Projected lineups, starting goalies for today
Latest line combinations, defense pairs, injury news from NHL.com writers

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (28-17-14) at PENGUINS (30-15-13)
1 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, TNT, SN360, TVAS
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone
Pavel Dorofeyev -- Mitch Marner -- Reilly Smith
Braeden Bowman --Tomas Hertl -- Keegan Kolesar
Brandon Saad -- Colton Sissons -- Alexander Holtz
Jeremy Lauzon -- Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
Brayden McNabb -- Kaedan Korczak
Akira Schmid
Adin Hill
Scratched: Cole Reinhardt, Ben Hutton
Injured: Carter Hart (lower body), Brett Howden (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body), Jonas Rondbjerg (lower body)
Penguins projected lineup
Egor Chinakhov -- Tommy Novak -- Evgeni Malkin
Avery Hayes -- Rickard Rakell -- Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha -- Ben Kindel -- Justin Brazeau
Connor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson
Samuel Girard -- Kris Letang
Ryan Shea -- Connor Clifton
Arturs Silovs
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: Kevin Hayes, Ilya Solovyov, Ryan Graves
Injured: Sidney Crosby (lower body), Jack St. Ivany (hand surgery), Caleb Jones (lower body)
Status report
The Golden Knights have not announced a starting goalie; Schmid and Hill have split the first two games out of the Olympic break. ... Silovs likely will start after Skinner made 23 saves in a 3-2 shootout loss at the New York Rangers on Saturday.
BLACKHAWKS (22-28-9) at MAMMOTH (31-24-4)
4 p.m. ET; Utah16, CHSN, SN
Blackhawks projected lineup
Ryan Greene -- Connor Bedard -- Andre Burakovsky
Oliver Moore -- Frank Nazar -- Teuvo Teravainen
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Jason Dickinson -- Ilya Mikheyev
Ryan Donato -- Nick Foligno -- Colton Dach
Alex Vlasic -- Louis Crevier
Matt Grzelcyk – Artyom Levshunov
Connor Murphy -- Kevin Korchinski
Arvid Soderblom
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Sam Lafferty, Landon Slaggert, Sam Rinzel
Injured: Wyatt Kaiser (lower body)
Mammoth projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Nick Schmaltz -- Lawson Crouse
Jack McBain -- Logan Cooley -- Dylan Guenther
JJ Peterka -- 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
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Sunday... The Blackhawks are expected to use the lineups from a 3-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. ... The Mammoth are expected to dress the same 18 skaters from a 5-2 win against the Minnesota Wild on Friday.
JETS (23-26-9) at SHARKS (28-25-4)
4 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, TSN3, TVAS
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
Dylan Samberg -- Elias Salomonsson
Logan Stanley -- Dylan DeMelo
Haydn Fleury -- Luke Schenn
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Ville Heinola, Kale Clague, Domenic DiVincentiis
Injured: Josh Morrissey (upper body), Nino Niederreiter (undisclosed), Neal Pionk (undisclosed), Colin Miller (knee), Vladislav Namestnikov (lower body)
Sharks projected lineup
Will Smith -- Macklin Celebrini -- Kiefer Sherwood
Philipp Kurashev -- Alexander Wennberg -- Collin Graf
William Eklund -- Michael Misa -- Tyler Toffoli
Barclay Goodrow -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Pavol Regenda
Dmitry Orlov -- John Klingberg
Mario Ferraro -- Shakir Mukhamadullin
Sam Dickinson -- Vincent Desharnais
Alex Nedeljkovic
Yaroslav Askarov
Scratched: Adam Gaudette, Timothy Liljegren, Ryan Reaves
Injured: Ty Dellandrea (lower body)
Status report
Neither Scheifele nor Namestnikov took part in practice on Saturday. Scheifele is expected to play while Namestnikov is considered week to week with a lower-body injury suffered against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. ... Fleury, a defenseman, could return after not playing since Dec. 19 due to an upper-body injury. ... Alex Nedeljkovic should start on Sunday after Yaroslav Askarov made 20 saves for the Sharks in a 5-4 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.
BLUES (21-29-9) at WILD (35-15-10)
5 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, FDSNNO, FDSNWIX
Blues projected lineup
Brayden Schenn -- Robert Thomas -- Jimmy Snuggerud
Jake Neighbours -- Pavel Buchnevich -- Jordan Kyrou
Dylan Holloway -- Dalibor Dvorsky -- Pius Suter
Alexey Toropchenko -- Jack Finley -- Oskar Sundqvist
Philip Broberg -- Justin Faulk
Cam Fowler -- Logan Mailloux
Tyler Tucker -- Matthew Kessel
Joel Hofer
Jordan Binnington
Scratched: Nathan Walker, Jonatan Berggren
Injured: Colton Parayko (back)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Yakov Trenin -- Danila Yurov -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Tyler Pitlick -- Nico Sturm -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Quinn Hughes -- Brock Faber
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Daemon Hunt -- Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson
Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Ben Jones, Matt Kiersted
Injured: Jonas Brodin (lower body), Marcus Foligno (lower body)
Status report
Neither team skated. … Parayko, a defenseman, is expected to miss a second straight game after being a late scratch with back spasms in a 3-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. … Thomas, a forward, is possible to play. The forward has missed 13 games after having a procedure done on his right leg but stepped away from the team Wednesday due to a personal matter. … Eriksson Ek is expected to play after leaving at 17:06 of the second period of a 5-2 loss at the Utah Mammoth after taking a high stick to the face.
PANTHERS (30-26-3) at ISLANDERS (34-21-5)
6:30 PM ET (ESPN, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS)
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Evan Rodrigues -- Sam Reinhart
Mackie Samoskevich -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Brad Marchand
A.J. Greer -- Jesper Boqvist -- Sandis Vilmanis
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Dmirty Kulikov
Donovan Sebrango -- Jeff Petry
Sergei Bobrovsky
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Luke Kunin, Tobias Bjornfot
Injured: Uvis Balinskis (undisclosed), Seth Jones (collarbone), Aleksander Barkov (knee), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Cole Schwindt (lower body)
Islanders projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal
Anthony Duclair -- Calum Ritchie -- Emil Heineman
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom
Kyle MacLean -- Casey Cizikas -- Marc Gatcomb
Matthew Schaefer -- Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech -- Tony DeAngelo
Carson Soucy -- Scott Mayfield
David Rittich
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Maxim Shabanov, Adam Boqvist
Injured: Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee), Jonathan Drouin (lower body)
Status Report
The Panthers held an optional morning skate. ... Kulikov is a game-time decision. The defenseman hasn't played since Oct. 10 because of a shoulder injury. ... Balinskis is day to day after the defenseman left Florida's 3-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. ... The Islanders did not hold a morning skate after a 4-3 overtime win at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.
FLAMES (24-28-6) at DUCKS (32-23-3)
8 p.m. ET; Victory+, SNW
Flames projected lineup
Yegor Sharangovich -- Mikael Backlund -- Matt Coronato
Connor Zary -- Nazem Kadri -- Joel Farabee
Blake Coleman -- Morgan Frost -- Matvei Gridin
Martin Pospisil -- John Beecher -- Adam Klapka
Kevin Bahl -- Mackenzie Weegar
Yan Kuznetsov -- Zach Whitecloud
Joel Hanley -- Zayne Parekh
Devin Cooley
Dustin Wolf
Scratched: Ryan Lomberg, Brayden Pachal
Injured: Jake Bean (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek (upper body), Jonathan Huberdeau (hip surgery)
Ducks projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Leo Carlsson -- Cutter Gauthier
Jeffrey Viel -- Mason McTavish -- Beckett Sennecke
Jansen Harkins -- Ryan Poehling -- Alex Killorn
Ross Johnston -- Tim Washe -- Frank Vatrano
Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba
Olen Zellweger -- Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov -- Drew Helleson
Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso
Scratched: Ian Moore
Injured: Mikael Granlund (upper body), Troy Terry (upper body), Ryan Strome (illness)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. ... Cooley is expected to start after Wolf made 35 saves in a 2-0 loss at the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. ... Terry and Granlund, both forwards, missed practice Saturday and will likely remain out. Terry missed a 5-4 overtime win against the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Friday and Granlund has missed the past two games. ... Vatrano continues to practice in full after missing the past two games for personal reasons and the previous 18 with a fractured shoulder.
Monday, March 2
RED WINGS (34-20-6) at PREDATORS (27-24-8)
2 p.m. ET; FDSNDET, FDSNSO, NHLN
Red Wings projected lineup
Marco Kasper -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Alex DeBrincat -- Andrew Copp -- Patrick Kane
Emmitt Finnie -- J.T. Compher -- Mason Appleton
Dominik Shine -- Michael Rasmussen -- James van Riemsdyk
Simon Edvinsson -- Moritz Seider
Albert Johansson -- Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Ben Chiarot -- Jacob Bernard-Docker
John Gibson
Cam Talbot
Scratched: Erik Gustafsson, Travis Hamonic, Elmer Soderblom
Injured: None
Predators projected lineup
Steven Stamkos -- Ryan O’Reilly -- Luke Evangelista
Filip Forsberg -- Erik Haula -- Jonathan Marchessault
Michael Bunting -- Michael McCarron -- Cole Smith
Zachary L’Heureux -- Tyson Jost -- Matthew Wood
Brady Skjei -- Roman Josi
Nicolas Hague -- Nick Blankenburg
Justin Barron -- Nick Perbix
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Ozzy Wiesblatt
Injured: Adam Wilsby (lower body)
Status report
Talbot made 31 saves in a 5-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. … Wilsby left in the second period of a 3-2 overtime loss to the Dallas Stars on Saturday because of a lower-body injury and did not return.

















