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PENGUINS (31-15-13) at BRUINS (33-21-5)

7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, NESN, SNP, TVAS

Penguins projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ben Kindel -- Bryan Rust

Evgeni Malkin -- Tommy Novak -- Egor Chinakhov

Anthony Mantha – Kevin Hayes -- Justin Brazeau

Connor Dewar -- Avery Hayes -- Noel Acciari

Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson

Samuel Girard -- Kris Letang

Ryan Shea -- Connor Clifton

Stuart Skinner

Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Ilya Solovyov, Ryan Graves

Injured: Sidney Crosby (lower body), Jack St. Ivany (hand surgery), Caleb Jones (lower body), Blake Lizotte (lower body)

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

Nikita Zadorov -- Andrew Peeke

Hampus Lindholm -- Mason Lohrei

Jeremy Swayman

Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: Alex Steeves, Jordan Harris, Henri Jokiharju

Injured: None

Status report

With Lizotte, a forward, day to day, Kevin Hayes will return to the lineup. ... The Bruins held an optional morning skate. ... Peeke will enter the lineup for Jokiharju, a defenseman.

PREDATORS (27-25-8) at BLUE JACKETS (30-21-8)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, FDSNSO

Predators projected lineup

Steven Stamkos -- Ryan O’Reilly -- Jonathan Marchessault

Filip Forsberg -- Erik Haula -- Luke Evangelista

Michael Bunting -- Michael McCarron -- Cole Smith

Zachary L’Heureux -- Tyson Jost -- Matthew Wood

Brady Skjei -- Roman Josi

Nicolas Hague -- Nick Perbix

Justin Barron -- Nick Blankenburg

Justus Annunen

Juuse Saros

Scratched: Ozzy Wiesblatt

Injured: Adam Wilsby (lower body)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Mason Marchment -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko

Boone Jenner -- Sean Monahan -- Danton Heinen

Cole Sillinger -- Charlie Coyle -- Mathieu Olivier

Dmitri Voronkov -- Isac Lundestrom -- Miles Wood

Zach Werenski -- Damon Severson

Ivan Provorov -- Denton Mateychuk

Dante Fabbro -- Erik Gudbranson

Jet Greaves

Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched: Jake Christiansen, Egor Zamula, Kent Johnson

Injured: Brendan Smith (knee surgery)

Status report

Annunen is expected to start after Saros made 27 saves in a 4-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Monday. ... The Blue Jackets did not hold hold a morning skate. ... Werenski did not play in a 5-4 overtime win at the New York Rangers on Monday because of an illness; if he cannot play, Zamula, a defenseman, may replace him for a second straight game. … Greaves is expected to start after Merzlikins made 29 saves at New York. ... Johnson, a forward, has been scratched the past two games but could be inserted for Heinen.

MAMMOTH (31-25-4) at CAPITALS (31-24-7)

7 p.m. ET; Utah16, MNMT2

Mammoth projected lineup

Clayton Keller -- Nick Schmaltz -- Dylan Guenther

JJ Peterka -- Logan Cooley -- Lawson Crouse

Jack McBain -- Barrett Hayton -- Kailer Yamamoto

Alexander Kerfoot -- Kevin Stenlund -- Michael Carcone

Mikhail Sergachev -- Sean Durzi

Nate Schmidt -- John Marino

Ian Cole -- Olli Maatta

Karel Vejmelka

Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Liam O’Brien, Brandon Tanev, Nick DeSimone

Injured: None

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Anthony Beauvillier

Aliaksei Protas -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson

Connor McMichael -- Justin Sourdif -- Ryan Leonard

Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Ethen Frank

Martin Fehervary -- Rasmus Sandin

Jakob Chychrun -- Matt Roy

Dylan McIlrath -- Trevor van Riemsdyk

Logan Thompson

Charie Lindgren

Scratched: Hendrix Lapierre, Declan Chisholm

Injured: John Carlson (lower body)

Status report

Ovechkin took part in the morning skate and will play; he did not practice Monday (maintenance). … Carlson skated in a noncontact jersey; the defenseman will miss his fourth straight game.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (28-18-14) at SABRES (35-19-6)

7 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MSG-B

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Raphael Lavoie

Pavel Dorofeyev -- Mitch Marner -- Reilly Smith

Braeden Bowman -- Tomas Hertl -- Keegan Kolesar

Brandon Saad -- Colton Sissons -- Cole Reinhardt

Jeremy Lauzon -- Shea Theodore

Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson

Brayden McNabb -- Kaedan Korczak

Akira Schmid 

Adin Hill

Scratched: Alexander Holtz, Ben Hutton

Injured: Mark Stone (upper body), Carter Hart (lower body), Brett Howden (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body), Jonas Rondbjerg (lower body)

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: Josh Dunne, Jacob Bryson, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Injured: Jordan Greenway (middle body), Conor Timmins (broken leg), Jiri Kulich (blood clot), Justin Danforth (lower body)

Status report

Stone will not play after the forward was injured in the first period of a 5-0 loss at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday. ... The Sabres held an optional morning skate. Coach Lindy Ruff said Monday that Kulich was expected to undergo further testing to determine if he can “resume a higher level of fitness” and potentially rejoin them for practice in the near future; the forward has not played since Nov. 1.

PANTHERS (30-27-3) at DEVILS (29-29-2)

7 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, SCRIPPS, TNT

Panthers projected lineup

Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart

Carter Verhaeghe -- Evan Rodrigues -- Brad Marchand

Mackie Samoskevich -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk

Sandis Vilmanis -- Tomas Nosek -- A.J. Greer

Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola -- Uvis Balinskis

Tobias Bjornfot -- Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky

Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: Jeff Petry, Donovan Sebrango, Jesper Boqvist

Injured: Seth Jones (collarbone), Aleksander Barkov (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Cole Schwindt (lower 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

Luke Hughes -- Brett Pesce

Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton

Brenden Dillon -- Simon Nemec

Jacob Markstrom

Jake Allen

Scratched: Evgenii Dadonov, Luke Glendening, Colton White, Johnathan Kovacevic

Injured: Stefan Noesen (knee), Zack MacEwen (ACL)

Status report

The Panthers held an optional morning skate. ... Nosek will make his season debut after missing the first 60 games with a knee injury. ... Florida loaned forward Luke Kunin to Charlotte of the American Hockey League on Monday. ... Balinskis will return after missing a 5-4 loss at the New York Islanders on Sunday because of an undisclosed injury. ... Jones, a defenseman, participated in the morning skate but remains week to week and will miss his 20th straight game. ... The Devils held an optional morning skate. ... Jack Hughes will play after not practicing Monday.

BLACKHAWKS (23-28-9) at JETS (23-26-10)

8 p.m. ET; TSN3, CHSN

Blackhawks projected lineup

Ryan Greene -- Connor Bedard -- Andre Burakovsky

Ryan Donato -- Frank Nazar -- Teuvo Teravainen

Tyler Bertuzzi -- Jason Dickinson -- Ilya Mikheyev

Nick Foligno -- Oliver Moore -- Landon Slaggert

Alex Vlasic -- Louis Crevier

Matt Grzelcyk – Artyom Levshunov

Kevin Korchinski -- Sam Rinzel

Spencer Knight

Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Sam Lafferty, Colton Dach, Ethan Del Mastro

Injured: Wyatt Kaiser (lower body)

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi

Cole Perfetti -- Adam Lowry -- Alex Iafallo

Gustav Nyquist -- Jonathan Toews -- Walker Duehr

Cole Koepke -- Morgan Barron -- Tanner Pearson

Logan Stanley -- Dylan DeMelo

Dylan Samberg -- Elias Salomonsson

Haydn Fleury -- Luke Schenn

Connor Hellebuyck

Eric Comrie

Scratched: Ville Heinola, Kale Clague, Domenic DiVincentiis

Injured: Josh Morrissey (upper body), Nino Niederreiter (knee), Neal Pionk (undisclosed), Colin Miller (knee), Vladislav Namestnikov (lower body)

Status report

Rinzel will enter the lineup after the Blackhawks traded defenseman Connor Murphy to the Edmonton Oilers on Monday for a second-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft. … Del Mastro, a defenseman, was recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. ... The Jets will dress the same lineup they used in a 2-1 overtime loss at the San Jose Sharks on Sunday. … Morrissey skated in a noncontact jersey Tuesday; the defenseman will miss his fourth straight game.

SENATORS (29-22-8) at OILERS (29-24-8)

9 p.m. ET; RDS2, SNW, TSN5

Senators projected lineup

Drake Batherson -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux

Brady Tkachuk -- Dylan Cozens -- Ridly Greig

Nick Cousins -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio

Stephen Halliday -- Lars Eller -- Fabian Zetterlund

Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub

Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen

Tyler Kleven -- Jordan Spence

Linus Ullmark

James Reimer

Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid

Injured: Nikolas Matinpalo (undisclosed), David Perron (sports hernia)

Oilers projected lineup

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

Vasily Podkolzin -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kasperi Kapanen

Trent Frederic -- Jack Roslovic -- Matthew Savoie

Curtis Lazar -- Adam Henrique -- Josh Samanski

Jake Walman -- Evan Bouchard

Mattias Ekholm -- Spencer Stastney

Darnell Nurse -- Ty Emberson

Connor Ingram

Tristan Jarry

Scratched: Isaac Howard, Connor Murphy

Injured: Mattias Janmark (shoulder)

Status report

Each team held an optional morning skate. ... Senators coach Travis Green was noncommittal regarding any lineup changes. ... Murphy, a defenseman acquired in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday, joined the Oilers on Tuesday but won't play. ... Samanski and Isaac Howard, a forward, each was recalled from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League. ... Defenseman Alec Regula and forward Andrew Mangiapane each was waived and assigned to Bakersfield.

STARS (37-14-9) at FLAMES (24-28-7)

9 p.m. ET; SN1, Victory+

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson -- Wyatt Johnston -- Mavrik Bourque

Sam Steel -- Matt Duchene -- Jamie Benn

Adam Erne -- Justin Hryckowian -- Colin Blackwell

Oskar Back -- Arttu Hyry -- Nathan Bastian

Esa Lindell -- Miro Heiskanen

Thomas Harley -- Nils Lundkvist

Ilya Lyubushkin -- Lian Bichsel

Casey DeSmith

Jake Oettinger

Scratched: Kyle Capobianco, Alexander Petrovic

Injured: Roope Hintz (illness), Radek Faksa (upper body), Mikko Rantanen (lower body), Tyler Seguin (ACL)

Flames projected lineup

Yegor Sharangovich -- Mikael Backlund -- Matt Coronato

Connor Zary -- Nazem Kadri -- Joel Farabee

Blake Coleman -- Morgan Frost -- Matvei Gridin

Ryan Lomberg -- John Beecher -- Adam Klapka

Kevin Bahl -- Mackenzie Weegar

Yan Kuznetsov -- Zach Whitecloud

Joel Hanley -- Zayne Parekh

Dustin Wolf

Devin Cooley

Scratched: Brayden Pachal, Martin Pospisil

Injured: Jake Bean (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek (upper body), Jonathan Huberdeau (hip surgery)

Status report

The Stars held an optional morning skate following a 6-1 win at the Vancouver Canucks on Monday. … Hintz could return Tuesday; the forward has missed three games. ... Parekh will be back in the lineup after sitting out a 3-2 shootout loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.

LIGHTNING (38-16-4) at WILD (35-16-10)

9:30 p.m. ET: The Spot, HBO MAX, truTV, TNT

Lightning projected lineup

Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov

Conor Geekie -- Anthony Cirelli -- Brandon Hagel

Zemgus Girgensons -- Yanni Gourde -- Pontus Holmberg

Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Curtis Douglas

J.J. Moser -- Darren Raddysh

Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak

Charle-Edouard D'Astous -- Declan Carlile

Victor Hedman

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Scott Sabourin, Emil Lilleberg

Injured: Gage Goncalves (undisclosed), Dominic James (lower body), Nick Paul (lower body), Max Crozier (core muscle)

Wild projected lineup

Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello

Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy

Yakov Trenin -- Danila Yurov -- Vladimir Tarasenko

Vinnie Hinostroza -- Nico Sturm – 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

Injured: Marcus Foligno (lower body)

Status report

The Lightning will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. … Geekie was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Tuesday after James, a forward, was placed on injured reserve; the forward left in the third period of a 6-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday following a hit by defenseman Michael Kesselring. ... Goncalves, who left in the second period Saturday, will miss a minimum of two games, but could be out longer, Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. ... Brodin will return after missing 13 games following surgery on Jan. 22 to repair a lower-body injury. … Foligno is week to week; the forward was placed on injured reserve Monday after missing a 3-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Sunday. ... Fabbri will make his Wild debut after being claimed off waivers from the Blues on Monday.

AVALANCHE (40-10-9) at DUCKS (33-23-3)

10 p.m. ET; Victory+, ALT

Avalanche projected lineup

Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas

Victor Olofsson -- Brock Nelson -- Valeri Nichushkin

Ross Colton -- Jack Drury -- Jason Polin

Zakhar Bardakov -- Parker Kelly -- Gavin Brindley

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Josh Manson -- Brent Burns

Brett Kulak -- Sam Malinski

Scott Wedgewood

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: None

Injured: Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery), Joel Kiviranta (concussion)

Ducks projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- Leo Carlsson -- Cutter Gauthier

Jeffrey Viel -- Mason McTavish -- Beckett Sennecke

Alex Killorn -- Ryan Poehling -- Jansen Harkins

Ross Johnston -- Tim Washe -- Ian Moore

Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba

Olen Zellweger -- Radko Gudas

Pavel Mintyukov -- Drew Helleson

Lukas Dostal

Ville Husso

Scratched: None

Injured: Mikael Granlund (upper body), Troy Terry (upper body), Ryan Strome (illness), Frank Vatrano (shoulder)

Status report

The Avalanche did not hold a morning skate following a 4-2 win at the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. ... Lehkonen was injured during the first period Monday, and Colorado coach Jared Bednar said afterward that the forward would “miss some time.” . ... Polin was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. ... Kiviranta remains in concussion protocol following a hit by Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman during a 5-2 loss on Thursday; the forward skated in a noncontact jersey Monday. ... Forwards Vatrano and Strome each participated in the morning skate, but the Ducks will dress the same lineup for the third straight game.

CANADIENS (33-17-9) at SHARKS (29-25-4)

10 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, TSN2, RDS

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach

Juraj Slafkovsky -- Oliver Kapanen -- Ivan Demidov

Alex Newhook -- Jake Evans -- Zachary Bolduc

Josh Anderson -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher

Lane Hutson -- Noah Dobson

Mike Matheson -- Kaiden Guhle

Jayden Struble -- Alexandre Carrier

Jakub Dobes

Samuel Montembeault

Scratched: Arber Xhekaj, Joe Veleno, Alexandre Texier

Injured: Patrik Laine (lower body)

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, Timothy Liljegren, Ryan Reaves

Injured: Ty Dellandrea (lower body)

Status report

The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate. ... Gaudette was on the fourth line during the morning skate and could enter the lineup after being a healthy scratch for three games; Regenda, a forward, would be a healthy scratch if Gaudette plays.