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SABRES (26-16-5) at HURRICANES (30-15-4)
1:30 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT
Sabres projected lineup
Zach Benson -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Jason Zucker -- Ryan McLeod -- Jack Quinn
Konsta Helenius -- Noah Ostlund -- Josh Doan
Peyton Krebs -- Tyson Kozak -- Beck Malenstyn
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Bowen Byram -- Owen Power
Michael Kesselring -- Zach Metsa
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Alex Lyon
Scratched: Jordan Greenway, Jacob Bryson, Colten Ellis
Injured: Josh Norris (upper body), Josh Dunne (middle body), Conor Timmins (broken leg), Jiri Kulich (blood clot), Justin Danforth (lower body)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall -- Logan Stankoven -- Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Jordan Staal -- Jordan Martinook
Eric Robinson -- Mark Jankowski -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Jaccob Slavin -- Jalen Chatfield
K’Andre Miller -- Sean Walker
Mike Reilly -- Alexander Nikishin
Brandon Bussi
Frederik Andersen
Scratched: William Carrier, Mike Reilly
Injured: Pyotr Kochetkov (lower body), Noah Philp (concussion), William Carrier (undisclosed), Shayne Gostisbehere (illness)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. … Norris did not practice Sunday and will miss his third straight game. The forward has been downgraded to week to week, Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. Norris had been day to day since being cross-checked by Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Nick Seeler on Jan. 14. … Helenius, the No. 14 pick at the 2024 NHL Draft, is expected to make his NHL debut. ... Lyon practiced and is expected to return from a lower-body injury this week. He has been out since Dec. 29.
CAPITALS (24-19-6) at AVALANCHE (33-5-8)
4 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, MNMT, truTV, TNT
Capitals projected lineup
Aliaksei Protas -- Dylan Strome -- Anthony Beauvillier
Connor McMichael -- Justin Sourdif -- Ryan Leonard
Alex Ovechkin -- Nic Dowd -- Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Ivan Miroshnichenko
Jakob Chychrun -- John Carlson
Martin Fehervary -- Matt Roy
Rasmus Sandin -- Declan Chisholm
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Dylan McIlrath, Sonny Milano
Injured: Pierre-Luc Dubois (lower body), Tom Wilson (lower body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Ross Colton -- Brock Nelson -- Victor Olofsson
Parker Kelly -- Jack Drury -- Gavin Brindley
Zakhar Bardakov -- Ivan Ivan -- Alex Barre-Boulet
Sam Malinski -- Cale Makar
Josh Manson -- Brent Burns
Samuel Girard -- Ilya Solovyov
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: None
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (upper body), Devon Toews (upper body), Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery), Valeri Nichushkin (upper body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. … Sourdif returned after missing three games because of an upper-body injury. … Kelly (maintenance) did not practice Sunday but is expected to play. ... Chisholm will play after being scratched the previous three games. He'll replace van Riemsdyk, a defenseman. ... The Capitals reassigned forward Brett Leason to Hershey of the American Hockey League on Sunday. ... Barre-Boulet was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Monday. He'll replace Nichushkin, a forward.
PENGUINS (22-14-11) at KRAKEN (21-17-9)
5 p.m. ET; KHN/Prime, SN-PIT, KONG, TVAS
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Egor Chinakhov -- Tommy Novak -- Evgeni Malkin
Anthony Mantha -- Ben Kindel -- Justin Brazeau
Connor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Noel Acciari
Brett Kulak -- Kris Letang
Ryan Shea -- Parker Wotherspoon
Ryan Graves -- Connor Clifton
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Jack St. Ivany, Kevin Hayes, Joona Koppanen
Injured: Erik Karlsson (lower body), Caleb Jones (lower body), Filip Hallander (blood clot)
Kraken projected lineup
Kaapo Kakko -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz -- Chandler Stephenson -- Eeli Tolvanen
Berkly Catton -- Shane Wright -- Jared McCann
Ryan Winterton -- Ben Meyers -- Frederick Gaudreau
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Ryan Lindgren -- Brandon Montour
Ryker Evans -- Jamie Oleksiak
Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: Tye Kartye, Josh Mahura, Cale Fleury
Injured: Matt Murray (lower body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. … Graves skated on the third defense pair at practice Sunday and could play for the first time since Dec. 14. He had been recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Jan. 13. … Karlsson is with the Penguins for the start of their four-game road trip. The defenseman skated in a noncontact jersey Sunday but is not expected to play Monday. ... Koppanen was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Sunday, but the forward is unlikely to play. ... Forward Rutger McGroarty, who had been out since Jan. 3 because of a concussion, was activated from injured reserve by Pittsburgh on Sunday and assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. ... Kraken coach Lane Lambert implied after an optional practice Sunday that there could be lineup changes coming but did not confirm.
SHARKS (24-20-3) at PANTHERS (25-19-3)
6 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, NBCSCA
Sharks projected lineup
Collin Graf -- Macklin Celebrini -- Will Smith
William Eklund -- Alexander Wennberg -- Tyler Toffoli
Pavol Regenda -- Michael Misa -- Igor Chernyshov
Barclay Goodrow -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Ryan Reaves
Dmitry Orlov -- John Klingberg
Mario Ferraro -- Timothy Liljegren
Sam Dickinson -- Vincent Iorio
Alex Nedeljkovic
Yaroslav Askarov
Scratched: Jeff Skinner, Adam Gaudette, Vincent Desharnais
Injured: Ty Dellandrea (lower body), Philipp Kurashev (upper body), Shakir Mukhamadullin (upper body)
Panthers projected lineup
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- A.J. Greer
Mackie Samoskevich -- Evan Rodrigues -- Matthew Tkachuk
Sandis Vilmanis -- Cole Schwindt -- Jesper Boqvist
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Uvis Balinskis
Tobias Bjornfot -- Jeff Petry
Sergei Bobrovsky
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Luke Kunin, Jack Studnicka, Donovan Sebrango
Injured: Brad Marchand (lower body), Seth Jones (upper body), Aleksander Barkov (knee), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder)
Status report
Iorio, who was scratched for a 4-2 loss to the Detroit Red wings on Friday, is expected to play. ... Desharnais was activated from injured reserve. The defenseman last played Nov. 26 because of an upper-body injury. ... The Sharks sent defenseman Nick Leddy to San Jose of the American Hockey League. ... Tkachuk will play for the first time this season after having surgery Aug. 22 to repair a sports hernia and torn adductor. … The Panthers assigned forward Noah Gregor to Charlotte of the American Hockey League. … Marchand, a forward, will miss his sixth straight game.
WILD (27-13-9) at MAPLE LEAFS (24-16-8)
7:30 p.m. ET; Prime, FDSNNO, FDSNWI
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Danila Yurov -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Ryan Hartman -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Marcus Foligno -- Nico Sturm -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Yakov Trenin -- Ben Jones -- Tyler Pitlick
Quinn Hughes -- Brock Faber
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Daemon Hunt -- David Spacek
Filip Gustavsson
Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Vinnie Hinostroza, David Jiricek, Hunter Haight
Injured: Matt Boldy (lower body), Zach Bogosian (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Jonas Brodin (lower body)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matias Maccelli -- John Tavares -- Scott Laughton
Bobby McMann -- Auston Matthews -- Max Domi
Easton Cowan -- Nicolas Roy -- Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz -- Jacob Quillan -- Calle Jarnkrok
Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jake McCabe
Simon Benoit -- Troy Stecher
Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby
Scratched: Matt Benning, Philippe Myers
Injured: Anthony Stolarz (upper body), Chris Tanev (groin), Dakota Mermis (lower body), Dakota Joshua (kidney), William Nylander (groin), Matthew Knies (undisclosed)
Status report
The Wild are expected to use the same 18 skaters from their 5-4 overtime win against the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday. ... Knies was not on the ice for the morning skate; the forward will be a game-time decision. Quillan was recalled from Toronto of the American Hockey League and will play if Knies cannot. ... Nylander, a forward, will miss his second straight game.
FLYERS (22-17-8) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (24-11-12)
8 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, NBCSP+
Flyers projected lineup
Trevor Zegras -- Christian Dvorak -- Travis Konecny
Matvei Michkov -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink
Denver Barkey-- Sean Couturier -- Owen Tippett
Nikita Grebenkin -- Carl Grundstrom -- Garnet Hathaway
Cam York -- Travis Sanheim
Jamie Drysdale -- Emil Andrae
Nick Seeler -- Noah Juulsen
Samuel Ersson
Aleksei Kolosov
Scratched: Nicolas Deslauriers, Hunter McDonald, Lane Pederson
Injured: Rodrigo Abols (lower body), Tyson Foerster (arm), Dan Vladar (undisclosed), Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone
Reilly Smith -- Mitch Marner -- Pavel Dorofeyev
Branden Bowman -- Tomas Hertl -- Keegan Kolesar
Cole Reinhardt -- Tanner Laczynski -- Alexander Holtz
Jeremy Lauzon -- Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin -- Kaedan Korczak
Ben Hutton -- Dylan Coghlan
Adin Hill
Akira Schmid
Scratched: Rasmus Andersson
Injured: Carter Hart (lower body), Brett Howden (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body), Brayden McNabb (upper body), Brandon Saad (undisclosed), Colton Sissons (upper body)
Status Report
Neither team held a morning skate. … Brink is set to return from an upper-body injury which caused him to miss six games. … Vladar traveled with the Flyers for their three-game road trip, but the goalie is not expected to be available Monday. … Ristolainen, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve Saturday and defenseman Hunter McDonald was called up from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League. ... Abols, a forward, was placed on injured reserve Sunday and forward Lane Pederson was called up from Lehigh Valley. … Andersson, who was acquired in a trade with the Calgary Flames on Sunday, could be in the lineup; the defenseman likely would play on the second pair with Hanifin, with Korczak going to the third pair and Coghlan being scratched.
JETS (19-22-6) at BLACKHAWKS (19-22-7)
8:30 p.m. ET; CHSN, TSN3, TVAS
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Alex Iafallo
Cole Perfetti -- Jonathan Toews -- Gabriel Vilardi
Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Vladislav Namestnikov
Cole Koepke -- Morgan Barron -- Tanner Pearson
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Elias Salomonsson
Logan Stanley -- Luke Schenn
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Gustav Nyquist, Danil Zhilkin, Isaak Phillips
Injured: Haydn Fleury (bruised back), Colin Miller (knee), Neal Pionk (undisclosed)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Connor Bedard -- Ryan Greene -- Colton Dach
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Jason Dickinson -- Ilya Mikheyev
Ryan Donato -- Oliver Moore -- Nick Lardis
Sam Lafferty -- Nick Foligno -- Landon Slaggert
Alex Vlasic -- Louis Crevier
Wyatt Kaiser -- Artyom Levshunov
Matt Grzelcyk -- Connor Murphy
Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Andre Burakovsky
Injured: Frank Nazar (face), Teuvo Teravainen (upper body)
Status report
The Jets will use the same lineup from a 4-3 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. … Burakovsky will be a game-time decision for the Blackhawks; the forward is dealing with illness and a family situation. … Nazar has been practicing, but the forward will not play. He will miss his 14th consecutive game but could be an option to play at the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday. … Teravainen, a forward, will miss his third straight game.
DEVILS (24-22-2) at FLAMES (21-23-4)
9 p.m. ET; SNW, MSGSN
Devils projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt
Ondrej Palat -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer
Evgenii Dadonov -- Paul Cotter -- Connor Brown
Arseny Gritsyuk -- Cody Glass -- Lenni Hameenaho
Luke Hughes -- Brett Pesce
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton
Brenden Dillon -- Simon Nemec
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
Scratched: Johnathan Kovacevic, Luke Glendening, Juho Lammikko
Injured: Stefan Noesen (knee)
Flames projected lineup
Connor Zary -- Nazem Kadri -- Matvei Gridin
Yegor Sharangovich -- Mikael Backlund -- Matt Coronato
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Morgan Frost -- Joel Farabee
Ryan Lomberg -- Justin Kirkland -- Adam Klapka
Yan Kuznetsov -- Mackenzie Weegar
Kevin Bahl -- Zach Whitecloud
Joel Hanley -- Hunter Brzustewicz
Devin Cooley
Dustin Wolf
Scratched: Brayden Pachal, Dryden Hunt
Injured: Jake Bean (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek (upper body), John Beecher (upper body), Blake Coleman (upper body)
Status report
Hameenaho will make his NHL debut after being recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League on Saturday. ... Palat, who missed a 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday because of an illness, will play. … Nemec, who was scratched Saturday, will replace Kovacevic, a defenseman. … Whitecloud is expected to make his Flames debut after being acquired in a trade with the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday, along with defenseman prospect Abram Wiebe and two NHL draft picks for defenseman Rasmus Andersson. … Coleman, who has missed Calgary’s past four games, practiced in a noncontact jersey. Coach Ryan Huska said the forward is day to day.
ISLANDERS (26-17-5) at CANUCKS (16-27-5)
10 p.m. ET; SNP, MSGSN2
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Drouin -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom
Maxim Tsyplakov -- Calum Ritchie -- Emil Heineman
Kyle MacLean -- Casey Cizikas -- Marc Gatcomb
Matthew Schaefer -- Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech -- Tony DeAngelo
Adam Boqvist -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
David Rittich
Scratched: Cole McWard, Max Shabanov
Injured: Ethan Bear (wrist), Pierre Engvall (ankle), Bo Horvat (lower body), Kyle Palmieri (lower body), Alexander Romanov (shoulder), Semyon Varlamov (knee)
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Evander Kane -- David Kampf -- Drew O'Connor
Liam Ohgren -- Aatu Raty -- Conor Garland
Nils Hoglander -- Max Sasson -- Linus Karlsson
Marcus Pettersson -- Filip Hronek
Zeev Buium -- Tyler Myers
Elias Nils Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Kevin Lankinen
Jiri Patera
Scratched: P.O Joseph, Arshdeep Bains
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Marco Rossi (lower body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Status report
Tsyplakov replaces Shabanov, a forward, in the Islanders lineup after being scratched for three straight and 14 of the past 18 games. … The Canucks called up Nils Pettersson from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Sunday and sent defenseman Victor Mancini to the AHL. ... Patera was recalled from Abbotsford on an emergency basis with Demko still being evaluated and the goalie set to miss a fourth straight game. Goalie Nikita Tolopilo was sent to the AHL. ... Lankinen will start after being unavailable for a 6-0 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday because of an illness. … Blueger, who last played Oct. 19, practiced in Raty's spot Sunday but coach Adam Foote did not think the forward would play Monday.
RANGERS (21-22-6) at DUCKS (24-21-3)
10 p.m. ET; Victory+, MSG, KCOP-13
Rangers projected lineup
J.T. Miller -- Mika Zibanejad -- Gabe Perreault
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Brennan Othmann -- Noah Laba -- Will Cuylle
Taylor Raddysh -- Sam Carrick -- Jonny Brodzinski
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Braden Schneider
Matthew Robertson -- Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen -- Scott Morrow
Spencer Martin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Carson Soucy, Matt Rempe, Connor Mackey, Anton Blidh
Injured: Igor Shesterkin (lower body), Adam Fox (lower body), Adam Edstrom (lower body), Conor Sheary (lower body)
Ducks projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mason McTavish -- Ryan Strome
Alex Killorn -- Mikael Granlund -- Beckett Sennecke
Jeffrey Viel -- Ryan Poehling -- Cutter Gauthier
Ross Johnston -- Tim Washe -- Ian Moore
Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov -- Drew Helleson
Olen Zellweger -- Radko Gudas
Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso
Scratched: Sam Colangelo, Jansen Harkins
Injured: Frank Vatrano (fractured shoulder), Petr Mrazek (lower body), Leo Carlsson (lower body), Troy Terry (upper body)
Status report
Soucy rejoined the Rangers for the morning skate, but the defenseman won't play after being off the ice the previous three days, including for a 6-3 win at the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday, because of personal reasons. ... Rangers coach Mike Sullivan said he's starting Martin against the Ducks so Quick can face his former team, the Los Angeles Kings, on Tuesday. ... The Rangers recalled Blidh from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Sunday, but the forward is not expected to play. ... Kreider will return after missing two games because of an illness. ... Moore, a defensemen, mainly has been used as a fourth-line forward.

















