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KINGS (26-23-14) at BRUINS (35-22-6)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNW, NESN

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

Darcy Kuemper

Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Mathieu Joseph, Jacob Moverare

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

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

Jonathan Aspirot -- Charlie McAvoy

Nikita Zadorov – Andrew Peeke

Hampus Lindholm -- Mason Lohrei

Jeremy Swayman

Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: Alex Steeves, Henri Jokiharju, Jordan Harris

Injured: None

Status report

The Kings did not hold a morning skate following a 5-4 overtime win at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday. ... Kuemper is expected to start after Forsberg made 28 saves at Columbus.

MAPLE LEAFS (27-26-11) at CANADIENS (34-18-10)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, SNE, SNO, SNP

Maple Leafs projected lineup 

Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Max Domi

Matias Maccelli -- John Tavares -- William Nylander

Easton Cowan -- Jacob Quillan -- Nicholas Robertson

Dakota Joshua -- Benoit-Olivier Groulx -- Steven Lorentz

Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo

Jake McCabe -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Simon Benoit -- Troy Stecher

Joseph Woll

Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Philippe Myers, Calle Jarnkrok

Injured: None

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

Mike Matheson -- Noah Dobson

Kaiden Guhle -- Lane Hutson

Arber Xhekaj -- Alexandre Carrier

Jakub Dobes

Samuel Montembeault

Scratched: Jayden Struble, Alexandre Texier, Joe Veleno

Injured: Patrik Laine (lower body)

Status report

Groulx could play his first NHL game since 2023-24 after being recalled from Toronto of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. … The Canadiens will dress the same lineup they used in a 4-3 win at the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

FLAMES (25-31-7) at RANGERS (25-30-8)

7 p.m. ET; MSG, SNW

Flames projected lineup

Joel Farabee -- Morgan Frost -- Blake Coleman

Victor Olofsson -- Mikael Backlund -- Matt Coronato

Connor Zary -- Ryan Strome -- Matvei Gridin

Ryan Lomberg -- Yegor Sharangovich -- Adam Klapka

Kevin Bahl -- Yan Kuznetsov

Olli Maatta -- Brayden Pachal

Joel Hanley -- Zayne Parekh

Dustin Wolf

Devin Cooley

Scratched: Martin Pospisil, John Beecher, Hunter Brzustewicz

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

Rangers projected lineup

Gabe Perreault -- Mika Zibanejad – Alexis Lafreniere

Will Cuylle -- Vincent Trocheck – Jonny Brodzinski

Tye Kartye -- Noah Laba – Conor Sheary

Adam Edstrom -- Juuso Parssinen -- Jaroslav Chmelar

Vladislav Gavrikov -- Adam Fox

Braden Schneider -- Will Borgen

Matthew Robertson -- Urho Vaakanainen

Jonathan Quick

Igor Shesterkin

Scratched: Vincent Iorio, Taylor Raddysh, Brett Berard

Injured: Matt Rempe (upper body), J.T. Miller (upper body)

Status report

Wolf is expected to start after Cooley made 22 saves in a 7-3 loss at the Washington Capitals on Monday. … Flames coach Ryan Huska said there would be changes from the lineup used in a 7-3 loss at the Washington Capitals on Monday but did not offer specifics. ... Quick will start after Shesterkin made 32 saves in a 6-2 win at the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday. … Raddysh will miss his second straight game; the forward left the team because of the death of his father. ... Berard, a forward, was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. … Miller was on the ice for the Rangers' optional morning skate but will miss his fourth consecutive game; it was the forward's first time skating with the team since he was injured during a 5-4 overtime loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on March 2.

RED WINGS (36-21-7) at PANTHERS (31-29-3)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNDET, SCRIPPS

Red Wings projected lineup

Alex DeBrincat -- Andrew Copp -- Patrick Kane

Emmitt Finnie -- Marco Kasper -- Lucas Raymond

Mason Appleton -- J.T. Compher -- Michael Brandsegg-Nygard

James van Riemsdyk -- Michael Rasmussen -- Dominik Shine

Simon Edvinsson -- Moritz Seider

Ben Chiarot -- Justin Faulk

Albert Johansson -- Jacob Bernard-Docker

John Gibson

Cam Talbot

Scratched: Travis Hamonic, John Leonard, Axel Sandin-Pellikka

Injured: David Perron (lower body), Dylan Larkin (lower body)

Panthers projected lineup

Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Evan Rodrigues

Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk

A.J. Greer -- Tomas Nosek -- Mackie Samoskevich

Vinnie Hinostroza -- Luke Kunin -- Jesper Boqvist

Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola -- Uvis Balinskis

Donovan Sebrango -- Dmitry Kulikov

Daniil Tarasov

Sergei Bobrovsky

Scratched: Sam Reinhart, Cole Reinhardt 

Injured: Brad Marchand (lower body), Seth Jones (collarbone), Aleksander Barkov (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)

Status report

Gibson will start after he was shaken up in the second period and did not return during a 3-0 win at the New Jersey Devils on Sunday. ... Larkin did not skate Tuesday but is with the team and the center is getting treatment after leaving a 3-1 loss to the Panthers on Friday. ... Perron skated in a regular jersey Tuesday; the forward was acquired in a trade with the Ottawa Senators on Thursday and is recovering from a sports hernia. ... Marchand will not play; the forward will be visiting doctors due to a lingering injury which cost him 10 of 15 games prior to the Olympic break, according to Florida coach Paul Maurice. ... Reinhart also will not play; it's an opportunity for the forward to get a few extra days off, said Maurice, who expects Reinhart to return against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday. ... Hinostroza will make his Panthers debut after being acquired in a trade with the Minnesota Wild on Friday.

PENGUINS (32-17-14) at HURRICANES (40-17-6)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, 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

Connor Clifton -- Ilya Solovyov

Ryan Shea -- Kris Letang

Stuart Skinner

Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Ryan Graves, Kevin Hayes

Injured: Sidney Crosby (lower body), Jack St. Ivany (hand surgery), Caleb Jones (lower body), Samuel Girard (upper body), Justin Brazeau (upper body)

Suspended: Evgeni Malkin

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)

Status report 

Clifton will enter the lineup to replace Girard, a defenseman. … Malkin, a center, will serve the third of a five-game suspension for slashing Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin during a 5-1 loss Thursday. ... Crosby participated in the Penguins morning skate, but the center will miss his eighth straight game; coach Dan Muse said “Nothing has changed in terms of status” regarding the Penguins captain.

SHARKS (30-25-6) at SABRES (39-19-6)

7 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, MSG-B

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

Yaroslav Askarov

Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Pavol Regenda, Ryan Reaves, Nick Leddy

Injured: Ty Dellandrea (lower body)

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

Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin

Bowen Byram -- Owen Power 

Zach Metsa -- Michael Kesselring

Alex Lyon

Colten Ellis

Scratched: 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

Kurashev will draw back into the lineup after being scratched Saturday; Reaves, a forward, will sit. … Leddy was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League on Sunday but the defenseman will not play. … The Sabres are expected to continue the rotation in goal between Lyon and Luukkonen, with Lyon likely to start after Luukkonen allowed seven goals on 28 shots in an 8-7 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday.

BLUE JACKETS (32-21-10) at LIGHTNING (39-19-4)

7 p.m. ET; The Spot, FDSNOH

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Mason Marchment -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko

Kent Johnson -- Sean Monahan -- Conor Garland

Cole Sillinger -- Charlie Coyle -- Mathieu Olivier

Isac Lundestrom -- Boone Jenner -- Miles Wood

Zach Werenski -- Damon Severson

Ivan Provorov -- Denton Mateychuk

Dante Fabbro -- Jake Christiansen

Elvis Merzlikins

Jet Greaves

Scratched: Dmitri Voronkov, Danton Heinen, Egor Zamula

Injured: Erik Gudbranson (upper body)

Lightning projected lineup

Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Nikita Kucherov

Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Gage Goncalves

Zemgus Girgensons -- Yanni Gourde -- Pontus Holmberg

Corey Perry -- Connor Geekie -- Oliver Bjorkstrand

J.J. Moser -- Declan Carlile

Ryan McDonagh -- Charle-Edouard D'Astous

Victor Hedman -- Steven Santini

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Emil Lilleberg, Darren Raddysh, Scott Sabourin

Injured: Erik Cernak (undisclosed), Dominic James (lower body), Nick Paul (lower body), Max Crozier (core muscle)

Status report

Gudbranson will miss the next three games before being re-evaluated; the defenseman left during the first period of a 5-4 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Monday after hit by Kings forward Artemi Panarin. ... Cernak is day to day after the defenseman was injured during an 8-7 loss at the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday. ... Santini was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. ... Raddysh, a defenseman, is on a bereavement leave following the death of his father. ... Paul was a full participant in the Lightning morning skate; the forward is close to a return but will miss his 10th straight game.

ISLANDERS (36-23-5) at BLUES (25-29-9)

7:30 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT

Islanders projected lineup

Emil Heineman -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal

Calum Ritchie -- Brayden Schenn -- Ondrej Palat

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

Anthony Duclair -- Casey Cizikas -- Marc Gatcomb

Matthew Schaefer -- Ryan Pulock

Adam Pelech -- Tony DeAngelo

Carson Soucy -- Scott Mayfield

Ilya Sorokin

David Rittich

Scratched: Maxim Shabanov, Kyle MacLean, Adam Boqvist

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

Blues projected lineup

Dylan Holloway -- Robert Thomas -- Jimmy Snuggerud

Jonathan Drouin -- Pavel Buchnevich -- Otto Stenberg

Jake Neighbours -- Dalibor Dvorsky -- Jordan Kyrou

Alexey Toropchenko -- Jack Finley – Pius Suter

Philip Broberg -- Logan Mailloux

Theo Lindstein -- Colton Parayko

Cam Fowler -- Tyler Tucker

Joel Hofer

Jordan Binnington

Scratched: Jonatan Berggren, Nathan Walker, Oskar Sundqvist, Justin Holl, Matthew Kessel

Injured: None

Status report

The Islanders held an optional morning skate and will dress the same lineup they used in a 2-1 overtime win at the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. … Schenn will face the Blues for the first time after being traded to the Islanders on Friday. ... Parayko will return after missing five games with back spasms. … Stenberg and Lindstein each was recalled from Springfield of the American Hockey League on Monday; Lindstein will make his NHL debut. … Drouin will face the Islanders for the first time since being traded to St. Louis in the Schenn deal.

MAMMOTH (34-25-5) at WILD (37-16-11)

8 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+

Mammoth projected lineup

Clayton Keller -- Nick Schmaltz -- Dylan Guenther

JJ Peterka -- Logan Cooley -- Logan Crouse

Jack McBain -- Barrett Hayton -- Kailer Yamamoto

Alexander Kerfoot -- Kevin Stenlund -- Michael Carcone

Sean Durzi -- MacKenzie Weegar

Nate Schmidt -- John Marino

Ian Cole -- Nick DeSimone

Karel Vejmelka

Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Liam O'Brien, Brandon Tanev, Dmitri Simashev

Injured: Mikhail Sergachev (lower 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 -- Bobby Brink

Quinn Hughes -- Brock Faber

Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon

Jake Middleton -- Zach Bogosian

Filip Gustavsson

Jesper Wallstedt

Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Jeff Petry, Nico Sturm, Robby Fabbri

Injured: Marcus Foligno (lower body)

Status report

The Mammoth did not hold a morning skate following a 3-2 overtime loss at the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday. … Sergachev, a defenseman, has missed three straight games. … Johansson will return after missing two games with an upper-body injury.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (29-21-14) at STARS (39-14-10)

8 p.m. ET; FOX4, Victory+, SCRIPPS

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

Adin Hill

Akira Schmid 

Scratched: Ben Hutton

Injured: Carter Hart (lower body), Brett Howden (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body), Jonas Rondbjerg (lower body), Mark Stone (upper body)

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson -- Wyatt Johnston -- Mavrik Bourque

Sam Steel -- Matt Duchene -- Jamie Benn

Michael Bunting -- Justin Hryckowian -- Adam Erne

Oskar Back -- Arttu Hyry -- Colin Blackwell

Esa Lindell -- Miro Heiskanen

Thomas Harley -- Nils Lundkvist

Tyler Myers -- Lian Bichsel

Jake Oettinger

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Nathan Bastian, Kyle Capobianco, Ilya Lyubushkin, Alexander Petrovic

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

Status report

The Golden Knights are expected to dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 4-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. … Rantanen skated Monday for the first time since being injured playing for Finland at the Olympics, Stars coach Glen Gulutzan said; the hope is the forward will be able to return within the next 2-3 weeks. ... Hintz will not require surgery after being injured during a 5-4 shootout loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Friday; the forward remains week to week.

DUCKS (35-25-3) at JETS (26-26-10)

8:30 p.m. ET; TSN3, KCOP-13, Victory+

Ducks projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- Leo Carlsson -- Cutter Gauthier

Alex Killorn -- Mikael Granlund -- Beckett Sennecke

Mason McTavish -- Ryan Poehling -- Jeffrey Viel

Jansen Harkins -- Tim Washe -- Ross Johnston

Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba

Olen Zellweger -- Radko Gudas

Pavel Mintyukov -- Ian Moore

Lukas Dostal

Ville Husso

Scratched: Drew Helleson, Frank Vatrano

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

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi

Cole Perfetti -- Adam Lowry -- Alex Iafallo

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

Carlson "said he’s feeling better,” according to Ducks coach Joel Quenneville, and could make his Anaheim debut toward the end of the Ducks' four-game road trip that ends at the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday; the defenseman was acquired in a trade with the Washington Capitals on Thursday. ... Harkins will enter the lineup, with Vatrano, a forward, coming out. … Defensemen Pionk and Miller are "still a ways away," according to Jets coach Scott Arniel, as are forwards Namestnikov and Niederreiter.