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(1A) PANTHERS at (2A) BRUINS

Eastern Conference Second Round, Game 6

7 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS, CBC

Florida leads best-of-7 series, 3-2

Panthers projected lineup

Vladimir Tarasenko -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart

Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk

Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Evan Rodrigues

Ryan Lomberg -- Kevin Stenlund -- Nick Cousins

Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola -- Brandon Montour

Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky

Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Steven Lorentz, Kyle Okposo, 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

Bruins projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- Morgan Geekie -- David Pastrnak

Brad Marchand -- Charlie Coyle -- Trent Frederic

Danton Heinen -- Pavel Zacha -- Justin Brazeau

James van Riemsdyk -- John Beecher -- Pat Maroon

Hampus Lindholm -- Charlie McAvoy

Mason Lohrei -- Brandon Carlo

Parker Wotherspoon -- Andrew Peeke

Jeremy Swayman

Linus Ullmark

Scratched: Matt Grzelcyk, Derek Forbort, Kevin Shattenkirk, Jakub Lauko, Jesper Boqvist, Joey Abate, Patrick Brown, Brandon Bussi, Michael Callahan, Michael DiPietro, Trevor Kuntar, Marc McLaughlin, Jayson Megna, Georgii Merkulov, Ian Mitchell, Oskar Steen

Injured: Brad Marchand (upper body)

Status report

Reinhart and Bennett each did not practice Thursday, but will play. ... Cousins and Lomberg each will enter the lineup, replacing Lorentz and Okposo on the fourth line; Cousins has been scratched the past three games and Lomberg will play for the first time since Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round against the Tampa Bay Lightning. ... Marchand is a game-time decision after missing two games with an injury sustained in a 6-2 loss in Game 3; the forward was a full participant in practice Thursday, but if he cannot play, Lauko, a forward, would be expected to enter the lineup, moving the other left wings up a line.

(1C) STARS at (3C) AVALANCHE

Western Conference Second Round, Game 6

10 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN1, SN, TVAS

Dallas leads best-of-7 series 3-2

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Wyatt Johnston -- Logan Stankoven

Jason Robertson -- Matt Duchene -- Joe Pavelski

Mason Marchment -- Tyler Seguin -- Evgenii Dadonov

Radek Faksa -- Sam Steel -- Craig Smith

Thomas Harley -- Miro Heiskanen

Esa Lindell -- Chris Tanev

Ryan Suter -- Nils Lundkvist

Jake Oettinger

Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Ty Dellandrea, Radek Faksa

Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Roope Hintz (upper body)

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Jonathan Drouin

Zach Parise -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Mikko Rantanen

Miles Wood -- Ross Colton -- Joel Kiviranta

Brandon Duhaime -- Chris Wagner -- Andrew Cogliano

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson

Jack Johnson -- Sean Walker

Alexandar Georgiev

Justus Annunen

Scratched: Jean-Luc Foudy, Arvid Holm, Caleb Jones, Nikolai Kovalenko, Sam Malinksy, Ivan Prosvetov

Injured: Yakov Trenin (upper body)

Status report

Hintz will miss his second straight game; the top-line center is day to day. ... Hakanpaa, a defenseman who missed the final 13 games of the regular season and has missed all 13 games in the playoffs, traveled with the Stars but is not ready to return. ... Dallas coach Pete DeBoer said there will be no lineup changes from a 5-3 loss in Game 5 on Wednesday. ... Trenin, a forward, is day to day.

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