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PREDATORS (27-38-8) at FLYERS (30-36-9)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, NBCSP

Predators projected lineup

Filip Forsberg -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Luke Evangelista

Michael Bunting -- Steven Stamkos -- Jakub Vrana

Zachary L'Heureux -- Fedor Svechkov -- Kieffer Bellows

Cole Smith -- Michael McCarron

Brady Skjei -- Nick Blankenburg

Marc Del Gaizo -- Justin Barron

Spencer Stastney -- Andreas Englund

Jordan Oesterle

Justus Annunen

Juuse Saros

Scratched: Matthew Wood

Injured: Jeremy Lauzon (lower body), Adam Wilsby (upper body), Roman Josi (upper body), Colton Sissons (lower body), Jonathan Marchessault (lower body)

Flyers projected lineup

Tyson Foerster -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink

Matvei Michkov -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny

Owen Tippett -- Ryan Poehling -- Jakob Pelletier

Olle Lycksell -- Rodrigo Abols -- Garnett Hathaway

Nick Seeler -- Travis Sanheim

Cam York -- Jamie Drysdale

Egor Zamula -- Emil Andrae

Ivan Fedotov

Samuel Ersson

Scratched: Aleksei Kolosov, Karsen Dorwart, Nicolas Deslauriers

Injured: Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body)

Status report

Sissons is considered week to week after the forward left a 3-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday during the first period. ... Marchessault, a forward, is considered day to day. ... The Predators will use 11 forwards and seven defensemen. Vrana will play after being scratched the previous five games, Oesterle the previous two. ... Wood, a forward who signed a three-year, entry-level contract Saturday after the completion of his season at the University of Minnesota, has not joined the Predators yet. ... Hathaway will return after missing 15 games because of an upper-body injury; he'll replace Deslauriers, a forward. ... Ristolainen, a defenseman who has been considered week to week, is not expected to play again this season, Flyers coach Brad Shaw said. ... Dorwart, a forward who signed a two-year, entry-level contract Saturday after finishing his season at Michigan State University, will join Philadelphia on Wednesday and could make his NHL debut at the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.