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DEVILS (34-31-2) at RANGERS (28-31-8)

7 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, TNT

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

Jacob Markstrom

Jake Allen

Scratched: Colton White, Dennis Cholowski, Evgenii Dadonov

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

Rangers projected lineup

Gabe Perreault-- Mika Zibanejad -- Alexis Lafreniere

Will Cuylle -- Vincent Trocheck -- J.T. Miller

Tye Kartye -- Noah Laba -- Conor Sheary

Taylor Raddysh -- Adam Edstrom -- Jaroslav Chmelar

Vladislav Gavrikov -- Adam Fox

Matthew Robertson -- Braden Schneider

Urho Vaakanainen -- Will Borgen

Jonathan Quick

Igor Shesterkin

Scratched: Vincent Iorio, Jonny Brodzinski, Juuso Parssinen

Injured: Matt Rempe (upper body)

Status report

Markstrom will make his second straight start after making 19 saves in a 4-3 overtime win against the Boston Bruins on Monday. ... The Rangers held an optional morning skate. … Quick is expected to make his first start in four games.

PENGUINS (34-18-15) at HURRICANES (42-19-6)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SN-PIT, TVAS2 

Penguins projected lineup

Bryan Rust -- Sidney Crosby -- Rickard Rakell

Egor Chinakhov -- Tommy Novak -- Evgeni Malkin

Anthony Mantha -- Ben Kindel -- Justin Brazeau

Elmer Soderblom -- Connor Dewar -- Noel Acciari

Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson

Ryan Shea -- Kris Letang

Ilya Solovyov -- Connor Clifton

Stuart Skinner

Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Ville Koivunen, Jack St. Ivany, Avery Hayes

Injured: Blake Lizotte (undisclosed), Caleb Jones (lower body), Samuel Girard (upper body), Kevin Hayes (upper body), Filip Hallander (blood clot)

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

Crosby will return after missing 11 games with a lower-body injury sustained on Feb. 18 at the 2026 Winter Olympics. ... The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate following a 5-1 loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. Andersen is likely to start after Bussi made 25 saves at Columbus.

SENATORS (34-23-9) at CAPITALS (33-27-8)

7:30 p.m. ET; MNMT, SN, TVAS

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

Linus Ullmark

James Reimer

Scratched: Stephen Halliday, Kurtis MacDermid, Lassi Thomson

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

Capitals projected lineup

Anthony Beauvillier -- Dylan Strome -- Alex Ovechkin

Aleksei Protas -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Tom Wilson

Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Ryan Leonard

Brandon Duhaime -- Justin Sourdif -- Ethen Frank

Martin Fehervary -- Rasmus Sandin

Jakub Chychrun -- Trevor van Riemsdyk

Cole Hutson -- Matt Roy

Logan Thompson

Charlie Lindgren

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

Injured: None

Status report

The Senators will dress the same lineup they used in a 7-4 win against the San Jose Sharks on Sunday. … Jensen, a defenseman, will have meniscus surgery and be out for at least six weeks, coach Travis Green said Wednesday. … Hutson will make his NHL debut.

STARS (42-15-10) at AVALANCHE (44-13-9)

9:30 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, TNT, TVAS2

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson -- Wyatt Johnston -- Mavrik Bourque

Sam Steel -- Matt Duchene -- Jamie Benn

Michael Bunting -- Justin Hryckowian -- Colin Blackwell

Oskar Back -- Nathan Bastian -- Adam Erne

Esa Lindell -- Miro Heiskanen

Thomas Harley -- Nils Lundkvist

Tyler Myers -- Lian Bichsel

Jake Oettinger

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Arttu Hyry, Kyle Capobianco, Ilya Lyubushkin, Alexander Petrovic

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

Avalanche projected lineup

Valeri Nichushkin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas

Nazem Kadri -- Brock Nelson -- Nicolas Roy

Parker Kelly -- Jack Drury -- Joel Kiviranta

Gavin Brindley -- Zakhar Bardakov

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Josh Manson -- Brent Burns

Brett Kulak -- Sam Malinski

Scott Wedgewood

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Nick Blankenburg

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

Status report

Bastian will replace Hyry at forward. … The Avalanche will recall a forward from Colorado of the American Hockey League after having used 11 forwards and seven defensemen the past three games.

BLUES (27-30-10) at FLAMES (26-34-7)

9:30 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN1, FDSNMW

Blues projected lineup

Dylan Holloway -- Robert Thomas -- Jimmy Snuggerud

Jake Neighbours -- Pavel Buchnevich -- Jordan Kyrou

Jonathan Drouin -- Dalibor Dvorsky -- Otto Stenberg

Alexey Toropchenko -- Jack Finley -- Pius Suter

Philip Broberg -- Logan Mailloux

Theo Lindstein -- Colton Parayko

Cam Fowler -- Tyler Tucker

Joel Hofer

Jordan Binnington

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

Injured: None

Flames projected lineup

Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Joel Farabee

Matvei Gridin -- Morgan Frost -- Matt Coronato

Yegor Sharangovich -- Ryan Strome -- Connor Zary

Victor Olofsson -- Martin Pospisil -- Adam Klapka

Kevin Bahl -- Zach Whitecloud

Olli Maatta -- Hunter Brzustewicz

Joel Hanley -- Zayne Parekh

Devin Cooley

Dustin Wolf

Scratched: Ryan Lomberg, John Beecher, Tyson Gross, Brayden Pachal

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

Status report

Drouin and Stenberg will replace forwards Berggren and Sundqvist, and Tucker will play in place of Holl, a defenseman. ... Klapka will enter the lineup in place of Lomberg, a forward. ... Gross practiced with the Flames for the first time since signing a two-year, two-way contract last Thursday.

FLYERS (31-23-12) at DUCKS (37-27-3)

10 p.m. ET; Victory+, NBCSP, KCOP-13

Flyers projected lineup

Alex Bump -- Christian Dvorak -- Travis Konecny

Nikita Grebenkin -- Trevor Zegras -- Owen Tippett

Denver Barkey -- Noah Cates -- Matvei Michkov

Carl Grundstrom -- Sean Couturier -- Luke Glendening

Travis Sanheim -- Rasmus Ristolainen

Cam York -- Jamie Drysdale

Nick Seeler -- Emil Andrae

Dan Vladar

Samuel Ersson

Scratched: Noah Juulsen, Garrett Wilson, Garnet Hathaway

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

Ducks projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- Leo Carlsson -- Troy Terry

Alex Killorn -- Mikael Granlund -- Beckett Sennecke

Jeffrey Viel -- Ryan Poehling -- Cutter Gauthier

Frank Vatrano -- Tim Washe -- Jansen Harkins

Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba

Olen Zellweger -- John Carlson

Pavel Mintukov -- Ian Moore

Lukas Dostal

Ville Husso

Scratched: Drew Helleson, Mason McTavish

Injured: Ross Johnston (lower body)

Suspended: Radko Gudas

Status report

Foerster, who has not played since Dec. 1, is on the trip with the Flyers and practiced in a noncontact jersey Tuesday; the forward was originally expected to be out five months, but coach Rick Tocchet left open the possibility of Foerster returning before the end of the regular season. ... Gudas, a defenseman, will serve the third of his five-game suspension for kneeing Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews during a 6-4 loss on March 12. ... McTavish, a forward, will be a healthy scratch for the second straight game and second time in his NHL career. ... Terry missed practice for maintenance on Tuesday and did not take part in the Ducks morning skate, but is expected to play in McTavish's place.