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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 -- Teddy Blueger -- Linus Karlsson

Evander Kane -- Aatu Raty -- Max Sasson

Elias Pettersson -- Filip Hronek

Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander

Zeev Buium -- Victor Mancini

Nikita Tolopilo

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Curtis Douglas

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

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 return after missing a 6-4 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday because of an illness. ... Douglas, a forward claimed off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday, is expected to join the Canucks for their game at the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday. ... 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 -- Jeffrey Viel

Ross Johnston -- Tim Washe -- Jansen Harkins

Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba

Olen Zellweger -- Radko Gudas

Pavel Mintyukov -- Ian Moore

Lukas Dostal

Ville Husso

Scratched: 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. ... Anaheim also traded forward Ryan Strome to the Calgary Flames on Friday for a seventh-round pick in the 2027 draft.

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.

BLUES (23-29-9) at SHARKS (30-25-4)

10 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, NBCSCA

Blues projected lineup

Nathan Walker -- Robert Thomas -- Jimmy Snuggerud

Jake Neighbours -- Pavel Buchnevich -- Jordan Kyrou

Dylan Holloway --  Dalibor Dvorsky -- Pius Suter  

Alexey Toropchenko -- Jack Finley -- Oskar Sundqvist

Philip Broberg -- Colton Parayko

Cam Fowler -- Logan Mailloux

Tyler Tucker -- Matthew Kessel

Joel Hofer

Jordan Binnington

Scratched: Jonatan Berggren, Justin Holl, Jonathan Drouin

Injured: None

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

Alex Nedeljkovic

Yaroslav Askarov

Scratched: Pavol Regenda, Ryan Reaves

Injured: Ty Dellandrea (lower body)

Status report

The Blues did not hold a morning skate. ... St. Louis traded forward Brayden Schenn to the New York Islanders. ... Drouin, a forward, was acquired from the Islanders. ... Holl, a defenseman, was acquired in a trade with the Detroit Red Wings for defenseman Justin Faulk. ... Walker could replace Schenn in the lineup, and Parayko could return in place of Faulk. ... The Sharks held an optional morning skate. ... Nedeljkovic will start after singing a two-year, $6 million contract Friday. ... The Sharks traded defenseman Timothy Liljeghren to the Washington Capitals for a fourth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft.

SATURDAY

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

Trevor Zegras -- Christian Dvorak -- Owen Tippett

Matvei Michkov -- Noah Cates -- Luke Glendening

Denver Barkey -- Sean Couturier -- 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

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

Stuart Skinner

Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Ilya Solovyov, Ryan Graves, Kevin Hayes, Elmer Soderblom

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

Status report

Glendening could 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 missed the past two games. ... Barkey was reassigned, along with defenseman Adam Ginning, to Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Friday, but likely 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 his sixth straight game.