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MAPLE LEAFS (27-24-11) at RANGERS (23-29-8)

7 p.m. ET; MSG, TSN4

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Easton Cowan -- Auston Matthews -- William Nylander

Matthew Knies -- John Tavares -- Max Domi

Matias Maccelli -- Jacob Quillan -- Dakota Joshua

Nicholas Robertson -- Calle Jarnkrok -- Steven Lorentz

Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo

Troy Stecher -- Jake McCabe

Simon Benoit -- Philippe Myers

Joseph Woll

Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Scott Laughton, Bobby McMann, Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Injured: Chris Tanev (core muscle surgery), Dakota Mermis (lower body)

Rangers projected lineup

Will Cuylle -- Mika Zibanejad -- Gabe Perreault

Taylor Raddysh -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere

Tye Kartye -- Noah Laba -- Conor Sheary

Adam Edstrom -- Sam Carrick -- Juuso Parssinen

Vladislav Gavrikov -- Adam Fox

Braden Schneider -- Will Borgen

Matthew Robertson -- Vincent Iorio

Igor Shesterkin

Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Urho Vaakanainen, Jaroslav Chmelar, Jonny Brodzinski

Injured: Matt Rempe (upper body), J.T. Miller (upper body)

Status report

The Maple Leafs traded forward Nicolas Roy to the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday for a conditional first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft and a conditional first-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft; because they are expected to scratch forwards Laughton and McMann and Ekman-Larsson, a defenseman, for roster management purposes for the second straight game, they recalled Quillan from Toronto of the American Hockey League on Thursday. ... Miller will not play after the forward was injured during a 5-4 overtime loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday. … Edstrom is expected to play for the first time since Nov. 29 after missing 33 games with a lower-body injury. … Parssinen and Chmelar each was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Tuesday;  Chmelar, a forward, is expected to be a healthy scratch. Parssinen will play in an NHL game for the first time since Nov. 22. ... Forward Brendan Brisson and defenseman Scott Morrow each was assigned to Hartford on Tuesday.

SABRES (36-19-6) at PENGUINS (31-16-13)

7 p.m. ET; ESPN, SNO, SNE, TVAS

Sabres projected lineup

Peyton Krebs -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch

Jason Zucker -- Ryan McLeod -- Jack Quinn

Noah Ostlund -- Josh Norris -- Josh Doan

Zach Benson -- Josh Dunne -- Beck Malenstyn

Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin

Bowen Byram -- Owen Power

Zach Metsa -- Michael Kesselring

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Colten Ellis

Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Alex Lyon

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

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: Ilya Solovyov, Ryan Graves, Kevin Hayes

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

Status report

Kozak, a forward, is day to day and did not travel to Pittsburgh, Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. ... Crosby skated prior to the Penguins morning skate but will miss a fifth straight game; the center is expected to be sidelined at least four weeks after being injured while competing for Team Canada at the Olympics. ... Lizotte could return after missing a 2-1 loss at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday because of a lower-body injury; he returned to fourth-line center during Pittsburgh's skate.

PANTHERS (30-28-3) at BLUE JACKETS (31-21-8)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, SCRIPPS

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

Daniil Tarasov

Sergei Bobrovsky

Scratched: Jeff Petry, Donovan Sebrango, Jesper Boqvist

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

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Mason Marchment -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko

Kent Johnson -- Sean Monahan -- Boone Jenner

Cole Sillinger -- Charlie Coyle -- Mathieu Olivier

Dmitri Voronkov -- Isac Lundestrom -- Miles Wood

Denton Mateychuk -- Damon Severson

Egor Zamula -- Ivan Provorov 

Jake Christiansen -- Erik Gudbranson

Jet Greaves

Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched: Danton Heinen

Injured: Brendan Smith (knee surgery), Dante Fabbro (illness), Zach Werenski (illness)

Status report

Tarasov will make his third start in nine games. ... Defensemen Werenski and Fabbro each will be a game-time decision; Werenski has missed the past two games. … Jenner returns after missing a 3-2 win against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday because of a lower-body injury. ... Heinen, a forward, will come out of the lineup.

MAMMOTH (32-25-4) at FLYERS (28-21-11)

7 p.m. ET; Utah16, NBCSP

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

Mikhail Sergachev -- Sean Durzi

Ian Cole -- Nick DeSimone

Nate Schmidt -- John Marino

Karel Vejmelka

Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Liam O'Brien, Brandon Tanev, Dmitri Simashev, MacKenzie Weegar

Injured: None

Flyers projected lineup

Trevor Zegras -- Christian Dvorak -- Owen Tippett

Matvei Michkov -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink

Denver Barkey -- Sean Couturier -- Nikita Grebenkin

Nicolas Deslauriers -- Carl Grundstrom -- Garnet Hathaway

Travis Sanheim -- Rasmus Ristolainen

Cam York -- Jamie Drysdale

Emil Andrae -- Noah Juulsen

Dan Vladar

Samuel Ersson

Scratched: Adam Ginning

Injured: Tyson Foerster (arm), Rodrigo Abols (lower body), Travis Konecny (upper body), Nick Seeler (lower body)

Status report

Sergachev missed the morning skate for maintenance and will be a game-time decision, coach Andre Tourigny said. If he can't play, Simashev, a defenseman who was recalled from Tucson of the American Hockey League on Thursday, would play. ... Weegar, a defenseman acquired in a trade with the Calgary Flames on Wednesday, won't be able to join the team until he finalizes his immigration paperwork, which is expected to take 4-10 days. ... Konecny took part in the morning skate, but the forward will miss his second straight game. Coach Rick Tocchet said he is day to day and could play against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. ... Seeler is considered day to day. The defenseman left during the second period of a 3-2 shootout win at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.

BRUINS (34-21-5) at PREDATORS (27-26-8)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, NESN

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

Joonas Korpisalo

Jeremy Swayman

Scratched: Alex Steeves, Henri Jokiharju

Injured: Jonathan Aspirot (illness)

Predators projected lineup

Steven Stamkos -- Erik Haula -- Jonathan Marchessault

Filip Forsberg -- Fedor Svechkov -- Luke Evangelista

Michael Bunting -- Matthew Wood -- Zachary L’Heureux

Reid Schaefer -- Tyson Jost -- Ozzy Wiesblatt

Brady Skjei -- Roman Josi

Nicolas Hague -- Nick Perbix

Ryan Ufko -- Justin Barron

Juuse Saros

Justus Annunen

Scratched: None

Injured: Adam Wilsby (lower body), Ryan O’Reilly (upper body)

Status report

Aspirot, a defenseman, did not make the trip; Harris will enter the lineup in his place. … O’Reilly's status is unknown; the center took part in the Predators morning skate after taking a stick to the face during a 3-2 loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.

LIGHTNING (38-17-4) at JETS (24-26-10)

8 p.m. ET; TSN3, The Spot

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)

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Alex Iafallo

Cole Perfetti -- Adam Lowry -- Gabriel Vilardi

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 (knee), Neal Pionk (undisclosed), Colin Miller (knee), Vladislav Namestnikov (lower body)

Status report

The Lightning, who held an optional morning skate, are expected to dress the same 11-forward, seven-defenseman lineup they used in a 5-1 loss at the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday. ... James had surgery Tuesday and 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 Sabres defenseman Michael Kesselring. … Goncalves, a defenseman, is day to day and is expected to miss his second straight game. ... Vilardi and Iafallo swap lines at right wing, but otherwise the Jets will dress the same lineup from a 3-2 overtime win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.

SENATORS (29-22-9) at FLAMES (24-29-7)

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

Senators projected lineup

Drake Batherson -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux

Brady Tkachuk -- Dylan Cozens -- Ridly Greig

Nick Cousins -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio

Kurtis MacDermid -- Lars Eller -- Fabian Zetterlund

Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub

Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen

Tyler Kleven -- Jordan Spence

Linus Ullmark

James Reimer

Scratched: Stephen Halliday

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

Flames projected lineup

Connor Zary -- Nazem Kadri -- Joel Farabee

Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Matt Coronato

Yegor Sharangovich -- Morgan Frost -- Matvei Gridin

Ryan Lomberg -- Martin Pospisil -- Adam Klapka

Yan Kuznetsov -- Zach Whitecloud

Kevin Bahl -- Brayden Pachal

Joel Hanley -- Zayne Parekh

Devin Cooley

Dustin Wolf

Scratched: John Beecher, Olli Maatta

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

Status report

Senators coach Travis Green was noncommittal regarding any lineup changes, but confirmed Ullmark will start. ... The Flames held an optional morning skate. … Maatta, a defenseman acquired in a trade with the Utah Mammoth on Wednesday, won’t play, but is expected to be available against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, Calgary coach Ryan Huska said. … Pachal will be back in the lineup after being scratched for a 6-1 loss to the Dallas Stars on Tuesday. ... Pospisil will play after being scratched the past two games.

ISLANDERS (35-22-5) at KINGS (24-22-14)

9:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS

Islanders projected lineup

Ondrej Palat -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal

Jonathan Drouin -- 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

Ilya Sorokin

David Rittich

Scratched: Maxim Shabanov, Anthony Duclair, Adam Boqvist

Injured: Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee)

Kings projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe

Warren Foegele -- Alex Turcotte -- Alex Laferriere

Corey Perry -- Kenny Connors -- Trevor Moore

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 (upper body), Andrei Kuzmenko (meniscus), Kevin Fiala (fractured leg)

Status report

The Islanders did not hold a morning skate following a 5-1 loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday. … Pulock could be available after participating in a morning skate but not playing Wednesday because of an upper-body injury. … Doughty (lower body), Moore (illness) and Kuemper (illness) each is likely to return. … Byfield, a forward, will miss his second straight game and could be placed on injured reserve.