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CAPITALS (31-25-7) at BRUINS (34-22-5)
12:30 p.m. ET; ABC, SN1, TVAS
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Anthony Beauvillier
Aliaksei Protas -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael -- Justin Sourdif -- Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Ethen Frank
Martin Fehervary -- Rasmus Sandin
Jakob Chychrun -- Matt Roy
Dylan McIlrath -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Declan Chisholm
Injured: None
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
Jordan Harris -- Charlie McAvoy
Nikita Zadorov -- Andrew Peeke
Hampus Lindholm -- Mason Lohrei
Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Alex Steeves, Henri Jokiharju
Injured: Jonathan Aspirot (illness)
Status report
After the departures of forward Nic Dowd in a trade to the Vegas Golden Knights on and defenseman John Carlson in a trade to the Anaheim Ducks, each on Friday, Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said lineup decisions still need to be made. ... The Bruins did not practice Friday, but Aspirot, a defenseman who missed a 6-3 loss at the Nashville Predators on Thursday, skated on his own. ... All three players Boston acquired prior to the NHL Trade Deadline on Friday -- forwards Lukas Reichel, Alexis Gendron and Massimo Rizzo -- will join Providence of the American Hockey League.
RANGERS (24-29-8) at DEVILS (31-29-2)
3 p.m. ET; ABC, SN1, SN
Rangers projected lineup
Gabe Perreault -- Mika Zibanejad -- Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle -- Vincent Trocheck -- Taylor Raddysh
Tye Kartye -- Noah Laba -- Conor Sheary
Adam Edstrom -- Jonny Brodzinski -- Jaroslav Chmelar
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Adam Fox
Braden Schneider -- Will Borgen
Matthew Robertson -- Vincent Iorio
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Urho Vaakanainen, Jaroslav Chmelar, Aidan Thompson, Jusso Parssinen
Injured: Matt Rempe (upper body), J.T. Miller (upper body)
Devils projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer
Arseny Gritsyuk -- Jack Hughes -- Connor Brown
Jesper Bratt -- Cody Glass -- Lenni Hameenaho
Paul Cotter -- Nick Bjugstad -- Maxim Tsyplakov
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton
Luke Hughes -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon -- Simon Nemec
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
Scratched: Colton White, Dennis Cholowski, Evgenii Dadonov
Injured: Stefan Noesen (knee), Zack MacEwen (ACL), Brett Pesce (lower body)
Status report
The Rangers traded forward Sam Carrick to the Buffalo Sabres and forward Brennan Othmann to the Calgary Flames on Friday. ... Thompson, a forward, was acquired in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. ... Miller is expected to miss his second straight game after the forward was injured during a 5-4 overtime loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday. ... Pesce will miss his second straight game and is week to week after the defenseman was injured in a 5-1 win against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday. ... The Philadelphia Flyers claimed forward Luke Glendening off waivers from New Jersey on Friday. ... Cholowski, a defenseman, was recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League on Friday.
PREDATORS (28-26-8) at SABRES (37-19-6)
5:30 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, MSG-B
Predators projected lineup
Steven Stamkos -- Erik Haula -- Jonathan Marchessault
Filip Forsberg -- Matthew Wood -- Luke Evangelista
Zachary L’Heureux -- Tyson Jost -- Joakim Kemell
Reid Schaefer -- Fedor Svechkov -- Ozzy Wiesblatt
Brady Skjei -- Roman Josi
Nicolas Hague -- Nick Perbix
Justin Barron -- Ryan Ufko
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Scratched: None
Injured: Adam Wilsby (lower body), Ryan O’Reilly
Sabres projected lineup
Peyton Krebs -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Jason Zucker -- Ryan McLeod -- Jack Quinn
Noah Ostlund -- Josh Norris -- Josh Doan
Zach Benson -- Tyson Kozak -- Beck Malenstyn
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Bowen Byram -- Owen Power
Zach Metsa -- Michael Kesselring
Alex Lyon
Colten Ellis
Scratched: Sam Carrick, Logan Stanley, Luke Schenn, Tanner Pearson, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Injured: Tyson Kozak (undisclosed), Jordan Greenway (middle body), Conor Timmins (broken leg), Jiri Kulich (blood clot), Justin Danforth (lower body)
Status report
Haula and Marchessault each missed practice Friday for a maintenance day. It’s unknown if that will affect either’s status for Saturday. … O’Reilly practiced Friday after not playing Thursday because of an upper-body injury. The center skated between Stamkos and assistant coach Derek MacKenzie, who filled in for Marchessault. … Carrick, a forward acquired from the New York Rangers, was on his way to Buffalo on Friday. Coach Lindy Ruff said he is a possibility to play against Nashville. … Defensemen Stanley and Schenn, and Pearson, a forward, are expected to join the team next week. Each was acquired from the Winnipeg Jets (Schenn and Stanley on Thursday, Pearson on Friday). … Sabres general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said Kulich, who hasn't played since Nov. 1, is progressing but the forward will “most likely” miss the rest of the season.
FLYERS (28-22-11) at PENGUINS (31-17-13)
5:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, NBCSP
Flyers projected lineup
Alex Bump -- Christian Dvorak -- Owen Tippett
Trevor Zegras -- Noah Cates -- Luke Glendening
Denver Barkey -- Sean Couturier -- Matvei Michkov
Nikita Grebenkin -- Carl Grundstrom -- Garnet Hathaway
Travis Sanheim -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York -- Jamie Drysdale
Emil Andrae -- Noah Juulsen
Dan Vladar
Samuel Ersson
Scratched: None
Injured: Tyson Foerster (arm), Rodrigo Abols (lower body), Travis Konecny (upper body), Nick Seeler (lower body)
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell -- Ben Kindel -- Bryan Rust
Egor Chinakhov -- Tommy Novak -- Ville Koivunen
Anthony Mantha -- Kevin Hayes -- Justin Brazeau
Connor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson
Samuel Girard -- Kris Letang
Ryan Shea -- Connor Clifton
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Ilya Solovyov, Ryan Graves, Elmer Soderblom
Injured: Sidney Crosby (lower body), Jack St. Ivany (hand surgery), Caleb Jones (lower body)
Suspended: Evgeni Malkin
Status report
Glendening will debut for the Flyers after being claimed off waivers from the New Jersey Devils on Friday. ... Konecny practiced in a yellow noncontact jersey Friday; the forward has been out the past two games. ... Bump will make his NHL debut after being recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League. ... Barkey was re-assigned, along with defenseman Adam Ginning, to Lehigh Valley on Friday, but will be recalled before the game Saturday, Philadelphia general manager Danny Briere said. ... Crosby practiced in a noncontact capacity Friday, but the center is expected to miss a sixth straight game. ... Malkin, a center, will serve the first of a five-game suspension for a slash to the head of Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin in the second period of a 5-1 loss Thursday. ... Koivunen was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL with forward Avery Hayes sent to the AHL.
CANADIENS (33-18-10) at KINGS (25-22-14)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNW, KCAL, SNE, CITY, TVAS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook -- Oliver Kapanen -- Ivan Demidov
Zachary Bolduc -- Jake Evans -- Kirby Dach
Josh Anderson -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Lane Hutson -- Noah Dobson
Mike Matheson -- Kaiden Guhle
Arber Xhekaj -- Alexandre Carrier
Jakub Dobes
Samuel Montembeault
Scratched: Jayden Struble, Alexandre Texier, Joe Veleno
Injured: Patrik Laine (lower body)
Kings projected lineup
Artemi Panarin -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore -- Alex Turcotte -- Alex Laferriere
Jared Wright -- Scott Laughton -- Mathieu Joseph
Jeff Malott -- Samuel Helenius -- Taylor Ward
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin -- Cody Ceci
Darcy Kuemper
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Jacob Moverare
Injured: Quinton Byfield (undisclosed), Joel Armia (back), Andrei Kuzmenko (meniscus), Kevin Fiala (fractured leg)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. ... The Canadiens are coming off a 6-5 shootout loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Friday, and the Kings held an optional practice Friday. … Joseph is expected to make his Los Angeles debut after signing for the remainder of the season on Friday. … Laughton was acquired in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday, and will make his Kings debut. … Byfield will be a game-time decision; the forward, who has missed two games, will travel with Los Angeles on its upcoming five-game road trip, which begins at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday.
CANUCKS (19-36-7) at JETS (25-26-10)
7 p.m. ET; SNW, SNP
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Nils Hoglander
Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser
Evander Kane -- Aatu Raty -- Drew O’Connor
Max Sasson -- Teddy Blueger -- Linus Karlsson
Elias Pettersson -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Zeev Buium -- Victor Mancini
Kevin Lankinen
Nikita Tolopilo
Scratched: Curtis Douglas
Injured: P.O Joseph (upper body), Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Alex Iafallo
Cole Perfetti -- Adam Lowry -- Gabriel Vilardi
Gustav Nyquist -- Jonathan Toews -- Isak Rosen
Cole Koepke -- Morgan Barron -- Brad Lambert
Dylan Samberg -- Elias Salomonsson
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
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 Canucks did not hold a morning skate following a 6-3 win at the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. … Lankinen could start after Tolopilo made 20 saves at Chicago. ... Douglas, a forward, is not expected to play after being claimed off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday. ... Bryson and Rosen each is expected to make his Jets debut after being acquired in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. ... Morrissey, who missed five games, was activated off injured reserve Friday; he sustained an upper-body injury playing for Team Canada at the Olympics. ... The Jets loaned defenseman Isaak Phillips and forward Walker Duehr to Manitoba on Friday.
MAMMOTH (33-25-4) at BLUE JACKETS (32-21-8)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, Utah16
Mammoth projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Nick Schmaltz -- Dylan Guenther
JJ Peterka -- Logan Cooley -- Logan Crouse
Jack McBain -- Barrett Hayton -- Kailer Yamamoto
Alexander Kerfoot -- Kevin Stenlund -- Michael Carcone
Nate Schmidt -- Sean Durzi
Ian Cole -- Nick DeSimone
Dmitri Simashev -- John Marino
Karel Vejmelka
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Liam O'Brien, Brandon Tanev, MacKenzie Weegar
Injured: Mikhail Sergachev (lower body)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Mason Marchment -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko
Kent Johnson -- Sean Monahan -- Conor Garland
Cole Sillinger -- Charlie Coyle -- Mathieu Olivier
Isac Lundestrom -- Boone Jenner -- Miles Wood
Zach Werenski -- Damon Severson
Ivan Provorov -- Denton Mateychuk
Egor Zamula -- Erik Gudbranson
Elvis Merzlikins
Jet Greaves
Scratched: Danton Heinen, Dmitri Voronkov, Jake Christiansen
Injured: Dante Fabbro (lower body)
Status report
Sergachev will be a game-time decision after missing a 3-0 win at the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday. ... Werenski will return after missing three games because of an illness; he will replace Christiansen, a defenseman. … Garland will makes his Blue Jackets debut after being acquired in a trade with the Vancouver Canucks on Friday. ... Voronkov, a forward, will be scratched. … Marchment will play after leaving in the second period of a 4-2 win against the Florida Panthers on Thursday with a lower-body injury. … Fabbro, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game.
LIGHTNING (38-18-4) at MAPLE LEAFS (27-25-11)
7 p.m. ET; CBC, SNO, NHLN, The Spot
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Oliver Bjorkstrand - Anthony Cirelli -- Brandon Hagel
Zemgus Girgensons -- Yanni Gourde -- Pontus Holmberg
Scott Sabourin -- Connor Geekie -- Corey Perry
J.J. Moser -- Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Victor Hedman -- Charle-Edouard D'Astous
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Emil Lilleberg, Declan Carlile
Injured: Gage Goncalves (undisclosed), Dominic James (lower body), Nick Paul (lower body), Max Crozier (core muscle)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matias Maccelli -- Auston Matthews -- William Nylander
Matthew Knies -- John Tavares -- Easton Cowan
Nicholas Robertson -- Max Domi -- Dakota Joshua
Steven Lorentz -- Jacob Quillan -- Calle Jarnkrok
Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Simon Benoit -- Troy Stecher
Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Philippe Myers
Injured: Chris Tanev (groin)
Status report
Perry will play after arriving in Toronto from Los Angeles at 4 a.m. local time; he was acquired by the Lightning for his second tenure with Tampa Bay in a trade with the Kings on Friday. ... Ekman-Larsson will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past two game for roster management purposes.
HURRICANES (40-16-6) at FLAMES (24-30-7)
10 p.m. ET; CBC, SNW, SNP, FDSNSO
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall -- Logan Stankoven -- Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Jordan Staal -- Jordan Martinook
William Carrier -- Mark Jankowski -- Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin -- Jalen Chatfield
K’Andre Miller -- Sean Walker
Mike Reilly -- Alexander Nikishin
Brandon Bussi
Frederik Andersen
Scratched: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Nicolas Deslauriers
Injured: Pyotr Kochetkov (lower body), Charles-Alexis Legault (hand), Shayne Gostisbehere (lower body)
Flames projected lineup
Yegor Sharangovich -- Mikael Backlund -- Matt Coronato
Blake Coleman -- Morgan Frost – Joel Farabee
Connor Zary -- Ryan Strome -- Martin Pospisil
Ryan Lomberg -- John Beecher -- Adam Klapka
Kevin Bahl -- Zach Whitecloud
Yan Kuznetsov -- Brayden Pachal
Olli Maatta -- Zayne Parekh
Dustin Wolf
Devin Cooley
Scratched: Joel Hanley, Victor Olofsson
Injured: Jake Bean (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek (upper body), Jonathan Huberdeau (hip surgery)
Status report
The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate following a 6-3 win at the Edmonton Oilers on Friday. … Gostisbehere, a defenseman, left in the first period Friday with a lower-body injury; if he can’t play, Reilly likely will draw in after being a healthy scratch the past 14 games. … Maatta will make his Flames debut after being acquired in a trade with the Utah Mammoth on Wednesday. ... Strome, acquired in a trade with the Anaheim Ducks on Friday, was on a flight Saturday morning and coach Ryan Huska said he expects Strome to make it to Calgary in time to play. … Olafsson, a forward acquired in a trade with the Colorado Avalanche on Friday, was on his way to Calgary on Saturday but won’t make it in time to play. … Forward Matvei Gridin was assigned to Calgary of the American Hockey League on Friday.
ISLANDERS (35-23-5) at SHARKS (30-25-5)
10 p.m. ET; MSGSN, NBCSCA
Islanders projected lineup
Emil Heineman -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal
Calum Ritchie -- Brayden Schenn -- Ondrej Palat
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom
Anthony Duclair -- Casey Cizikas -- Marc Gatcomb
Matthew Schaefer -- Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech -- Tony DeAngelo
Carson Soucy -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
David Rittich
Scratched: Maxim Shabanov, Kyle MacLean, Adam Boqvist
Injured: Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee)
Sharks projected lineup
Will Smith -- Macklin Celebrini -- Collin Graf
William Eklund -- Michael Misa -- Tyler Toffoli
Philipp Kurashev -- Alexander Wennberg -- Kiefer Sherwood
Barclay Goodrow -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Adam Gaudette
Dmitry Orlov -- John Klingberg
Mario Ferraro -- Shakir Mukhamadullin
Sam Dickinson -- Vincent Desharnais
Yaroslav Askarov
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Pavol Regenda, Ryan Reaves, Nolan Allan
Injured: Ty Dellandrea (lower body)
Status report
Schenn will make his Islanders debut after being acquired in a trade with the St. Louis Blues on Friday. ... Duclair will enter the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past two games; he will replace MacLean, a forward. ... The Sharks did not conduct a morning skate following a 3-2 overtime loss to the Blues on Friday. ... Askarov likely will start after Nedeljkovic allowed three goals on 14 shots against St. Louis. ... Allan, a defenseman, was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League on Saturday.
SENATORS (30-22-9) at KRAKEN (29-23-9)
10 p.m. ET; KHN/Prime, KONG, SNO, SNE, CITY, TVAS
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
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven -- Jordan Spence
Linus Ullmark
James Reimer
Scratched: Stephen Halliday, Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Nikolas Matinpalo (undisclosed)
Kraken projected lineup
Jared McCann -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz -- Chandler Stephenson -- Eeli Tolvanen
Berkly Catton -- Shane Wright -- Kaapo Kakko
Jacob Melanson -- Ben Meyers -- Ryan Winterton
Vince Dunn -- Cale Fleury
Jamie Oleksiak -- Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura -- Ryker Evans
Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: Bobby McMann
Injured: Matt Murray (lower body), Ryan Lindgren (illness), Adam Larsson (illness), Frederick Gaudreau (illness)
Status report
Foegele will make his Senators debut after being acquired in a trade with the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday, and will replace MacDermid, a forward, on the fourth line. … Defensemen Lindgren and Larsson and Gaudreau, a forward, each will be a game-time decision because of an illness going through the team, Kraken coach Lane Lambert said. ... McMann, a forward, will not play because of visa issues after being acquired in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday.
SUNDAY
WILD (37-16-10) at AVALANCHE (42-10-9)
2 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT, TVAS
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Matt Boldy -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Bobby Brink
Yakov Trenin -- Danila Yurov -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Nico Sturm -- Michael McCarron -- Robby Fabbri
Quinn Hughes -- Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon
Jake Middleton -- Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson
Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Ben Jones, Matt Kiersted, Daemon Hunt, Nick Foligno, Jeff Petry
Injured: Marcus Foligno (lower body), Marcus Johansson (upper body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Ross Colton -- Brock Nelson -- Valeri Nichushkin
Parker Kelly -- Nazem Kadri -- Nicolas Roy
Gavin Brindley -- Jack Drury -- Joel Kiviranta
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Josh Manson -- Brent Burns
Brett Kulak -- Sam Malinski
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Nick Blankenburg, Zakhar Bardakov
Injured: Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)
Status report
Petry, a defenseman, was acquired in a trade with the Florida Panthers on Thursday; Brink was acquired in a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday and will make his Wild debut; and Nick Foligno, a forward, was acquired in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. ... Petry and Nick Foligno are not expected to play. ... Kadri is expected to debut in his second tenure with the Avalanche after being acquired in a trade with the Calgary Flames on Friday.
BLACKHAWKS (23-29-10) at STARS (38-14-10)
6 p.m. ET; Victory+, CHSN
Blackhawks projected lineup
Ryan Greene -- Connor Bedard -- Andre Burakovsky
Ryan Donato -- Frank Nazar -- Teuvo Teravainen
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Oliver Moore -- Ilya Mikheyev
Landon Slaggert -- Andrew Mangiapane -- Sam Lafferty
Alex Vlasic -- Louis Crevier
Wyatt Kaiser -- Sam Rinzel
Matt Grzelcyk -- Artyom Levshunov
Arvid Soderblom
Drew Commesso
Scratched: Ethan Del Mastro, Nick Lardis
Injured: Spencer Knight (illness)
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Wyatt Johnston -- Mavrik Bourque
Sam Steel -- Matt Duchene -- Jamie Benn
Michael Bunting -- Justin Hryckowian -- Adam Erne
Colin Blackwell -- Oskar Back -- Nathan Bastian
Esa Lindell -- Miro Heiskanen
Thomas Harley -- Nils Lundkvist
Tyler Myers -- Lian Bichsel
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Ilya Lyubushkin, Kyle Capobianco, Alexander Petrovic
Injured: Radek Faksa (lower body), Roope Hintz (lower body), Mikko Rantanen (lower body), Tyler Seguin (ACL)
Status report
Knight, a goalie, is not expected to travel with Chicago. ... Commesso and Lardis, a forward, each was recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Saturday. … Bunting and Myers each is expected to make his Stars debut; Bunting was acquired in a trade with the Nashville Predators on Thursday and Myers was acquired in a trade with the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. ... Hintz is expected to miss "more than a few days" after being injured during a 5-4 shootout loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Friday, Dallas coach Glen Gulutzan said Saturday.
