Projected lineups, starting goalies for today
Latest line combinations, defense pairs, injury news from NHL.com writers
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.
