Projected lineups, starting goalies for today
Latest line combinations, defense pairs, injury news from NHL.com writers
MAMMOTH (27-20-4) at LIGHTNING (32-14-4)
7 p.m. ET; The Spot, Utah16
Mammoth projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Nick Schmaltz -- Lawson Crouse
JJ Peterka -- Barrett Hayton -- Daniil But
Michael Carcone -- Jack McBain -- Dylan Guenther
Brandon Tanev -- Kevin Stenlund -- Liam O’Brien
Mikhail Sergachev -- Sean Durzi
Nate Schmidt -- John Marino
Ian Cole -- Nick DeSimone
Karel Vejmelka
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Olli Maatta, Kailer Yamamoto, Kevin Rooney
Injured: Logan Cooley (lower body), Alexander Kerfoot (upper body)
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Nikita Kucherov
Jake Guentzel -- Dominic James -- Gage Goncalves
Zemgus Girgensons -- Yanni Gourde -- Pontus Holmberg
Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Jack Finley -- Nick Paul
J.J. Moser -- Darren Raddysh
Declan Carlile -- Erik Cernak
Max Groshev -- Max Crozier
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Simon Lundmark
Injured: Brayden Point (lower body), Ryan McDonagh (lower body), Victor Hedman (elbow), Emil Lilleberg (undisclosed), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (undisclosed)
Status report
Cooley, a forward, participated in the morning skate in a noncontact jersey; he has been out since Dec. 5. ... Cernak and Goncalves each participated in an optional morning skate and are game-time decisions after leaving an 8-5 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. ... D'Astous, a defenseman, has been placed on injured reserve.
BRUINS (30-20-2) at RANGERS (21-25-6)
7 p.m. ET; NHLN, NESN, MSG, TVAS
Bruins projected lineup
Marat Khusnutdinov -- Elias Lindholm -- David Pastrnak
Casey Mittelstadt -- Pavel Zacha -- Viktor Arvidsson
Alex Steeves -- Fraser Minten -- Morgan Geekie
Tanner Jeannot -- Sean Kuraly -- Mark Kastelic
Jonathan Aspirot -- Charlie McAvoy
Nikita Zadorov -- Andrew Peeke
Hampus Lindholm -- Mason Lohrei
Joonas Korpisalo
Jeremy Swayman
Scratched: Michael Eyssimont, Henri Jokiharju
Injured: None
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 -- Anton Blidh
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Braden Schneider
Carson Soucy -- Will Borgen
Matthew Robertson -- Scott Morrow
Jonathan Quick
Spencer Martin
Scratched: Jonny Brodzinski, Matt Rempe, Urho Vaakanainen
Injured: Igor Shesterkin (lower body), Adam Fox (lower body), Adam Edstrom (lower body), Conor Sheary (lower body)
Status report
Zadorov will be a game-time decision, Bruins coach Marco Sturm said. He appeared to play through a lower-body injury in their 4-3 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday and did not practice Sunday. If Zadorov can't play, Jokiharju is Boston’s extra defenseman. … The Rangers did not hold a morning skate.
ISLANDERS (27-19-5) at FLYERS (24-17-9)
7 p.m. ET; MSGSN, NBCSP
Islanders projected lineup
Max Shabanov -- Bo Horvat -- Emil Heineman
Anthony Duclair -- Mathew Barzal -- Simon Holmstrom
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Jonathan Drouin
Kyle MacLean -- Casey Cizikas -- Marc Gatcomb
Matthew Schaefer -- Scott Mayfield
Adam Pelech -- Tony DeAngelo
Isaiah George -- Adam Boqvist
Ilya Sorokin
David Rittich
Scratched: Maxim Tsyplakov, Calum Ritchie
Injured: Ryan Pulock (upper body), Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee)
Flyers projected lineup
Trevor Zegras -- Christian Dvorak -- Travis Konecny
Denver Barkey -- Sean Couturier -- Owen Tippett
Matvei Michkov -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink
Carl Grundstrom -- Lane Pederson -- Nikita Grebenkin
Cam York -- Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler -- Jamie Drysdale
Emil Andrae -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Samuel Ersson
Aleksei Kolosov
Scratched: Nicolas Deslauriers, Garnett Hathaway, Noah Juulsen, Hunter McDonald
Injured: Tyson Foerster (arm), Rodrigo Abols (lower body), Dan Vladar (lower body)
Status report
Holmstrom will be a game-time decision because of an illness. ... Ristolainen is expected to play after missing six games because of an upper-body injury. ... Vladar took part in the morning skate; the goalie will miss his sixth straight game, but coach Rick Tocchet said the expectation is Vladar will play during the stretch of three games in four days that begins at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday. ... Grebenkin will play after being scratched from a 7-3 win against the Colorado Avalanche on Friday. He'll replace Hathaway, a forward.
DUCKS (28-21-3) at OILERS (26-19-8)
8:30 p.m. ET; Prime, KCOP-13, Victory+
Ducks projected lineup
Alex Killorn -- Mikael Granlund -- Beckett Sennecke
Jeffrey Viel -- Ryan Poehling -- Cutter Gauthier
Chris Kreider -- Jansen Harkins -- Ryan Strome
Ross Johnston -- Tim Washe -- Ian Moore
Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov -- Drew Helleson
Olen Zellweger -- Radko Gudas
Ville Husso
Lukas Dostal
Scratched: Sam Colangelo
Injured: Leo Carlsson (thigh), Mason McTavish (upper body), Petr Mrazek (undisclosed), Troy Terry (upper body), Frank Vatrano (undisclosed)
Oilers projected lineup
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kasperi Kapanen
Jack Roslovic -- Josh Samanski -- Matt Savoie
Trent Frederic -- Curtis Lazar -- Mattias Janmark
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse -- Ty Emberson
Jake Walman -- Spencer Stastney
Tristan Jarry
Connor Ingram
Scratched: Andrew Mangiapane, Calvin Pickard
Injured: Adam Henrique (upper body)
Status report
The Ducks did not hold a morning skate following a 4-3 overtime win at the Calgary Flames on Sunday. ... The Oilers held an optional morning skate. Kapanen will return after missing three games because of a lower-body injury; he’ll replace Mangiapane, a forward. ... Samanski will make his NHL debut, replacing forward Isaac Howard, who was reassigned to Bakersfield of the American Hockey League.
