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PANTHERS (30-29-3) at RED WINGS (35-20-7)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNDET, SCRIPPS, NHLN, SNE, TVAS

Panthers projected lineup

Evan Rodrigues -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart

Eetu Luostarinen -- Carter Verhaeghe -- Brad Marchand

Mackie Samoskevich -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk

Sandis Vilmanis -- Tomas Nosek -- Jesper Boqvist

Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola -- Dmitry Kulikov

Donovan Sebrango -- Uvis Balinskis

Sergei Bobrovsky

Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: A.J. Greer, Tobias Bjornfot, Vinnie Hinostroza

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

Red Wings projected lineup

Michael Rasmussen -- Dylan Larkin -- Patrick Kane

Alex DeBrincat -- Andrew Copp -- Lucas Raymond

Dominik Shine -- J.T. Compher -- James van Riemsdyk 

Emmitt Finnie -- Marco Kasper -- Mason Appleton

Simon Edvinsson -- Moritz Seider

Ben Chiarot -- Axel Sandin-Pellikka

Albert Johansson -- Jacob Bernard-Docker

John Gibson

Cam Talbot

Scratched: Travis Hamonic, Elmer Soderblom

Injured: David Perron (lower body)

Status report

The Panthers did not hold a morning skate following a 4-2 loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday. ... Bobrovsky is likely to start after Tarasov made 24 saves at Columbus. ... Hinostroza, a forward, was acquired in a trade with the Minnesota Wild on Friday. ... Gibson will return and start after missing a 4-3 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday because of an upper-body injury. … The Red Wings held an optional morning skate. ... Perron, a forward acquired in a trade with the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, has not yet joined the team due to visa issues, Detroit coach Todd McLellan said.

AVALANCHE (41-10-9) at STARS (38-14-9)

8 p.m. ET; Victory+, ALT

Avalanche projected lineup

Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas

Victor Olofsson -- Brock Nelson -- Valeri Nichushkin

Ross Colton -- Nicolas Roy -- Parker Kelly

Zakhar Bardakov -- Jack Drury -- Gavin Brindley

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Josh Manson -- Brent Burns

Brett Kulak -- Sam Malinski

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: None

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

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Wyatt Johnston

Sam Steel -- Matt Duchene -- Jamie Benn

Adam Erne -- Justin Hryckowian -- Mavrik Bourque

Colin Blackwell -- Oskar Back -- Nathan Bastian

Esa Lindell -- Miro Heiskanen

Thomas Harley -- Nils Lundkvist

Ilya Lyubushkin -- Lian Bichsel

Jake Oettinger

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Michael Bunting, Kyle Capobianco, Tyler Myers, Alexander Petrovic

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

Status report

Roy is expected to make his Avalanche debut after being acquired in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. ... Forward Jason Polin was reassigned to Colorado of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. ... Hintz will return after missing four games with an illness. ... Bunting, a forward acquired in a trade with the Nashville Predators on Thursday, and Myers, a defenseman acquired in a trade wtih the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday, each will not play; each could make his Stars debut against the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday. ... Dallas assigned forward Arttu Hyry to Texas of the AHL on Thursday.

CANUCKS (18-36-7) at BLACKHAWKS (23-28-10)

8:30 p.m. ET; CHSN, SNP

Canucks projected lineup

Nils Hoglander -- Elias Pettersson – Jake DeBrusk

Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser

Drew O’Connor -- David Kampf -- Linus Karlsson

Evander Kane -- Teddy Blueger -- Max Sasson

Elias Pettersson -- Filip Hronek

Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander

Zeev Buium -- Victor Mancini

Nikita Tolopilo

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Aatu Raty, Cole Clayton

Injured: P.O Joseph (upper body), Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed), Evander Kane (illness)

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

Spencer Knight

Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Ethan Del Mastro

Injured: None

Status report

Kane will miss his second straight game, despite the forward participating in the Canucks’ morning skate. ... Kaiser will return after missing four games because of a lower-body injury … Mangiapane will make his Blackhawks debut after being acquired in a trade with the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. ... Chicago traded forward Nick Foligno to the Minnesota Wild for future considerations Friday.

CANADIENS (33-18-9) at DUCKS (34-24-3)

9 p.m. ET; Victory+, KCOP-13, TSN2, RDS

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

Jayden Struble -- Alexandre Carrier

Samuel Montembeault

Jakub Dobes

Scratched: Arber Xhekaj, Joe Veleno, Alexandre Texier

Injured: Patrik Laine (lower body)

Ducks projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- Leo Carlsson -- Cutter Gauthier

Alex Killorn -- Mason McTavish -- Beckett Sennecke

Frank Vatrano -- Ryan Poehling -- Ryan Strome

Ross Johnston -- Tim Washe -- Jeffrey Viel

Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba

Olen Zellweger -- Radko Gudas

Pavel Mintyukov -- Ian Moore

Lukas Dostal

Ville Husso

Scratched: Jansen Harkins, Drew Helleson, John Carlson

Injured: Mikael Granlund (upper body), Troy Terry (upper body)

Status report

The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate. … Carlson, a defenseman acquired from the Washington Capitals on Thursday for a conditional first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft and a third-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft, is expected to arrive in Anaheim later Friday but will not play. ... Granlund, a forward, took part in the morning skate but will miss his sixth straight game since getting injured while playing for Team Finland at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026; Ducks coach Joel Quenneville said Granlund could return against the St. Louis Blues on Sunday.

HURRICANES (39-16-6) at OILERS (30-24-8)

9 p.m. ET; SNW, FDSNSO

Hurricanes projected lineup

Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis

Taylor Hall -- Logan Stankoven -- Jackson Blake

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Jordan Staal -- Jordan Martinook

William Carrier -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Eric Robinson

Jaccob Slavin -- Jalen Chatfield

K’Andre Miller -- Sean Walker

Shayne Gostisbehere -- Alexander Nikishin

Brandon Bussi

Frederik Andersen

Scratched: Mark Jankowski, Mike Reilly

Injured: Pyotr Kochetkov (lower body), Charles-Alexis Legault (hand)

Oilers projected lineup

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

Matt Savoie -- Leon Draisaitl -- Jack Roslovic

Vasily Podkolzin -- Jason Dickinson -- Kasperi Kapanen

Colton Dach -- Adam Henrique -- Trent Frederic

Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard

Jake Walman -- Connor Murphy

Darnell Nurse -- Ty Emberson

Tristan Jarry

Connor Ingram

Scratched: Josh Samanski, Spencer Stastney

Injured: Mattias Janmark (shoulder), Curtis Lazar (undisclosed)

Status report

The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate ... Kotkaniemi is expected to come in for Jankowski, a forward ... The Oilers held an optional morning skate ... Dach, Dickinson and Murphy each will make his Edmonton debut after being acquired in two trades with the Chicago Blackhawks. ... Samanski, a forward, and Stastney, a defenseman, are expected to come out of the lineup ... Lazar, a forward, has been placed on long-term injured reserve. ... Janmark, a forward, will be out the rest of the season.

WILD (36-16-10) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (29-19-14) 

10 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, SCRIPPS, SNE

Wild projected lineup

Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello

Vladimir Tarasenko -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy

Yakov Trenin -- Danila Yurov -- Bobby Brink 

Robby Fabbri -- Michael McCarron -- Nico Sturm

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)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Braeden Bowman

Pavel Dorofeyev -- Mitch Marner -- Reilly Smith

Brandon Saad -- Tomas Hertl -- Keegan Kolesar

Cole Smith -- Nic Dowd -- Colton Sissons 

Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore

Noah Hanifin -- Kaedan Korczak

Rasmus Andersson -- Jeremy Lauzon 

Akira Schmid 

Adin Hill

Scratched: Ben Hutton

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

Status report

McCarron is likely to make his Wild debut after being acquired in a trade with the Nashville Predators on Tuesday. … Petry, a defenseman, was acquired in a trade with the Florida Panthers on Thursday. ... Minnesota acquired Brink and Nick Foligno in trades Friday; Brink from the Philadelphia Flyers and Foligno, a forward, from the Chicago Blackhawks. ... The Wild traded forward Vinnie Hinostroza to the Panthers for future considerations Friday. … The Golden Knights placed Stone, a forward, on injured reserve Thursday. … Smith, acquired in a trade with the Predators on Tuesday is set to make his debut on the fourth line. … Dowd will center the fourth line after being acquired in a trade with the Washington Capitals on Thursday. ... Vegas placed forwards Alexander Holtz and Cole Reinhardt on waivers Thursday.