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RANGERS (44-21-10) at SABRES (35-31-7)

7 p.m. ET; NHLN, SN, MSG-B, MSGSN

Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Mika Zibanejad -- Vladimir Tarasenko

Chris Kreider -- Vincent Trocheck -- Patrick Kane

Alexis Lafreniere -- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko

Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Tyler Motte

Niko Mikkola -- Adam Fox

K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba

Ben Harpur -- Braden Schneider

Jaroslav Halak

Igor Shesterkin

Scratched: None

Injured: Ryan Lindgren (upper body)

Sabres projected lineup

Jeff Skinner -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Alex Tuch

JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Jack Quinn

Jordan Greenway -- Tyson Jost -- Victor Olofsson

Zemgus Girgensons -- Peyton Krebs -- Kyle Okposo

Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju

Owen Power -- Ilya Lyubushkin

Riley Stillman -- Jacob Bryson

Devon Levi

Eric Comrie

Scratched: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Vinnie Hinostroza, Kale Clague

Injured: Tage Thompson (upper body), Craig Anderson (upper body), Mattias Samuelsson (upper body)

 

RED WINGS (33-32-9) at JETS (41-31-3)

8 p.m. ET; TSN3, BSDETX, ESPN+, SN NOW

Red Wings projected lineup

Dominik Kubalik -- Dylan Larkin -- David Perron

Pius Suter -- Andrew Copp -- Lucas Raymond

Adam Erne -- Joe Veleno -- Matt Luff

Jonatan Berggren -- Austin Czarnik -- Alex Chiasson

Jake Walman -- Moritz Seider

Ben Chiarot -- Simon Edvinsson

Olli Maatta -- Jordan Oesterle

Magnus Hellberg

Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Robert Hagg, Gustav Lindstrom, Marco Kasper

Injured: Robby Fabbri (lower body), Michael Rasmussen (knee), Mark Pysyk (Achilles), Ville Husso (lower body), Filip Zadina (lower body)

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Mark Scheifele

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Blake Wheeler

Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton

Morgan Barron -- Kevin Stenlund -- Karson Kuhlman

Josh Morrissey -- Neal Pionk

Brenden Dillon -- Dylan DeMelo

Dylan Samberg -- Nate Schmidt

Connor Hellebuyck

David Rittich

Scratched: Kyle Capobianco, Logan Stanley, David Gustafsson, Saku Maenalanen

Injured: Cole Perfetti (upper body), Sam Gagner (lower body), (upper body)

 

FLAMES (34-26-15) at CANUCKS (34-34-6)

10 p.m. ET; SN, SN1, ESPN+

Flames projected lineup

Andrew Mangiapane -- Elias Lindholm -- Tyler Toffoli

Jonathan Huberdeau -- Mikael Backlund -- Blake Coleman

Nick Ritchie -- Nazem Kadri -- Dillon Dube

Milan Lucic -- Trevor Lewis -- Walker Duehr

Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson

Nikita Zadorov -- MacKenzie Weegar

Dennis Gilbert -- Troy Stecher

Jacob Markstrom

Dan Vladar

Scratched: Jakob Pelletier, Adam Ruzicka, Matt Coronato

Injured: Chris Tanev (upper body), Michael Stone (lower body)

Canucks projected lineup

Andrei Kuzmenko -- Elias Pettersson -- Dakota Joshua

Phillip Di Giuseppe -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser

Anthony Beauvillier -- Nils Aman -- Conor Garland

Aidan McDonough -- Sheldon Dries -- Jack Studnicka

Quinn Hughes -- Tyler Myers

Guillaume Brisebois -- Ethan Bear

Jack Rathbone -- Kyle Burroughs

Thatcher Demko

Collin Delia

Scratched: Vitali Kravtsov, Akito Hirose

Injured: Filip Hronek (shoulder), Vasily Podkolzin (undisclosed), Christian Wolanin (lower body), Noah Juulsen (lower body), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (ankle), Travis Dermott (undisclosed), Ilya Mikheyev (torn ACL), Tanner Pearson (hand), Tucker Poolman (upper body)

 

STARS (40-20-14) at COYOTES (27-35-13)

10:30 p.m. ET; BSAZX, BSSW, ESPN+, SN NOW

Stars projected lines

Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski

Max Domi -- Tyler Seguin -- Radek Faksa

Jamie Benn -- Wyatt Johnston -- Evgenii Dadonov

Joel Kiviranta -- Luke Glendening -- Ty Dellandrea

Miro Heiskanen -- Colin Miller

Esa Lindell -- Jani Hakanpaa

Ryan Suter -- Joel Hanley

Jake Oettinger

Matt Murray

Scratched: Nils Lundkvist, Fredrik Olofsson

Injured: Mason Marchment (lower body), Scott Wedgewood (lower body)

Coyotes projected lines

Clayton Keller -- Barrett Hayton -- Nick Schmaltz

Matias Maccelli -- Jack McBain -- Lawson Crouse

Liam O'Brien -- Travis Boyd -- Christian Fischer

Milos Kelemen -- Nathan Smith -- Brett Ritchie

Juuso Valimaki -- Josh Brown

Patrik Nemeth -- J.J. Moser

Connor Mackey -- Victor Soderstrom

Karel Vejmelka

Connor Ingram

Scratched: Ivan Prosvetov

Injured: Laurent Dauphin (upper body), Zack Kassian (upper body)

 

SATURDAY

BLUES (35-34-6) at PREDATORS (37-29-8)

1 p.m. ET; NHLN, BSSO, BSMW, SN NOW

Blues projected lineup

Brandon Saad -- Brayden Schenn -- Jakub Vrana

Sammy Blais -- Kasperi Kapanen -- Jordan Kyrou

Alexey Toropchenko -- Nathan Walker -- Tyler Pitlick

Jake Neighbours -- Logan Brown -- Josh Leivo

Nick Leddy -- Colton Parayko

Calle Rosen -- Torey Krug

Marco Scandella -- Justin Faulk

Jordan Binnington

Thomas Greiss

Scratched: Robert Bortuzzo

Injured: Robert Thomas (upper body), Pavel Buchnevich (upper body)

Predators projected lineup

Egor Afanasyev -- Cody Glass -- Philip Tomasino

Kiefer Sherwood -- Tommy Novak -- Luke Evangelista

Yakov Trenin -- Colton Sissons -- Cole Smith

Rasmus Asplund -- Mark Jankowski -- Michael McCarron

Ryan McDonagh -- Dante Fabbro

Jeremy Lauzon -- Tyson Barrie

Kevin Gravel -- Cal Foote

Juuse Saros

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Jake Livingstone

Injured: Mark Borowiecki (upper body), Filip Forsberg (upper body), Ryan Johansen (upper body), Juuso Parssinen (upper body), Alexandre Carrier (upper body), Roman Josi (upper body), Matt Duchene (hand)

 

BRUINS (58-12-5) at PENGUINS (37-28-10)

3 p.m. ET; ESPN+, ABC, SN1, SN NOW

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Jake DeBrusk

Pavel Zacha -- David Krejci -- David Pastrnak

Tyler Bertuzzi -- Charlie Coyle -- Trent Frederic

Jakub Lauko -- Tomas Nosek -- Garnet Hathaway

Dmitry Orlov -- Charlie McAvoy

Hampus Lindholm -- Brandon Carlo

Jakub Zboril -- Connor Clifton

Jeremy Swayman

Linus Ullmark

Scratched: Matt Grzelcyk, Oskar Steen, A.J. Greer

Injured: Taylor Hall (lower body), Nick Foligno (lower body), Derek Forbort (lower body)

Penguins projected lineup

Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust

Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell

Danton Heinen -- Ryan Poehling -- Mikael Granlund

Drew O'Connor -- Jeff Carter -- Josh Archibald

Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang

Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Jeff Petry

Mark Friedman -- Chad Ruhwedel

Tristan Jarry

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Alex Nylander

Injured: Nick Bonino (lacerated kidney), Dmitry Kulikov (lower body), Marcus Pettersson (lower body), Jan Rutta (lower body)

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