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(2WC) CAPITALS at (1M) RANGERS

Eastern Conference First Round, Game 2

7 p.m. ET; MNMT, ESPN, MSG, SNW, SNO, SNE, TVAS

New York leads best-of-7 series 1-0

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Connor McMichael -- T.J. Oshie

Aliaksei Protas -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson

Max Pacioretty -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Sonny Milano

Beck Malenstyn – Nic Dowd – Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson

Lucas Johansen -- Trevor van Riemsdyk

Alexander Alexeyev -- Dylan McIlrath

Charlie Lindgren

Darcy Kuemper

Scratched: Michael Sgarbossa, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Hardy Haman Aktell

Injured: Rasmus Sandin (upper body), Nick Jensen (upper body), Vincent Iorio (upper body)

Rangers projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Jack Roslovic

Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere

Will Cuylle -- Alex Wennberg -- Kaapo Kakko

Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Matt Rempe

Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox

K'Andre Miller -- Braden Schneider

Erik Gustafsson -- Jacob Trouba

Igor Shesterkin

Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Zac Jones, Jonny Brodzinski, Chad Ruhwedel, Filip Chytil, Louis Domingue, Adam Edstrom

Injured: Blake Wheeler (lower body)

Status report

Johansen will make his NHL playoff debut, replacing Iorio, a defenseman injured in the second period of a 4-1 loss in Game 1. ... Iorio joined the Capitals morning skate late in a non-contact jersey Tuesday, but will not play. … Jensen and Sandin, each a defenseman, skated Tuesday in a non-contact jersey; neither is ready to return after missing Game 1. ... Washington recalled Haman Aktell, a defenseman, from Hershey of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. ... The Rangers will dress the same lineup they used in Game 1.

(1WC) LIGHTNING at (1A) PANTHERS

Eastern Conference First Round, Game 2

7:30 p.m. ET; BSSUN, BSFL, ESPN2, TVAS2, SN360

Florida leads best-of-7 series 1-0

Lightning projected lineup

Anthony Duclair -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov

Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Steven Stamkos

Michael Eyssimont -- Nicholas Paul -- Mitchell Chaffee

Tyler Motte -- Luke Glendening -- Tanner Jeannot

Victor Hedman -- Darren Raddysh

Nick Perbix -- Erik Cernak

Emil Lilleberg -- Matt Dumba

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Matt Tomkins

Scratched: Austin Watson, Calvin de Haan, Conor Sheary, Max Crozier

Injured: Haydn Fleury (upper body), Jonas Johansson (lower body), Mikhail Sergachev (leg)

Panthers projected lineup

Vladimir Tarasenko -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart

Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk

Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Evan Rodrigues

Nick Cousins -- Kevin Stenlund – Steven Lorentz

Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola -- Brandon Montour

Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky

Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Tobias Bjornfot, Kyle Okposo, Uvis Balinskis, Josh Mahura, Jonah Gadjovich, Evan Cormier

Injured: Ryan Lomberg (illness)

Status report

The Lightning did not hold a morning skate. … Motte and Perbix missed practice Monday but are expected to play. … Crozier, a defenseman, was called up from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Monday. … Lorentz comes into the lineup for Lomberg, who had one shot on goal in 6:32 of ice time in Game 1 on Sunday.

(3C) AVALANCHE at (2C) JETS

Western Conference First Round, Game 2

9:30 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, ALT, ESPN

Winnipeg leads best-of-7 series 1-0

Avalanche projected lineup

Zach Parise -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen

Artturi Lehkonen -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Valeri Nichushkin

Miles Wood -- Ross Colton -- Joel Kiviranta

Andrew Cogliano -- Yakov Trenin -- Brandon Duhaime

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Sean Walker -- Josh Manson

Caleb Jones -- Jack Johnson

Alexandar Georgiev

Ivan Prosvetov

Scratched: Chris Wagner, Brad Hunt

Injured: Jonathan Drouin (lower body), Samuel Girard (upper body), Justus Annunen (illness)

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Sean Monahan -- Tyler Toffoli

Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton

David Gustafsson -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Alex Iafallo

Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo

Brenden Dillon -- Neal Pionk

Logan Stanley -- Dylan Samberg

Connor Hellebuyck

Laurent Brossoit

Scratched: Rasmus Kupari, Cole Perfetti, Nate Schmidt, Colin Miller, Collin Delia

Injured: Morgan Barron (lower body)

Status report

Georgiev is expected to start after allowing seven goals on 23 shots in a 7-6 loss in Game 1 on Sunday. ... Annunen, a goalie, remains ill according to Avalanche coach Jared Bednar and did not skate Tuesday. ... Prosvetov likely will back up Georgiev after being recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Monday; goalie Arvid Holm was reassigned to the AHL. ... Bednar would not provide an update on the status of Girard or any possibility the defenseman could play in Game 2. … The Jets will dress the same lineup they used in Game 1.

(1WC) PREDATORS at (1P) CANUCKS

Western Conference First Round, Game 2

10 p.m. ET; SN, TVAS2, ESPN2, BSSO

Vancouver leads best-of-7 series 1-0

Predators projected lineup

Filip Forsberg -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Gustav Nyquist

Mark Jankowski -- Colton Sissons -- Jason Zucker

Anthony Beauvillier -- Tommy Novak -- Luke Evangelista

Cole Smith -- Michael McCarron -- Kiefer Sherwood

Ryan McDonagh -- Roman Josi

Jeremy Lauzon -- Alexandre Carrier

Spencer Stastney -- Luke Schenn

Juuse Saros

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Tyson Barrie, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Cody Glass, Dante Fabbro, Gustavs Grigals

Injured: None

Canucks projected lineup

Pius Suter -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser

Nils Hoglander -- Elias Pettersson -- Sam Lafferty

Dakota Joshua -- Elias Lindholm -- Conor Garland

Phillip Di Giuseppe -- Teddy Blueger -- Ilya Mikheyev

Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek

Carson Soucy -- Tyler Myers

Ian Cole -- Nikita Zadorov

Casey DeSmith

Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Mark Friedman, Nils Aman, Noah Juulsen, Vasily Podkolzin

Injured: Thatcher Demko (undisclosed)

Status report

Demko, Vancouver’s No. 1 goalie, is day to day. … Forsberg did not participate in the morning skate; Predators coach Andrew Brunette said he has a couple of game-time decisions. … Brunette said Monday that Fabbro, a defenseman, and Glass, a forward who took Forberg’s spot in the lineup at the morning skate Tuesday, might get back into the lineup after being scratched for Game 1.