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(2C) STARS at (3C) WILD

Western Conference First Round, Game 6

Minnesota leads best-of-7 series 3-2

7:30 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, FDSNWI, FDSNNO, Victory+, truTV, TNT, SNE, SN360, TVAS

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson -- Wyatt Johnston -- Mavrik Bourque

Sam Steel -- Matt Duchene -- Mikko Rantanen

Michael Bunting -- Justin Hryckowian -- Jamie Benn

Oskar Back -- Radek Faksa -- Colin Blackwell

Thomas Harley -- Miro Heiskanen

Esa Lindell -- Ilya Lyubushkin

Lian Bichsel -- Alexander Petrovic

Jake Oettinger

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Kyle Capobianco, Adam Erne, Tyler Myers

Injured: Nathan Bastian (hand), Roope Hintz (lower body), Nils Lundkvist (face laceration), Tyler Seguin (ACL), Arttu Hyry (lower body)

Wild projected lineup

Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello

Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy

Vladimir Tarasenko -- Michael McCarron -- Yakov Trenin

Marcus Foligno -- Nico Sturm -- Nick Foligno

Quinn Hughes -- Brock Faber

Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon

Zach Bogosian -- Jeff Petry

Jesper Wallstedt

Filip Gustavsson

Scratched: Robby Fabbri, Viking Gustafsson-Nyberg, Daemon Hunt, Matt Kiersted, Danila Yurov, Bobby Brink

Injured: Jonas Brodin (lower body)

Status report

Lundkvist did not make the trip to Minnesota and the defenseman will miss his second straight game. … Hyry did not participate in the skate Thursday and the forward will not play after being injured in the second period of Game 5. … Bunting will make his series debut. ... Petrovic will replace Myers, a defenseman, and make his series debut. ... Hintz did not make the trip and continues to skate on his own; the center has not played since March 6. ... The Wild held an optional skate Thursday. ... Brodin is out after he left Game 5 at 1:44 of the second period after blocking a shot by forward Mikko Rantanen; the defenseman is day to day. ... Petry will take Brodin's place in the lineup and make his series debut.

(3P) OILERS at (2P) DUCKS

Western Conference First Round, Game 6

Anaheim leads best-of-7 series 3-2

(10 p.m. EST; HBO MAX, Victory+, truTV, TNT, KCOP-13, SN360, SN, TVAS, CBC) 

Oilers projected lineup

Leon Draisaitl -- Connor McDavid -- Kasperi Kapanen

Vasily Podkolzin -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Zach Hyman

Matthew Savoie -- Jason Dickinson -- Jack Roslovic

Colton Dach -- Josh Samanski -- Curtis Lazar

Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard

Darnell Nurse -- Connor Murphy

Jake Walman -- Ty Emberson

Connor Ingram

Tristan Jarry

Scratched: Calvin Pickard, Spencer Stastney, Trent Frederic

Injured: Mattias Janmark (shoulder), Max Jones (lower body), Adam Henrique (lower body)

Ducks projected lineup

Cutter Gauthier -- Leo Carlsson -- Troy Terry

Alex Killorn -- Mikael Granlund -- Beckett Sennecke

Chris Kreider  -- Ryan Poehling -- Mason McTavish 

Jeffrey Viel -- Tim Washe -- Ian Moore

Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba

Pavel Mintyukov -- John Carlson

Tyson Hinds -- Drew Helleson

Lukas Dostal

Ville Husso

Scratched: Frank Vatrano, Olen Zellweger, Jansen Harkins, Ross Johnston

Injured: Radko Gudas (lower body)

Status report 

McDavid and Dickinson did not participate in the morning skate on Thursday. McDavid will play, but Dickinson is a game-time decision. Dickinson missed Games 2 and 3 with a lower-body injury, but played in Games 4 and 5. ... Draisaitl and McDavid will start on the same line for the second consecutive game. Draisaitl centered the second line for most of the first three games of the series. ... Dostal will start after he gave up three goals on nine shots and was replaced by Husso in the first period of the 4-1 loss in Game 5 on Tuesday. ... Terry (maintenance) did not attend the morning skate but will play.