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MAPLE LEAFS (12-11-3) at HURRICANES (16-7-2)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, TSN4

Maple Leafs projected lineups

Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Max Domi

Easton Cowan -- John Tavares -- William Nylander

Dakota Joshua -- Nicolas Roy -- Bobby McMann

Steven Lorentz -- Scott Laughton -- Nicholas Robertson

Morgan Rielly -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Jake McCabe -- Troy Stetcher

Simon Benoit -- Phillippe Myers

Joseph Woll

Dennis Hildeby

Scratched: Calle Jarnkrok, Matias Maccelli, Dakota Mermis

Injured: Chris Tanev (upper body), Anthony Stolarz (upper body), Brandon Carlo (lower body)

Hurricanes projected lineup

Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Logan Stankoven -- Jackson Blake

William Carrier -- Jordan Staal -- Jordan Martinook

Taylor Hall -- Mark Jankowski -- Eric Robinson

K'Andre Miller -- Sean Walker

Shayne Gostisbehere -- Jalen Chatfield

Alexander Nikishin -- Joel Nystrom

Frederik Andersen

Brandon Bussi

Scratched: Mike Reilly

Injured: Jaccob Slavin (lower body), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (lower body), Pyotr Kochetkov (undisclosed)

Status report

The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate. … The Maple Leafs held an optional morning skate and will use the same lineup from a 4-1 win against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday.

PREDATORS (9-13-4) at PANTHERS (12-12-1)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SCRIPPS

Predators projected lineup

Steven Stamkos -- Ryan O’Reilly -- Luke Evangelista

Filip Forsberg -- Erik Haula -- Jonathan Marchessault

Reid Schaefer -- Fedor Svechkov -- Matthew Wood

Michael Bunting -- Michael McCarron -- Ozzy Wiesblatt

Spencer Stastney -- Roman Josi

Brady Skjei -- Nick Blankenburg

Nicolas Hague -- Adam Wilsby

Juuse Saros

Justus Annunen

Scratched: Tyson Jost

Injured: Cole Smith (lower body), Michael McCarron (lower body), Justin Barron (lower body), Nick Perbix (upper body)

Panthers projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart

Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- A.J. Greer

Jesper Boqvist -- Evan Rodrigues -- Mackie Samoskevich

Noah Gregor -- Jack Studnicka -- Luke Kunin

Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola -- Seth Jones

Donovan Sebrango -- Uvis Balinskis

Sergei Bobrovsky

Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: Jeff Petry, Jack Devine

Injured: Aleksander Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder), Eetu Luostarinen (lower body), Cole Schwindt (broken arm)

Status report

McCarron missed a 5-1 win against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday with a lower-body injury but will play, coach Andrew Brunette said. … Perbix is day to day; the defenseman did not play in a 5-1 win against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday. ... Sebrango will return to the Florida lineup for the first time since Nov. 22 in place of Petry. … Verhaeghe will return after missing a 4-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday for the birth of his son.

AVALANCHE (19-1-6) at ISLANDERS (14-10-3)

7 p.m. ET; MSGSN, KTVD, ALT

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas

Gabriel Landeskog -- Brock Nelson -- Valeri Nichushkin

Ross Colton -- Jack Drury -- Victor Olofsson

Parker Kelly -- Zakhar Bardakov -- Joel Kiviranta

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Josh Manson -- Brent Burns

Samuel Girard -- Sam Malinski

Mackenzie Blackwood

Trent Miner

Scratched: Ilya Solovyov

Injured: Scott Wedgewood (back), Gavin Brindley (lower body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)

Islanders projected lineup

Emil Heineman -- Bo Horvat -- Maxim Shabanov

Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Jonathan Drouin

Anthony Duclair -- Calum Ritchie -- Simon Holmstrom

Kyle MacLean -- Casey Cizikas -- Maxim Tsyplakov

Matthew Schaefer -- Ryan Pulock

Adam Pelech -- Tony DeAngelo

Travis Mitchell -- Scott Mayfield

Ilya Sorokin

David Rittich

Scratched: Marc Gatcomb, Adam Boqvist

Injured: Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee), Ethan Bear (upper body)

Status report

Wedgewood left during the second period of a 3-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday due to back tightness; the goalie did travel with the Avalanche and could play at some point during their four-game road trip. ... Miner was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Wednesday and will back up Blackwood. ... Nelson will play at the Islanders for the first time; he played 12 seasons with New York before being traded to Colorado on March 6, 2025.

RANGERS (14-12-2) at SENATORS (13-9-4)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN5, MSG

Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Mika Zibanejad -- Alexis Lafreniere

J.T. Miller -- Vincent Trocheck -- Jonny Brodzinski

Will Cuylle -- Noah Laba -- Brett Berard

Conor Sheary -- Sam Carrick -- Taylor Raddysh

Vladislav Gavrikov -- Braden Schneider

Carson Soucy -- Will Borgen

Matthew Robertson -- Scott Morrow

Igor Shesterkin

Spencer Martin

Scratched: Urho Vaakanainen, Brennan Othmann

Injured: Adam Fox (upper body), Jonathan Quick (lower body), Matt Rempe (upper body), Adam Edstrom (lower body)

Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Fabian Zetterlund

David Perron -- Dylan Cozens -- Drake Batherson

Michael Amadio -- Shane Pinto -- Claude Giroux

Nick Cousins -- Stephen Halliday -- Ridly Greig

Jake Sanderson -- Jordan Spence

Tyler Kleven -- Nikolas Matinpalo

Dennis Gilbert -- Nick Jensen

Leevi Merilainen

Linus Ullmark

Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid

Injured: Thomas Chabot (upper body), Lars Eller (undisclosed), Artem Zub (lower body)

Status report

The Rangers held an optional morning skate Thursday with 10 skaters and two goalies. … Quick, a goalie who hasn’t played since Nov. 22, skated Thursday but will not dress. … Merilainen will start. … Zub, a defenseman, is day to day; Spence will take his spot on the first pair alongside Sanderson. … Eller, a forward, is day to day. … Halliday was recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League on Thursday. … Gilbert will make his season debut. … Chabot, a defenseman who his injury in a 3-2 win at the San Jose Sharks on Nov. 22, is “probably another, hoping, 10 days” from making a return, Senators coach Travis Green said.

BLUES (9-11-7) at BRUINS (15-13-0)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, NESN

Blues projected lineup

Brayden Schenn -- Robert Thomas -- Jake Neighbours

Dylan Holloway -- Pius Suter -- Jordan Kyrou

Aleksanteri Kaskimaki -- Dalibor Dvorsky -- Pavel Buchnevich

Mathieu Joseph -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Nick Bjugstad

Philip Broberg -- Colton Parayko

Tyler Tucker -- Justin Faulk

Cam Fowler -- Logan Mailloux

Jordan Binnington

Joel Hofer

Scratched: Matthew Kessel, Matt Luff

Injured: Jimmy Snuggerud (wrist), Alexey Toropchenko (leg burns), Nathan Walker (upper body)

Bruins projected lineup

Alex Steeves -- Elias Lindholm -- Morgan Geekie

Casey Mittelstadt -- Pavel Zacha -- Viktor Arvidsson

Tanner Jeannot -- Fraser Minten -- Mark Kastelic

Marat Khusnutdinov -- Sean Kuraly -- Michael Eyssimont

Hampus Lindholm -- Andrew Peeke

Nikita Zadorov -- Jonathan Aspirot

Mason Lohrei – Victor Soderstrom

Joonas Korpisalo

Jeremy Swayman

Scratched: Jeffrey Viel

Injured: David Pastrnak (undisclosed), Charlie McAvoy (upper body), Jordan Harris (ankle), Matej Blumel (lower body), Henri Jokiharju (undisclosed), Michael Callahan (lower body)

Status report

Suter will return after missing two games with a lower-body injury. ... Walker, a forward, was placed on injured reserve Tuesday and will be reevaluated in eight weeks. ... Kaskimaki will make his NHL debut; the third-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft was recalled from Springfield of the American Hockey League on Monday and was supposed to debut in a 4-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks that night but flight delays due to bad weather prevented him from arriving on time. ... Luff, a forward, was recalled from Springfield on Wednesday. … Pastrnak, a forward, will miss his fourth straight game. … Callahan, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve after leaving in the second period of a 5-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. Soderstrom was recalled from Providence of the AHL on an emergency basis Thursday to replace Callahan. … McAvoy, a defenseman, participated in the morning skate in a noncontact jersey. He has not played since he was struck in the face with the puck against the Montreal Canadiens on Nov. 15 and had facial surgery a few days later.

PENGUINS (13-7-5) at LIGHTNING (16-8-2)

7 p.m. ET; The Spot, SN-PIT, TVAS

Penguins projected lineup

Kevin Hayes -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust

Tommy Novak -- Evgeni Malkin -- Anthony Mantha

Rutger McGroarty -- Ben Kindel -- Ville Koivunen

Connor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Bokondji Imama

Ryan Shea -- Kris Letang

Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson

Ryan Graves -- Connor Clifton

Tristan Jarry

Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Joona Koppanen, Mathew Dumba

Injured: Rickard Rakell (hand), Caleb Jones (lower body), Justin Brazeau (upper body), Noel Acciari (upper body), Filip Hallander (blood clot)

Lightning projected lineup

Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Nikita Kucherov

Jake Guentzel -- Nick Paul -- Oliver Bjorkstrand

Zemgus Girgensons -- Yanni Gourde -- Pontus Holmberg

Dominic James -- Curtis Douglas -- Gage Goncalves

J.J. Moser -- Darren Raddysh

Charle-Edouard D'Astous -- Emil Lilleberg

Declan Carlile -- Max Crozier

Jonas Johansson

Brandon Halverson

Scratched: Jack Finley, Steven Santini

Injured: Brayden Point (undisclosed), Ryan McDonagh (undisclosed), Victor Hedman (undisclosed), Erik Cernak (undisclosed), Andrei Vasilevskiy (undisclosed)

Status report

The Penguins held an optional morning skate Thursday. ..Rakell, a forward, will be out for at least three more weeks. ... Vasilevskiy will not dress; Lightning coach Jon Cooper said he expects the goalie to play against the New York Islanders on Saturday. ... Halverson was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Thursday and will back up Johansson. ... Crozier will enter the lineup for the first time since Nov. 16.

RED WINGS (14-11-2) at BLUE JACKETS (12-9-5)

7:30 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+

Red Wings projected lineup

Emmett Finnie -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond

Alex Debrincat -- Andrew Copp -- Patrick Kane

Elmer Soderblom -- Nate Danielson -- Marco Kasper

James van Riemsdyk -- J.T. Computer-- Michael Rasmussen

Simon Edvinsson -- Moritz Seider

Ben Chiarot -- Axel Sandin-Pellikka

Travis Hamonic -- Albert Johansson

John Gibson

Cam Talbot

Scratched: Jonathan Berggren, Jacob Bernard-Docker

Injured: Mason Appleton (lower body)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Dimitri Voronkov -- Adam Fantilli -- Kent Johnson

Kirill Marchenko -- Sean Monahan -- Cole Sillinger

Luca Del Bel Belluz -- Charlie Coyle -- Isac Lundestrom

Miles Wood -- Brendan Gaunce-- Yegor Chinakhov

Zach Werenski -- Ivan Provorov

Denton Mateychuk -- Damon Severson

Brendan Smith -- Dante Fabbro

Elvis Merzlikins

Jet Greaves

Scratched: Jake Christiansen, Zach Aston-Reese

Injured: Erik Gudbranson (hip), Boone Jenner (upper body), Mathieu Oliver (upper body)

Status report

Rasmussen is expected to play after leaving in the third period of a 5-4 win against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday because of an undisclosed injury. ... Marchenko returns after missing four games with a lower-body injury. ... He will replace forward Luca Pinelli, who was loaned to Cleveland of the American Hockey League on Thursday. ... Del Bel Belluz, recalled from Cleveland on Tuesday, replaces Aston-Reese, a forward.

KRAKEN (11-7-6) at OILERS (11-11-5)

9 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNW, KONG, KHN/Prime

Kraken projected lineup

Jared McCann -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle

Jani Nyman -- Shane Wright -- Kaapo Kakko

Berkly Catton -- Chandler Stephenson -- Eeli Tolvanen

Tye Kartye -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Ryan Winterton

Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson

Ryan Lindgren -- Brandon Montour

Jamie Oleksiak -- Ryker Evans

Joey Daccord

Philipp Grubauer

Scratched: Cale Fleury, Josh Mahura

Injured: Mason Marchment (undisclosed), Matt Murray (lower body), Jaden Schwartz (lower body)

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman

Vasily Podkolzin -- Leon Draisaitl -- Matthew Savoie

Mattias Janmark -- Adam Henrique -- Andrew Mangiapane

Trent Frederic -- Curtis Lazar -- Connor Clattenburg

Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard

Darnell Nurse -- Alec Regula

Brett Kulak -- Ty Emberson

Calvin Pickard

Stuart Skinner

Scratched: David Tomasek

Injured: Kasperi Kapanen (knee), Noah Philp (undisclosed), Jack Roslovic (undisclosed), Jake Walman (lower body)

Status report

Each team had an optional morning skate. ... Marchment did not make the trip to Edmonton and will miss his second straight game. Nyman will enter the lineup in his spot after being a healthy scratch for the past two games. ... Montour had been listed as day to day with an undisclosed injury, but will play ... Nugent-Hopkins moves up from the third line to the top line, where he and Hyman will start a game on the top line for the first time this season. Savoie will move down to the second line, while Henrique slides over from left wing on the third line. ... Walman is expected to miss at least another week.

WILD (15-7-5) at FLAMES (9-15-4)

9 p.m. ET; SN1, FDSNNOX, FDSNWI

Stars projected lineup

Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello

Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy

Yakov Trenin -- Nico Sturm -- Vladimir Tarasenko

Liam Ohgren -- Ben Jones -- Tyler Pitlick

Jacob Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon

Jonas Brodin -- Brock Faber

Zeev Buium -- Zach Bogosian

Filip Gustavsson

Jesper Wallstedt

Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Hunter Haight

Injured: Marcus Foligno (lower body), Vinnie Hinostroza (lower body), Marco Rossi (lower body), Danila Yurov (undisclosed)

Flames projected lineup

Jonathan Huberdeau -- Morgan Frost -- Matt Coronato

Yegor Sharangovich -- Nazem Kadri -- Joel Farabee

Connor Zary -- Mikael Backlund -- Blake Coleman

Ryan Lomberg -- John Beecher -- Adam Klapka

Kevin Bahl -- Rasmus Andersson

Yan Kuznetsov -- MacKenzie Weegar

Joel Hanley -- Jake Bean

Dustin Wolf

Devin Cooley

Scratched: Brayden Pachal, Dryden Hunt

Injured: Martin Pospisil (undisclosed), Zayne Parekh (upper body), Samuel Honzek (upper body)

Status report

The Wild are expected to dress the same 18 skaters from a 1-0 win at the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. … Yurov practiced on Thursday, but the forward will miss his second straight game and is day to day. "He looks like he's imminent, but not for today," Wild coach John Hynes said. … Lomberg will return after being a healthy scratch the past two games. … Bean will also return after he was scratched in a 5-1 loss at the Nashville Predators on Tuesday.

BLACKHAWKS (11-9-6) at KINGS (12-7-7)

10 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+

Blackhawks projected lineup

Ryan Greene -- Connor Bedard -- Andre Burakovsky

Tyler Bertuzzi -- Frank Nazar -- Oliver Moore

Teuvo Teravainen -- Jason Dickinson -- Ilya Mikheyev

Colton Dach -- Ryan Donato

Alex Vlasic -- Louis Crevier

Wyatt Kaiser -- Artyom Levshunov

Matt Grzelcyk -- Connor Murphy

Sam Rinzel

Spencer Knight

Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Sam Lafferty, Landon Slaggert

Injured: Nick Foligno (left hand)

Kings projected lineup

Trevor Moore -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe

Kevin Fiala -- Quinton Byfield -- Joel Armia

Alex Laferriere -- Phillip Danault -- Andrei Kuzmenko

Warren Foegele -- Alex Turcotte -- Corey Perry

Mikey Anderson -- Joel Edmundson

Brandt Clarke -- Drew Doughty

Brian Dumoulin -- Cody Ceci

Darcy Kuemper

Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Jeff Malott, Samuel Helenius, Jacob Moverare

Injured: None

Status report

Rinzel will remain in the lineup after playing one shift in the third period of a 4-3 shootout loss at the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday. … Doughty will play for the first time since Nov. 15 when he sustained a lower-body injury after being struck in the foot by a shot against the Ottawa Senators. … Foegele is expected to return to the lineup after missing three games with an upper-body injury.