Projected lineups, starting goalies for today
Latest line combinations, defense pairs, injury news from NHL.com writers
DUCKS (36-26-3) at SENATORS (32-23-9)
1 p.m. ET; TVAS, TSN5, KCOP-13, Victory+
Ducks projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Leo Carlsson -- Cutter Gauthier
Mikael Granlund -- Mason McTavish -- Beckett Sennecke
Alex Killorn -- Ryan Poehling -- Jeffrey Viel
Jansen Harkins -- Tim Washe -- Ian Moore
Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba
Olen Zellweger -- John Carlson
Pavel Mintyukov -- Drew Helleson
Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso
Scratched: Frank Vatrano, Ross Johnston
Injured: Troy Terry (upper body)
Suspended: Radko Gudas
Senators projected lineup
Drake Batherson -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux
Brady Tkachuk -- Dylan Cozens -- Ridly Greig
Nick Cousins -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio
Warren Foegele -- Lars Eller -- Fabian Zetterlund
Thomas Chabot -- Artem Zub
Tyler Kleven -- Jordan Spence
Dennis Gilbert -- Nikolas Matinpalo
James Reimer
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Stephen Halliday, Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Jake Sanderson (upper body), Nick Jensen (lower body)
Status report
Carlson is likely to make his Ducks debut; the team said in a post on X on Thursday that Carlson, who has not played since Feb. 5 because of a lower-body injury, would play either Saturday or at the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday. He was acquired in a trade with the Washington Capitals on March 5. ... Gudas, a defenseman, will serve the first of a five-game suspension for kneeing Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews on Thursday. ... Jensen, a defenseman, is day to day.
BRUINS (36-23-6) at CAPITALS (33-27-7)
3 p.m. ET; ABC, SN360, TVAS
Bruins projected lineup
Marat Khusnutdinov -- Elias Lindholm -- David Pastrnak
Casey Mittelstadt -- Pavel Zacha -- Viktor Arvidsson
Michael Eyssimont -- Fraser Minten -- Morgan Geekie
Tanner Jeannot -- Sean Kuraly -- Mark Kastelic
Jonathan Aspirot -- Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm -- Mason Lohrei
Nikita Zadorov -- Andrew Peeke
Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Alex Steeves, Henri Jokiharju, Jordan Harris
Injured: None
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Justin Sourdif -- Anthony Beauvillier
Aliaksei Protas -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Ryan Leonard
Connor McMichael -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Brandon Duhaime -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Ethen Frank
Rasmus Sandin -- Matt Roy
Jakub Chychrun -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary -- Timothy Liljegren
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: David Kampf, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Declan Chisholm, Dylan McIlrath
Injured: None
Status report
Eyssimont, a healthy scratch for a 4-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, replaced Steeves, a forward, on the third line during practice Friday. … The Capitals did not practice Friday following a 2-1 win at the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday in the second of back-to-back games; Washington lost 4-1 at the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday.
AVALANCHE (44-11-9) at JETS (26-28-10)
4 p.m. ET; TSN3, ALT
Avalanche projected lineup
Nazem Kadri -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Joel Kiviranta -- Brock Nelson -- Valeri Nichushkin
Parker Kelly -- Jack Drury -- Nicolas Roy
Gavin Brindley -- Zakhar Bardakov
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Josh Manson -- Brent Burns
Brett Kulak -- Sam Malinski
Nick Blankenburg
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Ross Colton
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (lower body), Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Alex Iafallo
Cole Perfetti -- Adam Lowry -- Gabriel Vilardi
Gustav Nyquist -- Jonathan Toews -- Isak Rosén
Cole Koepke -- Morgan Barron -- Brad Lambert
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Elias Salomonsson
Haydn Fleury -- Jacob Bryson
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Ville Heinola
Injured: Nino Niederreiter (knee), Neal Pionk (undisclosed), Colin Miller (knee), Vladislav Namestnikov (lower body)
Status report
The Avalanche dressed 11 forwards and seven defensemen in a 5-1 win at the Seattle Kraken on Thursday. … Blackwood is expected to start after Wedgewood made 28 saves Thursday. … The Jets, who held an optional practice Friday, are expected to dress the same lineup they used in a 6-3 loss to the New York Rangers on Thursday.
RANGERS (27-30-8) at WILD (38-16-12)
6 p.m. ET; FDSNWIX, FDSNNO, MSG
Rangers projected lineup
J.T. Miller -- Mika Zibanejad -- Gabe Perreault
Will Cuylle -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Tye Kartye -- Noah Laba – Conor Sheary
Jonny Brodzinski -- Juuso Parssinen -- Jaroslav Chmelar
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Adam Fox
Matthew Robertson -- Braden Schneider
Urho Vaakanainen -- Will Borgen
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Vincent Iorio, Taylor Raddysh, Brett Berard, Adam Edstrom
Injured: Matt Rempe (upper body)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Yakov Trenin -- Danila Yurov -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Nick Foligno -- Michael McCarron -- Robby Fabbri
Quinn Hughes -- Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon
Jake Middleton -- Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson
Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Jeff Petry, Nico Sturm
Injured: Marcus Foligno (lower body), Bobby Brink (upper body)
Status report
Miller is likely to return after missing five games because of an upper-body injury. Rangers coach Mike Sullivan classified the forward as a game-time decision Friday but added that “barring any unforeseeable things, I would anticipate him playing.” … Brink is also a game-time decision; the forward missed a 3-2 shootout loss to the Philadelphia Flyers, his former team, on Thursday.
