)

Suspended: Carson Soucy

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman

Dylan Holloway -- Leon Draisaitl -- Evander Kane

Warren Foegele -- Ryan McLeod -- Corey Perry

Mattias Janmark -- Derek Ryan

Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard

Darnell Nurse -- Vincent Desharnais

Brett Kulak -- Cody Ceci

Philip Broberg

Calvin Pickard

Stuart Skinner

Scratched: Connor Brown, Sam Carrick, Sam Gagner, Troy Stecher

Injured: Adam Henrique (lower body)

Status report

Juulsen will replace Soucy with the defenseman suspended one game by the NHL Department of Player Safety for cross-checking McDavid after the final buzzer in Game 3. … Pickard will get his first start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Oilers, after making three saves while replacing Skinner for the final 16:21 of Game 3 … Broberg would become the seventh defenseman if the Oilers opt to use 11 forwards and seven defensemen, with Brown, a forward, being scratched. … Holloway moves up from the third line to the second to play on Draisaitl's wing, but Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch didn't rule out playing Draisaitl on the top line with McDavid should the situation arise.

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