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DUCKS (36-26-3) at SENATORS (32-23-9)

1 p.m. ET; TVAS, TSN5, KCOP-13, Victory+

Ducks projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- Leo Carlsson -- Cutter Gauthier

Mikael Granlund -- Mason McTavish -- Beckett Sennecke

Alex Killorn -- Ryan Poehling -- Jeffrey Viel

Jansen Harkins -- Tim Washe -- Ian Moore

Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba

Olen Zellweger -- Ian Moore

Pavel Mintyukov -- Drew Helleson

Lukas Dostal

Ville Husso

Scratched: Frank Vatrano, Ross Johnston

Injured: Troy Terry (upper body), John Carlson (lower body)

Suspended: Radko Gudas

Senators projected lineup 

Drake Batherson -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux

Brady Tkachuk -- Dylan Cozens -- Ridly Greig

Nick Cousins -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio

Warren Foegele -- Lars Eller -- Fabian Zetterlund

Thomas Chabot -- Artem Zub

Tyler Kleven -- Jordan Spence

Dennis Gilbert -- Nikolas Matinpalo

James Reimer

Linus Ullmark

Scratched: Stephen Halliday, Kurtis MacDermid

Injured: Jake Sanderson (upper body), Nick Jensen (lower body)

Status report

Carlson is likely to make his Ducks debut at the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday. He was acquired in a trade with the Washington Capitals on March 5. ... Gudas, a defenseman, will serve the first of a five-game suspension for kneeing Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews on Thursday. ... Jensen, a defenseman, is day to day.

BRUINS (36-23-6) at CAPITALS (33-27-7)

3 p.m. ET; ABC, SN360, TVAS

Bruins projected lineup

David Pastrnak -- Fraser Minten -- Morgan Geekie

Casey Mittelstadt -- Pavel Zacha -- Viktor Arvidsson

Tanner Jeannot -- Elias Lindholm -- Marat Khusnutdinov

Michael Eyssimont -- Sean Kuraly -- Mark Kastelic

Jonathan Aspirot -- Charlie McAvoy

Hampus Lindholm -- Mason Lohrei 

Nikita Zadorov -- Andrew Peeke

Jeremy Swayman 

Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: Alex Steeves, Henri Jokiharju, Jordan Harris

Injured: None

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Justin Sourdif -- Anthony Beauvillier

Hendrix Lapierre -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson

Aliaksei Protas -- Dylan Strome -- Ryan Leonard

Brandon Duhaime -- Connor McMichael -- Ethen Frank

Rasmus Sandin -- Matt Roy

Jakub Chychrun -- Trevor van Riemsdyk

Martin Fehervary -- Timothy Liljegren

Logan Thompson

Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: David Kampf, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Declan Chisholm, Dylan McIlrath

Injured: None

Status report

Eyssimont, a healthy scratch for a 4-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, replaced Steeves, a forward, on the third line during practice Friday. … The Capitals did not practice Friday following a 2-1 win at the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday in the second of back-to-back games; Washington lost 4-1 at the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday.

AVALANCHE (44-11-9) at JETS (26-28-10)

4 p.m. ET; TSN3, ALT

Avalanche projected lineup

Nazem Kadri -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas

Joel Kiviranta -- Brock Nelson -- Valeri Nichushkin

Parker Kelly -- Jack Drury -- Nicolas Roy

Gavin Brindley -- Zakhar Bardakov

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Josh Manson -- Brent Burns

Brett Kulak -- Sam Malinski

Nick Blankenburg

Scott Wedgewood

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Ross Colton

Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (lower body), Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Alex Iafallo

Cole Perfetti -- Adam Lowry -- Gabriel Vilardi

Gustav Nyquist -- Jonathan Toews -- Isak Rosén

Cole Koepke -- Morgan Barron -- Brad Lambert

Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo

Dylan Samberg -- Elias Salomonsson

Haydn Fleury -- Jacob Bryson

Connor Hellebuyck

Eric Comrie

Scratched: Ville Heinola

Injured: Nino Niederreiter (knee), Neal Pionk (undisclosed), Colin Miller (knee), Vladislav Namestnikov (lower body)

Status report

The Avalanche dressed 11 forwards and seven defensemen in a 5-1 win at the Seattle Kraken on Thursday. … Blackwood is expected to start after Wedgewood made 28 saves Thursday. … The Jets, who held an optional practice Friday, are expected to dress the same lineup they used in a 6-3 loss to the New York Rangers on Thursday.

RANGERS (27-30-8) at WILD (38-16-12)

6 p.m. ET; FDSNWIX, FDSNNO, MSG

Rangers projected lineup

J.T. Miller -- Mika Zibanejad -- Gabe Perreault

Will Cuylle -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere 

Tye Kartye -- Noah Laba – Conor Sheary

Jonny Brodzinski -- Juuso Parssinen -- Jaroslav Chmelar

Vladislav Gavrikov -- Adam Fox

Matthew Robertson -- Braden Schneider

Urho Vaakanainen -- Will Borgen

Igor Shesterkin

Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Vincent Iorio, Taylor Raddysh, Brett Berard, Adam Edstrom

Injured: Matt Rempe (upper body)

Wild projected lineup

Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello

Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy 

Yakov Trenin -- Danila Yurov -- Vladimir Tarasenko

Nick Foligno -- Michael McCarron -- Robby Fabbri

Quinn Hughes -- Brock Faber

Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon

Jake Middleton -- Zach Bogosian

Filip Gustavsson

Jesper Wallstedt

Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Jeff Petry, Nico Sturm

Injured: Marcus Foligno (lower body), Bobby Brink (upper body)

Status report 

Miller is likely to return after missing five games because of an upper-body injury. Rangers coach Mike Sullivan classified the forward as a game-time decision Friday but added that “barring any unforeseeable things, I would anticipate him playing.” … Brink is also a game-time decision; the forward missed a 3-2 shootout loss to the Philadelphia Flyers, his former team, on Thursday.

KINGS (27-23-15) at DEVILS (32-31-2)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNW, MSGSN

Kings projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe

Trevor Moore -- Quinton Byfield -- Alex Laferriere

Alex Turcotte -- Scott Laughton -- Jared Wright

Jeff Malott -- Samuel Helenius -- Taylor Ward

Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty

Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke

Brian Dumoulin -- Cody Ceci

Anton Forsberg

Darcy Kuemper

Scratched: Mathieu Joseph, Jacob Moverare

Injured: Joel Armia (back), Andrei Kuzmenko (meniscus), Kevin Fiala (fractured leg)

Devils projected lineup

Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer

Jesper Bratt -- Jack Hughes -- Connor Brown

Arseny Gritsyuk -- Cody Glass -- Lenni Hameenaho

Paul Cotter -- Nick Bjugstad -- Maxim Tsyplakov

Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton

Luke Hughes -- Johnathan Kovacevic

Brenden Dillon -- Simon Nemec

Jake Allen

Jacob Markstrom

Scratched: Colton White, Dennis Cholowski, Evgenii Dadonov

Injured: Stefan Noesen (knee), Zack MacEwen (ACL), Brett Pesce (lower body)

Status report

The Kings did not hold a morning skate following a 3-2 win at the New York Islanders on Friday. ... Forsberg is expected to start after Kuemper made 21 saves against the Islanders. ... The Devils held an optional morning skate. ... Allen will make his first start in eight games.

HURRICANES (41-18-6) at LIGHTNING (40-20-4)

7 p.m. ET; The Spot, FDSNSO

Hurricanes projected lineup

Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis

Taylor Hall -- Logan Stankoven -- Jackson Blake

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Jordan Staal -- Jordan Martinook

William Carrier -- Mark Jankowski -- Eric Robinson

Jaccob Slavin -- Jalen Chatfield

K’Andre Miller -- Sean Walker

Mike Reilly -- Alexander Nikishin

Frederik Andersen

Brandon Bussi

Scratched: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Nicolas Deslauriers

Injured: Shayne Gostisbehere (lower body), Pyotr Kochetkov (lower body)

Lightning projected lineup

Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Nikita Kucherov

Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Gage Goncalves

Zemgus Girgensons -- Yanni Gourde -- Pontus Holmberg

Corey Perry -- Nick Paul -- Oliver Bjorkstrand

J.J. Moser -- Darren Raddysh

Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak

Victor Hedman -- Charle-Edouard D'Astous

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Scott Sabourin, Declan Carlile

Injured: Dominic James (lower body), Max Crozier (core muscle), Emil Lilleberg (facial fracture)

Status report

Gostisbehere is likely to miss his fourth straight game, but the defenseman is expected to return soon. ... Paul and Cernak each will return; Paul missed  11 games with a lower-body injury and Cernak missed two games with an upper-body injury. ... The Lightning assigned forward Connor Geekie to Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Saturday.

FLAMES (26-32-7) at ISLANDERS (37-24-5)

7 p.m. ET; MSGSN2, SNW

Flames projected lineup

Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Joel Farabee

Yegor Sharangovich -- Ryan Strome -- Victor Olofsson

Matvei Gridin -- Morgan Frost -- Matt Coronato

Connor Zary -- John Beecher -- Adam Klapka

Kevin Bahl -- Olli Maatta 

Yan Kuznetsov -- Zach Whitecloud

Joel Hanley -- Zayne Parekh

Devin Cooley

Dustin Wolf

Scratched: Ryan Lomberg, Martin Pospisil, Brayden Pachal, Hunter Brzustewicz

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

Islanders projected lineup

Emil Heineman -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal

Max Shabanov -- Brayden Schenn -- Calum Ritchie

Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom

Ondrej Palat -- Casey Cizikas  -- Marc Gatcomb

Matthew Schaefer -- Ryan Pulock

Adam Pelech -- Tony DeAngelo

Carson Soucy -- Scott Mayfield

David Rittich

Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Anthony Duclair, Kyle MacLean, Adam Boqvist

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

Status report

Whitecloud is expected to return after missing three games with an upper-body injury. … Rittich will start after Sorokin made 24 saves in a 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Friday.

SHARKS (31-26-6) at CANADIENS (36-18-10)

7 p.m. ET; TVAS, CITY, SNE, NBCSCA

Sharks projected lineup

Igor Chernyshov -- Macklin Celebrini -- Will Smith

Collin Graf -- Alexander Wennberg -- Kiefer Sherwood

William Eklund -- Michael Misa -- Tyler Toffoli

Barclay Goodrow -- Zack Ostapchuk – Adam Gaudette

Dmitry Orlov -- John Klingberg

Mario Ferraro -- Shakir Mukhamadullin

Sam Dickinson -- Vincent Desharnais

Alex Nedeljkovic

Laurent Brossoit

Scratched: Pavol Regenda, Nick Leddy, Philipp Kurashev, Ryan Reaves

Injured: Ty Dellandrea (lower body), Yaroslav Askarov (lower body)

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky

Alex Newhook -- Oliver Kapanen -- Ivan Demidov

Zachary Bolduc -- Jake Evans -- Kirby Dach

Alexandre Texier -- Phillip Danault -- Josh Anderson

Mike Matheson -- Noah Dobson

Kaiden Guhle -- Lane Hutson

Jayden Struble -- Alexandre Carrier

Jakub Dobes

Samuel Montembeault

Scratched: Arber Xhekaj, Joe Veleno, Brendan Gallagher

Injured: Patrik Laine (lower body)

Status report

Askarov, a goalie, will not dress Saturday or at the Ottawa Senators on Sunday. ... Brossoit was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League on Friday and is expected to back up Nedeljkovic. ... There will be some game-time decisions regarding the Sharks' lineup, coach Ryan Warsofsky said. ... Caufield returns after missing a 3-2 win at the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday because of the flu. … Gallagher, a forward, will be a healthy scratch against San Jose but will play against the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday. ... Texier will move from the top line to the fourth line.

MAPLE LEAFS (28-27-11) at SABRES (40-20-6)

7 p.m. ET; NHLN, MSG-B, SNP, SNO, CBC

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matias Maccelli -- John Tavares -- William Nylander

Matthew Knies -- Max Domi -- Easton Cowan

Dakota Joshua -- Bo Groulx -- Nicholas Robertson

Michael Pezzetta -- Jacob Quillan -- Calle Jarnkrok

Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo

Jake McCabe -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Simon Benoit -- Philippe Myers

Joseph Woll

Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Steven Lorentz, Troy Stecher

Injured: Chris Tanev (groin), Auston Matthews (MCL tear)

Sabres projected lineup

Peyton Krebs -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch

Jason Zucker -- Ryan McLeod -- Jack Quinn

Noah Ostlund -- Josh Norris -- Josh Doan

Zach Benson -- Sam Carrick -- Beck Malenstyn

Rasmus Dahlin -- Zach Metsa

Bowen Byram -- Owen Power

Logan Stanley -- Luke Schenn

Alex Lyon

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Scratched: Michael Kesselring, Josh Dunne

Injured: Mattias Samuelsson (undisclosed), Tanner Pearson (lower body), Colten Ellis (undisclosed), Tyson Kozak (undisclosed), Jordan Greenway (middle body), Conor Timmins (broken leg), Jiri Kulich (blood clot), Justin Danforth (lower body)

Status report

Matthews, a center, is out the rest of the regular season after being injured in a knee-on-knee hit by Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas during a 6-4 win on Thursday. ... Tuch is expected to play after missing a 2-1 loss to the Washington Capitals on Thursday with a lower-body ailment. … Samuelsson is doubtful; the defenseman did not practice Friday for maintenance. ... Pearson will not play after the forward missed practice Friday and the Sabres morning skate. ... Ellis, who did not skate with the team Friday or Saturday, will not dress; the goalie is dealing with an issue that flared up recently during a practice. … Timmins, a defenseman, skated with the team for the first time since breaking his leg Dec. 18 and will travel with the team when they begin a four-game road trip at the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday.

BLUE JACKETS (33-21-11) at FLYERS (31-23-11)

7:30 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, NBCSP

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Cole Sillinger -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko

Kent Johnson -- Sean Monahan -- Conor Garland

Mason Marchment -- Charlie Coyle -- Mathieu Olivier

Isac Lundestrom -- Boone Jenner -- Danton Heinen

Zach Werenski -- Dante Fabbro

Ivan Provorov -- Denton Mateychuk

Damon Severson -- Jake Christiansen

Jet Greaves

Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched: Miles Wood, Dimitri Voronkov, Egor Zamula

Injured: Erik Gudbranson (upper body)

Flyers projected lineup

Alex Bump -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny

Denver Barkey -- Noah Cates -- Matvei Michkov

Nikita Grebenkin -- Trevor Zegras -- Owen Tippett

Carl Grundstrom -- Luke Glendening -- Garnet Hathaway

Travis Sanheim -- Rasmus Ristolainen

Cam York -- Jamie Drysdale

Emil Andrae -- Nick Seeler

Dan Vladar

Samuel Ersson

Scratched: Noah Juulsen, Garrett Wilson

Injured: Tyson Foerster (arm), Rodrigo Abols (lower body), Christian Dvorak (undisclosed)

Status report

Heinen will play after being scratched for a 2-1 overtime loss at the Florida Panthers on Thursday, replacing Voronkov, a forward. ... Gudbranson, a defenseman who has missed the past two games, will be a game-time decision, coach Rick Bowness said. ... Dvorak will be a game-time decision after being hit by a puck during the second period of a 3-2 shootout win against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, coach Rick Tocchet said. ... Wilson was recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Saturday but it's not clear whether the forward will play;."A couple guys are kind of banged up pretty good," Tocchet said.

RED WINGS (36-23-7) at STARS (41-14-10)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNDET, Victory+

Red Wings projected lineup

Alex DeBrincat -- J.T. Compher -- Patrick Kane

Emmitt Finnie -- Marco Kasper -- Lucas Raymond

James van Riemsdyk -- Sheldon Dries -- Dominik Shine

John Leonard -- Mason Appleton

Simon Edvinsson -- Moritz Seider

Ben Chiarot -- Justin Faulk

Albert Johansson -- Jacob Bernard-Docker

Travis Hamonic

John Gibson

Cam Talbot

Scratched: Axel Sandin-Pellikka

Injured: David Perron (lower body), Dylan Larkin (lower body), Andrew Copp (lower body), Michael Rasmussen (undisclosed), Michael Brandsegg-Nygard (undisclosed)

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson -- Wyatt Johnston -- Mavrik Bourque

Sam Steel -- Matt Duchene -- Jamie Benn

Michael Bunting -- Justin Hryckowian -- Nathan Bastian

Oskar Back -- Arttu Hyry -- Colin Blackwell

Esa Lindell -- Miro Heiskanen

Thomas Harley -- Nils Lundkvist

Tyler Myers -- Lian Bichsel

Jake Oettinger

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Kyle Capobianco, Adam Erne, Ilya Lyubushkin, Alexander Petrovic

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

Status report

Leonard was recalled under emergency conditions from Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League on Saturday. ... Without 12 healthy forwards, it is anticipated the Red Wings will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. ... Bastian will draw back into the lineup in place of Erne, a defenseman, after being a healthy scratch the past two games.

PENGUINS (32-18-15) at MAMMOTH (34-26-6)

9 p.m. ET; Utah16, SN-PIT

Penguins projected lineup

Egor Chinakhov -- Rickard Rakell -- Bryan Rust

Anthony Mantha -- Tommy Novak -- Ville Koivunen

Elmer Soderblom -- Ben Kindel -- Avery Hayes

Connor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Noel Acciari

Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson

Ryan Shea -- Kris Letang

Ilya Solovyov -- Connor Clifton

Stuart Skinner

Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Alexander Alexeyev

Injured: Sidney Crosby (lower body), Jack St. Ivany (hand surgery), Caleb Jones (lower body), Samuel Girard (upper body), Justin Brazeau (upper body), Kevin Hayes (upper body), Filip Hallander (blood clot)

Suspended: Evgeni Malkin

Mammoth projected lineup

Clayton Keller -- Nick Schmaltz – Lawson Crouse

JJ Peterka -- Logan Cooley -- Dylan Guenther

Jack McBain -- Barrett Hayton -- Michael Cardone

Alexander Kerfoot -- Kevin Stenlund -- Kailer Yamamoto

Mikhail Sergachev -- MacKenzie Weegar

Nate Schmidt -- John Marino

Ian Cole -- Sean Durzi

Karel Vejmelka

Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Liam O'Brien, Brandon Tanev, Nick DeSimone

Injured: None

Status report

Crosby participated in the Penguins morning skate, but the center will miss his 10th straight game after being injured playing for Canada in the Olympics. ... Brazeau also worked during the morning skate; the forward is week to week. ... Malkin, a center, will serve the final game of a five-game suspension for a slash to the face of Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin on March 5. ... The Mammoth assigned defenseman Maksymilian Szuber to Tucson of the American Hockey League on Saturday.