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(1M) RANGERS at (2WC) CAPITALS

Eastern Conference First Round, Game 3

7 p.m. ET; MAX, MNMT, truTV, MSGSN, TNT, MSG, SN360, TVAS

New York leads best-of-7 series 2-0

Rangers projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Jack Roslovic

Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere

Will Cuylle -- Alex Wennberg -- Kaapo Kakko

Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Matt Rempe

Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox

K'Andre Miller -- Braden Schneider

Erik Gustafsson -- Jacob Trouba

Igor Shesterkin

Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Zac Jones, Jonny Brodzinski, Chad Ruhwedel, Filip Chytil, Louis Domingue, Adam Edstrom

Injured: Blake Wheeler (lower body)

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Connor McMichael -- T.J. Oshie

Aliaksei Protas -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson

Max Pacioretty -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Sonny Milano

Beck Malenstyn -- Nic Dowd -- Ivan Miroshnichenko

Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson

Lucas Johansen -- Trevor van Riemsdyk

Alexander Alexeyev -- Dylan McIlrath

Charlie Lindgren

Darcy Kuemper

Scratched: Michael Sgarbossa, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Hardy Haman Aktell

Injured: Rasmus Sandin (upper body), Nick Jensen (upper body), Vincent Iorio (upper body)

Status report

Wennberg took part in an optional morning skate Friday and said he will play after not practicing Thursday for maintenance. ... Milano skated Friday and will play after taking a maintenance day Thursday. … Defensemen Sandin and Jensen each took part in the morning skate in a regular jersey Friday and coach Spencer Carbery did not rule out either’s return after missing the first two games. … Miroshnichenko will make his NHL playoff debut.

(1P) CANUCKS at (1WC) PREDATORS

Western Conference First Round, Game 3

7:30 p.m. ET; MAX, TBS, BSSO, TVAS2, SN

Best-of-7 series tied 1-1

Canucks projected lineup

Pius Suter -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser

Nils Hoglander -- Elias Pettersson -- Conor Garland

Dakota Joshua -- Elias Lindholm -- Ilya Mikheyev

Phillip Di Giuseppe -- Teddy Blueger -- Sam Lafferty

Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek

Carson Soucy -- Tyler Myers

Ian Cole -- Nikita Zadorov

Casey DeSmith

Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Mark Friedman, Nils Aman, Noah Juulsen, Vasily Podkolzin, Nikita Tolopilo

Injured: Thatcher Demko (undisclosed)

Predators projected lineup

Filip Forsberg -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Gustav Nyquist

Anthony Beauvillier -- Colton Sissons -- Jason Zucker

Mark Jankowski -- Tommy Novak -- Luke Evangelista

Cole Smith -- Michael McCarron -- Kiefer Sherwood

Ryan McDonagh -- Roman Josi

Jeremy Lauzon -- Alexandre Carrier

Spencer Stastney -- Luke Schenn

Juuse Saros

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Tyson Barrie, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Cody Glass, Dante Fabbro, Gustavs Grigals, Juuso Parssinen

Injured: None

Status report

The Canucks held an optional morning skate. Boeser, who left practice early Thursday after appearing to get hit in the left hand with a puck, was one of 13 players taking part. ... Myers missed Game 2 because of the flu but is expected to play.… Parssinen was recalled from Milwaukee of the American Hockey League on Thursday but is not expected to play. ... Forsberg did not participate in the morning skate but is expected to play.

(2C) JETS at (3C) AVALANCHE

Western Conference First Round, Game 3

10 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, ALT, TVAS, CBC

Best-of-7 series tied 1-1

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Sean Monahan -- Tyler Toffoli

Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton

David Gustafsson -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Alex Iafallo

Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo

Brenden Dillon -- Neal Pionk

Nate Schmidt -- Dylan Samberg

Connor Hellebuyck

Laurent Brossoit

Scratched: Rasmus Kupari, Cole Perfetti, Colin Miller, Collin Delia, Logan Stanley

Injured: Morgan Barron (lower body)

Avalanche projected lineup

Valeri Nichushkin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen

Artturi Lehkonen -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Zach Parise

Miles Wood -- Ross Colton -- Joel Kiviranta

Andrew Cogliano -- Yakov Trenin -- Brandon Duhaime

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Sean Walker -- Josh Manson

Caleb Jones -- Jack Johnson

Alexandar Georgiev

Justus Annunen

Scratched: Arvid Holm

Injured: Jonathan Drouin (lower body), Samuel Girard (concussion)

Status report

Schmidt, a defenseman, will make his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut, replacing Stanley in the lineup. … Girard, a defenseman, participated in morning skate and could be a game-time decision. He has missed the first two games of the series while in concussion protocol. … Annunen, who has missed the past two games due to illness, will backup Georgiev. … Holm, a goalie, was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Friday.

(2P) OILERS at (3P) KINGS

Western Conference First Round, Game 3

10:30 p.m. ET; MAX, TBS, BSW, TVAS2, SN

Best-of-7 series tied 1-1

Oilers projected lineup

Adam Henrique -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Leon Draisaitl -- Warren Foegele

Evander Kane -- Ryan McLeod -- Corey Perry

Dylan Holloway -- Sam Carrick -- Mattias Janmark

Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard

Darnell Nurse -- Cody Ceci

Brett Kulak -- Vincent Desharnais

Stuart Skinner

Calvin Pickard

Scratched: Derek Ryan, Connor Brown, Troy Stecher, Sam Gagner

Injured: None

Kings projected lineup

Quinton Byfield -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe

Trevor Moore -- Phillip Danault -- Viktor Arvidsson

Kevin Fiala -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Alex Laferriere

Carl Grundstrom -- Blake Lizotte -- Trevor Lewis

Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty

Vladislav Gavrikov -- Matt Roy

Andreas Englund -- Jordan Spence

Cam Talbot

David Rittich

Scratched: Aaron Dell, Arthur Kaliyev, Jacob Moverare

Injured: None

Status report

The Oilers and Kings will each use the same lineup from Game 2 on Wednesday. … Grundstrom will remain in the lineup for the Kings despite playing one shift and 25 seconds of ice time. "Just playing 11 forwards, we found maybe a better rhythm for our forwards just generally, so I asked him to be patient and ready to play," Kings interim coach Jim Hiller said.

SATURDAY

(2M) HURRICANES at (3M) ISLANDERS

Eastern Conference First Round, Game 4

2 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, MSGSN, TBS, BSSO, SN, TVAS

Carolina leads best-of-7 series 3-0

Hurricanes projected lineup

Jake Guentzel -- Sebastian Aho -- Andrei Svechnikov

Teuvo Teravainen -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Martin Necas

Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Seth Jarvis

Jack Drury -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Stefan Noesen

Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns

Brady Skjei -- Tony DeAngelo

Dmitry Orlov -- Jalen Chatfield

Frederik Andersen

Pyotr Kochetkov

Scratched: Jackson Blake, Brendan Lemieux, Scott Morrow, Bradly Nadeau, Ryan Suzuki

Injured: Jesper Fast (upper body), Brett Pesce (lower body)

Islanders projected lineup

Casey Cizikas -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal

Hudson Fasching -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri

Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Pierre Engvall

Matt Martin -- Kyle MacLean -- Cal Clutterbuck

Alexander Romanov -- Noah Dobson

Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock

Mike Reilly -- Robert Bortuzzo

Semyon Varlamov

Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Simon Holmstrom, Sebastian Aho, Samuel Bolduc, Oliver Wahlstrom

Injured: None

Status report

Fast, a forward, is expected to miss the remainder of the postseason. ... Andersen is expected to start after making 29 saves in a 3-2 win in Game 3 on Thursday. ... Kochetkov could start as Andersen has not played in four consecutive games all season. ... Suzuki, a forward, was recalled from Springfield of the American Hockey League on Friday. ... Varlamov will start after he stopped all eight shots in relief of Sorokin, who was pulled after allowing three goals on 14 shots in 27:14 during Game 3.

(1A) PANTHERS at (1WC) LIGHTNING

Eastern Conference First Round, Game 4

Saturday, 5 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TBS, BSSUN, BSFL, SNP, SNW, SNE, TVAS

Florida leads best-of-7 series 3-0

Panthers projected lineup

Vladimir Tarasenko -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart

Carter Verhaeghe -- Anton Lundell -- Matthew Tkachuk

Eetu Luostarinen -- Kevin Stenlund -- Evan Rodrigues

Nick Cousins -- Steven Lorentz -- Kyle Okposo

Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola -- Brandon Montour

Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky

Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Tobias Bjornfot, Uvis Balinskis, Josh Mahura, Jonah Gadjovich, Evan Cormier

Injured: Sam Bennett (upper body), Ryan Lomberg (Illness)

Lightning projected lineup

Anthony Duclair -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov

Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Steven Stamkos

Michael Eyssimont -- Nicholas Paul -- Mitchell Chaffee

Tyler Motte -- Luke Glendening -- Tanner Jeannot

Victor Hedman -- Darren Raddysh

Matt Dumba -- Erik Cernak

Emil Lilleberg -- Nick Perbix

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Matt Tomkins

Scratched: Austin Watson, Conor Sheary, Calvin de Haan, Max Crozier

Injured: Haydn Fleury (upper body), Jonas Johansson (lower body), Mikhail Sergachev (leg)

Status report

Neither team will hold a morning skate on Saturday … Lomberg, a forward, who hasn't played since Game 1, is feeling better coach Paul Maurice said, but still is unlikely to play. The Lightning held an optional skate Friday, so it isn't known if there could be changes to the lineup.