Projected lineups, starting goalies for today
Latest line combinations, defense pairs, injury news from NHL.com writers
RANGERS (20-19-6) at BRUINS (23-19-2)
1 p.m. ET; ABC, SNP, SNO, SNE
Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin -- Mika Zibanejad -- Will Cuylle
J.T. Miller -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Gabe Perreault -- Noah Laba -- Taylor Raddysh
Anton Blidh -- Sam Carrick -- Matt Rempe
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Braden Schneider
Carson Soucy -- Will Borgen
Matthew Robertson -- Scott Morrow
Jonathan Quick
Spencer Martin
Scratched: Urho Vaakanainen, Jonny Brodzinski
Injured: Igor Shesterkin (lower body), Adam Fox (lower body), Adam Edstrom (lower body), Conor Sheary (lower body)
Bruins projected lineup
Marat Khusnutdinov -- Elias Lindholm -- David Pastrnak
Casey Mittelstadt -- Pavel Zacha -- Viktor Arvidsson
Alex Steeves -- Fraser Minten -- Morgan Geekie
Tanner Jeannot -- Sean Kuraly -- Mark Kastelic
Jonathan Aspirot -- Charlie McAvoy
Nikita Zadorov -- Henri Jokiharju
Mason Lohrei -- Andrew Peeke
Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Jeffrey Viel, Michael Eyssimont, Vladislav Kolyachonok
Injured: Hampus Lindholm (undisclosed), Jordan Harris (ankle)
Status report
Laba is expected to return and center the third line after missing three games with an upper-body injury; the Rangers reassigned forward Justin Dowling to Hartford of the American Hockey League before the game. . ... Hampus Lindholm is eligible to come off injured reserve Sunday; the defenseman skated Friday and remains day to day.
FLAMES (18-22-4) at PENGUINS (21-12-9)
3:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, SN, TVAS
Flames projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Nazem Kadri -- Joel Farabee
Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Matt Coronato
Connor Zary -- Morgan Frost -- Yegor Sharangovich
Ryan Lomberg -- Justin Kirkland -- Adam Klapka
Kevin Bahl -- Rasmus Andersson
Yan Kuznetsov -- Mackenzie Weegar
Joel Hanley -- Hunter Brzustewicz
Dustin Wolf
Devin Cooley
Scratched: Brayden Pachal, William Stromgren
Injured: Jake Bean (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek (upper body), Martin Pospisil (undisclosed), John Beecher (upper body), Zayne Parekh (upper body)
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Evgeni Malkin -- Ben Kindel -- Egor Chinakhov
Anthony Mantha -- Tommy Novak -- Justin Brazeau
Connor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson
Brett Kulak -- Kris Letang
Ryan Shea -- Jack St. Ivany
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Kevin Hayes, Connor Clifton
Injured: Rutger McGroarty (concussion), Caleb Jones (lower body), Filip Hallander (blood clot)
Status report
Coleman left in the third period of a 4-1 loss at Boston on Thursday; he was taken out of the game for precautionary reasons, Flames coach Ryan Huska said. ... Jones wore a noncontact jersey during an optional practice Friday; the defenseman has been out since Oct. 23.
BLUE JACKETS (18-18-7) at AVALANCHE (32-4-7)
4 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, ALT
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Dimitri Voronkov -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner -- Sean Monahan -- Kent Johnson
Cole Sillinger -- Charlie Coyle -- Mathieu Olivier
Zach Aston-Reese -- Brendan Gaunce -- Mikael Pyyhtia
Zach Werenski -- Denton Mateychuk
Ivan Provorov -- Damon Severson
Egor Zamula -- Dante Fabbro
Elvis Merzlikins
Jet Greaves
Scratched: Jake Christiansen, Danton Heinen
Injured: Erik Gudbranson (hip), Isac Lundestrom (lower body), Brendan Smith (knee surgery), Miles Wood (lower body), Mason Marchment (upper body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Ross Colton -- Brock Nelson -- Valeri Nichushkin
Parker Kelly -- Jack Drury -- Victor Olofsson
Ivan Ivan -- Zakhar Bardakov -- Gavin Brindley
Sam Malinski -- Cale Makar
Josh Manson -- Brent Burns
Samuel Girard -- Ilya Solovyov
Scott Wedgewood
Trent Miner
Scratched: None
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (upper body), Devon Toews (upper body), Mackenzie Blackwood (lower body), Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)
Status report
Marchment, a forward, is week to week.
STARS (26-10-8) at SHARKS (22-18-3)
4 p.m. ET; Victory+, NBCSCA
Stars projected lineup
Matt Duchene -- Wyatt Johnston -- Mikko Rantanen
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Mavrik Bourque
Justin Hryckowian -- Sam Steel -- Nathan Bastian
Oskar Back -- Radek Faksa -- Colin Blackwell
Esa Lindell -- Miro Heiskanen
Thomas Harley -- Kyle Capobianco
Ilya Lyubushkin -- Nils Lundkvist
Casey DeSmith
Jake Oettinger
Scratched: Adam Erne, Alexander Petrovic
Injured: Tyler Seguin (ACL), Lian Bichsel (lower body), Jamie Benn (nose)
Sharks projected lineup
William Eklund -- Macklin Celebrini -- Igor Chernyshov
Pavol Regenda -- Alexander Wennberg -- Tyler Toffoli
Jeff Skinner -- Adam Gaudette -- Collin Graf
Barclay Goodrow -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Ryan Reaves
Dmitry Orlov -- Timothy Liljegren
Mario Ferraro -- Vincent Iorio
Sam Dickinson -- Nick Leddy
Yaroslav Askarov
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Michael Misa
Injured: Ty Dellandrea (lower body), Vincent Desharnais (upper body), Philipp Kurashev (upper body), Will Smith (upper body), John Klingberg (lower body), Shakir Mukhamadullin (upper body)
Status report
Benn, a forward, did not skate in San Jose but is expected to join the team in Los Angeles on Sunday, per Stars coach Glenn Gulutzan. ... Smith, a forward, skated at Sharks practice in a noncontact jersey for the first time since being injured on Dec. 13 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. ... Klingberg returned to practice but won't play; the defenseman could return against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday. ... Misa, a forward, participated in his first practice since returning from the 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship. He is an option, according to Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky.
LIGHTNING (26-13-3) at FLYERS (22-12-8)
7 p.m. ET; The Spot, NBCSP
Lightning projected lineup
Gage Goncalves -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Jake Guentzel
Zemgus Girgensons -- Yanni Gourde -- Pontus Holmberg
Nick Paul -- Dominic James -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
J.J. Moser -- Darren Raddysh
Charle-Edouard D'Astous -- Erik Cernak
Declan Carlile -- Max Crozier
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Curtis Douglas, Jack Finley, Simon Lundmark
Injured: Ryan McDonagh (lower body), Victor Hedman (elbow), Emil Lilleberg (undisclosed), Scott Sabourin (undisclosed)
Flyers projected lineup
Matvei Michkov -- Christian Dvorak -- Trevor Zegras
Denver Barkey -- Sean Couturier -- Owen Tippett
Nikita Grebenkin -- Noah Cates -- Carl Grundstrom
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Rodrigo Abols -- Garnet Hathaway
Cam York -- Travis Sanheim
Emil Andrae -- Noah Juulsen
Nick Seeler -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Samuel Ersson
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Adam Ginning
Injured: Tyson Foerster (upper body), Bobby Brink (upper body), Jamie Drysdale (upper body), Travis Konecny (upper body)
Status report
The Lightning held an optional morning skate. ... Konecny is day to day and will not play after missing the third period of a 2-1 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. ... Brink took part in the Flyers' morning skate, but the forward is expected to miss his second straight game. ... Drysdale was on the ice for the morning skate, but the defenseman will not play after being placed on injured reserve Friday. ... Ginning, a defenseman, was recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Friday but is not expected to play.
CANUCKS (16-22-5) at MAPLE LEAFS (21-15-7)
7 p.m. ET; CBC, SNO, SNW, SNP
Canucks projected lineup
Evander Kane -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Liam Ohgren -- Max Sasson -- Linus Karlsson
Jake DeBrusk -- David Kampf -- Kiefer Sherwood
Drew O'Connor -- Aatu Raty -- Nils Hoglander
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Elias Pettersson -- Tyler Myers
Thatcher Demko
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Arshdeep Bains
Injured: Conor Garland (upper body), Marco Rossi (lower body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matias Maccelli -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Mathew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Max Domi
Bobby McMann -- Scott Laughton -- Steven Lorentz
Easton Cowan -- Nicolas Roy -- Nicholas Robertson
Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Troy Stecher
Simon Benoit -- Philippe Myers
Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby
Scratched: Matt Benning, Calle Jarnkrok
Injured: Anthony Stolarz (upper body), Chris Tanev (groin), Dakota Mermis (lower body), Dakota Joshua (kidney), Jake McCabe (lower body)
Status report
The Canucks are expected to dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 5-1 loss at the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday. ... Coach Adam Foote said Garland, a forward, could return by the end of Vancouver'a six-game road trip, which concludes at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday. ... Nylander will return after missing six games with a lower-body injury. ... McCabe will be a game-time decision; the defenseman, who has missed two games, participated in the morning skate. If he can play, Myers would be a healthy scratch.
DUCKS (21-20-3) at SABRES (23-15-4)
7 p.m. ET; Victory+, KCOP-13, MSG-B
Ducks projected lineup
Mikael Granlund -- Mason McTavish -- Beckett Sennecke
Alex Killorn -- Leo Carlsson -- Ryan Strome
Chris Kreider -- Ryan Poehling -- Cutter Gauthier
Ross Johnston -- Tim Washe -- Jansen Harkins
Olen Zellweger -- Jacob Trouba
Jackson LaCombe -- Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov -- Drew Helleson
Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso
Scratched: Nikita Nesterenko, Ian Moore
Injured: Frank Vatrano (fractured shoulder), Petr Mrazek (lower body), Troy Terry (upper body)
Sabres projected lineup
Peyton Krebs -- Tage Thompson -- Josh Doan
Jason Zucker -- Josh Norris -- Alex Tuch
Zach Benson -- Ryan McLeod -- Jack Quinn
Jordan Greenway -- Noah Ostlund -- Beck Malenstyn
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Bowen Byram -- Owen Power
Jacob Bryson -- Zach Metsa
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Colten Ellis
Scratched: Josh Dunne, Tyson Kozak, Zac Jones
Injured: Michael Kesselring (lower body), Alex Lyon (lower body), Conor Timmins (broken leg), Jiri Kulich (blood clot), Justin Danforth (lower body)
Status report
The Ducks held an optional morning skate. … Kesselring rejoied the Sabres at their morning skate, his first time on the ice with them since leaving a 4-1 win at the Dallas Stars on Dec. 31. Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff said the plan is to get him involved physically at practice Monday and make a decision midweek on a potential return. … The Sabres recalled Jones from Rochester of the American Hockey League on Saturday, but the defenseman is not expected to play.
PANTHERS (22-18-3) at SENATORS (20-18-5)
7 p.m. ET; SN1, TVAS2, NHLN, SCRIPPS
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Fabian Zetterlund
David Perron -- Dylan Cozens -- Drake Batherson
Michael Amadio -- Shane Pinto -- Claude Giroux
Lars Eller -- Ridly Greig -- Nick Cousins
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven -- Jordan Spence
Leevi Merilainen
Mads Sogaard
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Nikolas Matinpalo, Stephen Halliday
Injured: None
Panthers projected lineup
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- A.J. Greer
Jesper Boqvist -- Evan Rodrigues -- Mackie Samoskevich
Sandis Vilmanis -- Luke Kunin -- Jack Studnicka
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Uvis Balinskis
Donovan Sebrango -- Jeff Petry
Sergei Bobrovsky
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Tobias Bjornfot, Noah Gregor
Injured: Brad Marchand (undisclosed), Seth Jones (upper body), Aleksander Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder), Cole Schwindt (arm)
Status report
Marchand will miss his second straight game; the forward left after the second period of a 4-1 loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday. … Vilmanis will make his NHL debut after being recalled from Charlotte of the American Hockey League on Saturday. ... Jones was placed on injured reserve after the defenseman left during the first period of a 5-1 loss to the New York Rangers in the 2026 Discover NHL Winter Classic on Jan. 2. … Gregor, a forward, was placed on waivers Friday. … Ottawa activated Eller (broken foot) from injured reserve and placed goalie Linus Ullmark on the non-roster list; Ullmark has been on a personal leave of absence since Dec. 28. ... Goalie James Reimer was signed to a professional tryout Friday by Belleville, the Senators’ AHL affiliate.
KRAKEN (20-14-8) at HURRICANES (27-14-3)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, KHN/Prime, KING 5, KONG
Kraken projected lineup
Jared McCann -- Matty Beniers -- Kaapo Kakko
Eeli Tolvanen -- Chandler Stephenson -- Frederick Gaudreau
Berkly Catton -- Shane Wright -- Ryan Winterton
Tye Kartye -- Ben Meyers -- Jacob Melanson
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Ryan Lindgren -- Cale Fleury
Ryker Evans -- Jamie Oleksiak
Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: Josh Mahura, Oscar Fisker Molgaard
Injured: Matt Murray (lower body), Jaden Schwartz (lower body), Brandon Montour (upper body), Jordan Eberle (upper body)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Taylor Hall -- Logan Stankoven -- Jackson Blake
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Seth Jarvis
William Carrier -- Mark Jankowski -- Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin -- Jalen Chatfield
K’Andre Miller -- Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere – Alexander Nikishin
Brandon Bussi
Frederik Andersen
Scratched: Mike Reilly, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Alexander Nikishin
Injured: Pyotr Kochetkov (lower body), Noah Philp (concussion)
Status report
Eberle is day to day; the forward, who will miss his second straight game, is with the Kraken for the start of their five-game road trip. ... Slavin will return after missing 10 games with an upper-body injury; he missed 29 games earlier this season with a lower-body injury. … The Hurricanes reassigned defenseman Joel Nystrom to Chicago of the American Hockey League on Friday.
RED WINGS (26-15-4) at CANADIENS (25-13-6)
7 p.m. ET; TVAS, CITY, SNE, FDSNDET
Red Wings projected lineup
Emmitt Finnie -- Dylan Larkin -- Marco Kasper
Alex DeBrincat -- Andrew Copp -- Patrick Kane
James van Riemsdyk -- J.T. Compher -- Lucas Raymond
Elmer Soderblom -- Michael Rasmussen -- Mason Appleton
Simon Edvinsson -- Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot -- Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Albert Johansson -- Jacob Bernard-Docker
John Gibson
Cam Talbot
Scratched: Travis Hamonic, Sheldon Dries
Injured: None
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Alexandre Texier
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Oliver Kapanen -- Ivan Demidov
Zachary Bolduc -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Sammy Blais -- Joe Veleno -- Owen Beck
Mike Matheson -- Noah Dobson
Lane Hutson -- Alexandre Carrier
Kaiden Guhle -- Arber Xhekaj
Jacob Fowler
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Sam Montembeault, Jayden Struble
Injured: Kirby Dach (broken foot), Alex Newhook (broken ankle), Patrik Laine (lower body), Jake Evans (lower body), Josh Anderson (upper body)
Status report
Dries, a forward, was recalled from Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League on Friday. … Guhle will play his first game since he sustained an upper-body injury during a 3-2 overtime win against the Nashville Predators on Oct. 16; he will play the left side on the third defense pair, with Xhekaj moving to the right side. … Struble, a defenseman, will be left out of the lineup for the first time in six games since Dec. 30. … Laine, Dach and Evans took part in the morning skate, each for the first time since their respective injuries, though none of the three forwards is ready to return.
ISLANDERS (24-15-5) at WILD (26-11-8)
8 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, MSGSN
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal – Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Drouin -- Calum Ritchie -- Emil Heineman
Maxim Shabanov -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom
Maxim Tsyplakov -- Casey Cizikas -- Marc Gatcomb
Matthew Schaefer -- Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech -- Tony DeAngelo
Adam Boqvist -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
David Rittich
Scratched: Kyle MacLean, Cole McWard
Injured: Bo Horvat (lower body), Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Danila Yurov -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Ryan Hartman -- Matt Boldy
Vladimir Tarasenko – Ben Jones -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Marcus Foligno -- Nico Sturm -- Yakov Trenin
Quinn Hughes -- Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon
Jake Middleton -- Daemon Hunt
Filip Gustavsson
Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Tyler Pitlick, David Jiricek, Matt Kierstad
Injured: Zach Bogosian (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (undisclosed)
Status report
The Wild did not conduct a morning skate Saturday. ... Eriksson Ek is day to day; the forward was injured during the second period of a 3-2 overtime win at the Seattle Kraken on Thursday. ... Jones was recalled from Iowa of the American Hockey League and Bogosian, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve Saturday.
BLACKHAWKS (18-19-7) at PREDATORS (20-19-4)
8 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, CHSN
Blackhawks projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Ryan Greene -- Andre Burakovsky
Connor Bedard -- Oliver Moore -- Nick Lardis
Ryan Donato -- Jason Dickinson -- Ilya Mikheyev
Teuvo Teravainen -- Colton Dach -- Nick Foligno
Alex Vlasic -- Connor Murphy
Wyatt Kaiser -- Artyom Levshunov
Kevin Korchinski -- Matt Grzelcyk
Stanislav Berezhnoy
Drew Commesso
Scratched: Sam Lafferty, Landon Slaggert
Injured: Frank Nazar (face), Spencer Knight (illness), Arvid Soderblom (illness), Louis Crevier (illness)
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Ryan O’Reilly -- Steven Stamkos
Michael Bunting -- Erik Haula -- Luke Evangelista
Reid Schaefer -- Michael McCarron -- Cole Smith
Tyson Jost -- Fedor Svechkov - Matthew Wood
Roman Josi -- Nick Perbix
Brady Skjei -- Adam Wilsby
Nicolas Hague -- Nick Blankenburg
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Justin Barron
Injured: Jonathan Marchessault (lower body), Ozzy Wiesblatt (upper body)
Status report
The Blackhawks’ lineup may involve game-time decisions because of an illness affecting the team; Mikheyev, goalies Knight and Soderblom and Crevier, a defenseman, each missed a a 5-1 loss to the Washington Capitals on Friday because of illness. ... Berezhnoy was recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Saturday. … Marchessault, a center, will miss his 11th consecutive game.
