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BLUES (23-23-3) at AVALANCHE (26-18-3)
3 p.m. ET; ESPN+, HULU, SN, TVAS
Blues projected lineup
Brandon Saad -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou
Ivan Barbashev -- Noel Acciari -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Jake Neighbours -- Logan Brown -- Josh Leivo
Alexey Toropchenko -- Nikita Alexandrov -- Tyler Pitlick
Nick Leddy -- Colton Parayko
Torey Krug -- Justin Faulk
Niko Mikkola -- Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Thomas Greiss
Scratched: Calle Rosen, Nathan Walker
Injured: Ryan O'Reilly (foot), Pavel Buchnevich (ankle infection), Marco Scandella (hip), Scott Perunovich (shoulder), Robert Thomas (lower body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Matt Nieto -- J.T. Compher -- Denis Malgin
Evan Rodrigues -- Alex Newhook -- Logan O'Connor
Andrew Cogliano -- Ben Meyers -- Kurtis MacDermid
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Erik Johnson
Brad Hunt -- Andreas Englund
Alexandar Georgiev
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: None
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Bowen Byram (lower body), Josh Manson (lower body), Darren Helm (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (upper body)
BRUINS (38-6-4) at PANTHERS (23-22-6)
6 p.m. ET; BSFLX, NHLN, NESN, ESPN+, SN NOW
Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Taylor Hall
Pavel Zacha -- David Krejci -- David Pastrnak
Trent Frederic -- Charlie Coyle -- Craig Smith
Nick Foligno -- Joona Koppanen -- A.J. Greer
Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm -- Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort -- Connor Clifton
Jeremy Swayman
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Jakub Zboril
Injured: Tomas Nosek (foot), Jake DeBrusk (hand, leg)
Panthers projected lineup
Sam Reinhart -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anton Lundell
Matthew Tkachuk -- Sam Bennett -- Carter Verhaeghe
Nick Cousins -- Chris Tierney -- Eetu Luostarinen
Ryan Lomberg -- Eric Staal -- Givani Smith
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Marc Staal -- Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura -- Radko Gudas
Alex Lyon
Mack Guzda
Scratched: Casey Fitzgerald, Colin White
Injured: Sergei Bobrovsky (lower body), Anthony Duclair (Achilles), Patric Hornqvist (concussion), Spencer Knight (undisclosed)
SHARKS (14-25-11) at PENGUINS (24-15-9)
7 p.m. ET; ATTSN-PT, NBCSCA, ESPN+, SN NOW
Sharks projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Tomas Hertl -- Kevin Labanc
Michael Eyssimont -- Logan Couture -- Alexander Barabanov
Nick Bonino -- Nico Sturm -- Noah Gregor
Evgeny Svechnikov -- Steven Lorentz -- Oskar Lindblom
Jaycob Megna -- Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Matt Benning
Jacob MacDonald -- Mario Ferraro
Kaapo Kahkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: Jonah Gadjovich, Scott Harrington
Injured: Luke Kunin (knee), Markus Nutivaara (lower body), Radim Simek (upper body)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell
Brock McGinn -- Teddy Blueger -- Jeff Carter
Drew O'Connor -- Ryan Poehling -- Danton Heinen
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- Jeff Petry
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Chad Ruhwedel
Casey DeSmith
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: Jonathan Gruden, Mark Friedman
Injured: Tristan Jarry (upper body), Josh Archibald (lower body), Jan Rutta (upper body), Kasperi Kapanen (lower body)
FLYERS (20-21-9) at JETS (31-18-1)
7 p.m. ET; SN360, CITY, SNW, NBCSP, SN NOW, ESPN+
Flyers projected lineup
James van Riemsdyk -- Morgan Frost -- Owen Tippett
Joel Farabee -- Noah Cates -- Travis Konecny
Kevin Hayes -- Scott Laughton -- Wade Allison
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Patrick Brown -- Kieffer Bellows
Ivan Provorov -- Cam York
Travis Sanheim -- Tony DeAngelo
Nick Seeler -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Carter Hart
Felix Sandstrom
Scratched: Justin Braun
Injured: Sean Couturier (back), Tanner Laczynski (upper body), Zack MacEwen (fractured jaw)
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cole Perfetti
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Morgan Barron -- Adam Lowry -- Karson Kuhlman
Sam Gagner -- Kevin Stenlund -- Saku Maenalanen
Josh Morrissey -- Neal Pionk
Brenden Dillon -- Dylan Samberg
Logan Stanley -- Nate Schmidt
Connor Hellebuyck
David Rittich
Scratched: Kyle Capobianco, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby
Injured: Mason Appleton (wrist), David Gustafsson (upper body), Dylan DeMelo (lower body)
KINGS (28-17-6) at LIGHTNING (31-15-1)
7 p.m. ET; BSSUN, BSW, ESPN+, SN NOW
Kings projected lineup
Quinton Byfield -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Alex Iafallo -- Phillip Danault -- Viktor Arvidsson
Kevin Fiala -- Blake Lizotte -- Jaret Anderson-Dolan
Rasmus Kupari -- Alex Turcotte -- Samuel Fagemo
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Sean Durzi -- Matt Roy
Alexander Edler -- Sean Walker
Jonathan Quick
Pheonix Copley
Scratched: Tobias Bjornfot, Brendan Lemieux
Injured: Gabriel Vilardi (upper body), Carl Grundstrom (lower body), Trevor Moore (upper body), Arthur Kaliyev (lower body)
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Anthony Cirelli -- Steven Stamkos -- Alex Killorn
Ross Colton -- Nicholas Paul -- Pat Maroon
Vladislav Namestnikov -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Victor Hedman -- Zach Bogosian
Mikhail Sergachev -- Nick Perbix
Ian Cole -- Erik Cernak
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Haydn Fleury, Cal Foote
Injured: Rudolfs Balcers (upper body)
CANADIENS (20-25-4) at SENATORS (22-23-3)
7 p.m. ET; CBC, SNE, SNO, SNP, TVAS, ESPN+, SN NOW
Canadiens projected lineup
Rem Pitlick -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Kirby Dach -- Jesse Ylonen
Owen Beck -- Christian Dvorak -- Evgenii Dadonov
Michael Pezzetta -- Alex Belzile -- Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Mike Matheson -- David Savard
Arber Xhekaj -- Justin Barron
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Chris Wideman
Injured: Cole Caufield (shoulder), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (lower body), Joel Armia (upper body), Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb), Sean Monahan (foot), Joel Edmundson (lower body)
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Mathieu Joseph
Alex DeBrincat -- Ridly Greig -- Claude Giroux
Derick Brassard -- Shane Pinto -- Drake Batherson
Parker Kelly -- Dylan Gambrell -- Austin Watson
Thomas Chabot -- Nick Holden
Jake Sanderson -- Travis Hamonic
Erik Brannstrom -- Nikita Zaitsev
Anton Forsberg
Kevin Mandolese
Scratched: Jacob Lucchini, Mark Kastelic
Injured: Tyler Motte (finger), Artem Zub (lower body), Josh Norris (shoulder), Cam Talbot (lower body)
GOLDEN KNIGHTS (29-18-3) at ISLANDERS (24-22-5)
7:30 p.m. ET; MSGSN, ATTSN-RM, ESPN+, SN NOW
Golden Knights projected lineup
Reilly Smith -- William Karlsson -- Jonathan Marchessault
Paul Cotter -- Jack Eichel -- Michael Amadio
William Carrier -- Chandler Stephenson -- Phil Kessel
Brett Howden -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
Alec Martinez -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague -- Ben Hutton
Logan Thompson
Adin Hill
Scratched: Daniil Miromanov
Injured: Mark Stone (upper body), Zach Whitecloud (undisclosed)
Islanders projected lineup
Anthony Beauvillier -- Mathew Barzal -- Casey Cizikas
Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Zach Parise -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom
Matt Martin -- Aatu Raty -- Josh Bailey
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov -- Scott Mayfield
Samuel Bolduc -- Sebastian Aho
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Ross Johnston, Parker Wotherspoon
Injured: Cal Clutterbuck (upper body), Noah Dobson (lower body), Hudson Fasching (lower body), Oliver Wahlstrom (lower body)
SABRES (26-19-3) at WILD (26-17-4)
9 p.m. ET; BSN, BSWI, MSG-B, ESPN+, SN NOW
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka -- Rasmus Asplund -- Jack Quinn
Casey Mittelstadt -- Tyson Jost -- Victor Olofsson
Zemgus Girgensons -- Peyton Krebs -- Kyle Okposo
Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power -- Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Craig Anderson, Kale Clague, Dylan Cozens
Injured: None
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Sam Steel -- Mats Zuccarello
Matt Boldy -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Marcus Foligno
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Ryan Hartman
Brandon Duhaime -- Connor Dewar -- Ryan Reaves
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Matt Dumba
Jon Merrill -- Calen Addison
Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Alex Goligoski, Mason Shaw
Injured: None
BLUE JACKETS (15-31-3) at KRAKEN (28-15-5)
10 p.m. ET; ROOT-NW, BSOH, ESPN+, SN NOW
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Boone Jenner -- Patrik Laine
Kirill Marchenko -- Cole Sillinger -- Kent Johnson
Liam Foudy -- Jack Roslovic -- Emil Bemstrom
Eric Robinson -- Sean Kuraly -- Mathieu Olivier
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Andrew Peeke
Tim Berni -- Erik Gudbranson
Gavin Bayreuther -- Adam Boqvist
Elvis Merzlikins
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Jake Christiansen, Lane Pederson
Injured: Gustav Nyquist (upper body), Nick Blankenburg (upper body), Yegor Chinakhov (ankle), Carson Meyer (oblique strain)
Kraken projected lineup
Brandon Tanev -- Alex Wennberg -- Jared McCann
Eeli Tolvanen -- Yanni Gourde -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Andre Burakovsky -- Ryan Donato -- Jordan Eberle
Daniel Sprong -- Morgan Geekie -- John Hayden
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Will Borgen
Carson Soucy -- Cale Fleury
Philipp Grubauer
Martin Jones
Scratched: Max McCormick
Injured: Joonas Donskoi (upper body), Chris Driedger (lower body), Jaden Schwartz (undisclosed), Justin Schultz (undisclosed), Matty Beniers (upper body)
BLACKHAWKS (15-28-4) at OILERS (27-18-4)
10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, CITY, NBCSCH, ESPN+
Blackhawks projected lineup
Andreas Athanasiou -- Jason Dickinson -- Patrick Kane
Philipp Kurashev -- Max Domi -- Taylor Raddysh
Sam Lafferty -- Jonathan Toews -- Colin Blackwell
Boris Katchouk -- MacKenzie Entwistle -- Reese Johnson
Jake McCabe -- Seth Jones
Jack Johnson -- Connor Murphy
Caleb Jones -- Ian Mitchell
Petr Mrazek
Jaxson Stauber
Scratched: Filip Roos, Luke Philp
Injured: Tyler Johnson (ankle), Jarred Tinordi (facial fracture), Jujhar Khaira (back), Alex Stalock (concussion)
Oilers projected lineup
Dylan Holloway -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Evander Kane -- Leon Draisaitl -- Derek Ryan
Klim Kostin -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Mattias Janmark
Warren Foegele -- Ryan McLeod -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Darnell Nurse -- Cody Ceci
Brett Kulak -- Tyson Barrie
Philip Broberg -- Evan Bouchard
Jack Campbell
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: James Hamblin, Vincent Desharnais
Injured: Kailer Yamamoto (undisclosed), Ryan Murray (back)
COYOTES (16-28-5) at DUCKS (15-29-5)
10:30 p.m. ET; BSW, BSAZX, ESPN+, SN NOW
Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Barrett Hayton -- Nick Schmaltz
Lawson Crouse -- Nick Bjugstad -- Matias Maccelli
Nick Ritchie -- Jack McBain -- Christian Fischer
Zack Kassian -- Travis Boyd -- Dylan Guenther
Jakob Chychrun -- Troy Stecher
Juuso Valimaki -- J.J. Moser
Patrik Nemeth -- Josh Brown
Connor Ingram
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Milos Kelemen
Injured: Liam O'Brien (upper body), Shayne Gostisbehere (upper body)
Ducks projected lineup
Adam Henrique -- Mason McTavish -- Troy Terry
Max Comtois -- Trevor Zegras -- Ryan Strome
Frank Vatrano -- Isac Lundestrom -- Jakob Silfverberg
Max Jones -- Jayson Megna -- Sam Carrick
Cam Fowler -- Dmitry Kulikov
Urho Vaakanainen -- John Klingberg
Simon Benoit -- Nathan Beaulieu
John Gibson
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Brett Leason, Colton White
Injured: Jamie Drysdale (shoulder), Derek Grant (lower body), Justin Kirkland (undisclosed), Kevin Shattenkirk (lower body)
SUNDAY
CAPITALS (26-19-6) at MAPLE LEAFS (30-12-8)
5 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN4, NBCSWA, SN NOW
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- T.J. Oshie
Conor Sheary -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Anthony Mantha
Sonny Milano -- Nicklas Backstrom -- Marcus Johansson
Nicolas Aube-Kubel -- Lars Eller -- Garnet Hathaway
Erik Gustafsson -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Matt Irwin -- Martin Fehervary
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Alexander Alexeyev, Aliaksei Protas
Injured: Tom Wilson (lower body), Nic Dowd (lower body), John Carlson (head), Connor Brown (ACL), Carl Hagelin (hip)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Michael Bunting -- John Tavares -- Mitchell Marner
Calle Jarnkrok -- Alexander Kerfoot -- William Nylander
Pierre Engvall -- David Kampf -- Joey Anderson
Zach Aston-Reese -- Pontus Holmberg -- Wayne Simmonds
Morgan Rielly -- TJ Brodie
Mark Giordano -- Justin Holl
Rasmus Sandin -- Timothy Liljegren
Ilya Samsonov
Matt Murray
Scratched: Bobby McMann, Conor Timmins, Jordie Benn
Injured: Jake Muzzin (neck), Victor Mete (upper body), Nicholas Robertson (shoulder), Auston Matthews (knee)
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