Projected lineups, starting goalies for today
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BLACKHAWKS (9-18-2) at DEVILS (19-10-3)
1 p.m. ET; CHSN, MSGSN, NHLN, SN
Blackhawks projected lineup
Philipp Kurashev -- Connor Bedard -- Ryan Donato
Taylor Hall -- Frank Nazar -- Tyler Bertuzzi
Nick Foligno -- Jason Dickinson -- Ilya Mikheyev
Patrick Maroon -- Lukas Reichel -- Teuvo Teravainen
Alex Vlasic -- Connor Murphy
Nolan Allan -- Kevin Korchinski
Wyatt Kaiser -- TJ Brodie
Drew Commesso
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Joey Anderson, Louis Crevier
Injured: Seth Jones (foot), Laurent Brossoit (knee), Petr Mrazek (groin), Alec Martinez (neck), Craig Smith (lower back)
Devils projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer
Paul Cotter -- Erik Haula -- Stefan Noesen
Kurtis MacDermid -- Justin Dowling -- Nathan Bastian
Brenden Dillon -- Dougie Hamilton
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Luke Hughes -- Brett Pesce
Jacob Markstrom
Isaac Poulter
Scratched: Nick DeSimone, Tomas Tatar, Colton White
Injured: Curtis Lazar (knee), Jake Allen (upper body)
Status report
Commesso will make his first NHL start. ... Nazar is expected to make his season debut after being recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Friday. ... Smith, a forward, missed practice Friday and will not play. ... Martinez, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve Friday, retroactive to Dec. 7. ... Allen, a goalie, is expected to miss his third straight game. ... Lazar will not play despite the forward practicing Friday for the first time since getting injured Oct. 27. ... Tatar, a forward who was scratched for a 3-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday, rotated with MacDermid during line rushes at practice Friday.
KINGS (17-9-3) at RANGERS (15-12-1)
1 p.m. ET; FDSNW, MSG, TVAS
Kings projected lineup
Warren Foegele -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala -- Quinton Byfield -- Tanner Jeannot
Alex Turcotte -- Phillip Danault -- Alex Laferriere
Andre Lee -- Samuel Helenius
Mikey Anderson -- Vladislav Gavrikov
Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke
Jacob Moverare -- Jordan Spence
Kyle Burroughs
Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich
Scratched: Andreas Englund, Akil Thomas
Injured: Trevor Lewis (lower body), Drew Doughty (ankle), Trevor Moore (upper body)
Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Reilly Smith
Will Cuylle -- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Adam Edstrom -- Sam Carrick -- Brett Berard
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
Connor Mackey -- Braden Schneider
Zac Jones -- Victor Mancini
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Jonny Brodzinski, Jimmy Vesey, Chad Ruhwedel
Injured: K'Andre Miller (upper body), Urho Vaakanainen (upper body)
Status report
The Kings recalled Lee on an emergency basis from Ontario of the American Hockey League on Friday. He could play with Moore out. … Miller was placed on injured reserve by the Rangers on Friday. The defenseman was injured during a 3-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday. ... Mackey will make his season debut. He was recalled from Hartford of the AHL on Sunday. ... Ruhwedel, a defenseman, was recalled from Hartford on Friday but likely will be scratched.
FLYERS (14-12-4) at WILD (19-6-4)
2 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, NBCSP
Flyers projected lineup
Joel Farabee -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Owen Tippett -- Morgan Frost -- Matvei Michkov
Tyson Foerster -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink
Scott Laughton -- Ryan Poehling -- Garnet Hathaway
Cam York -- Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler -- Jamie Drysdale
Egor Zamula -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Samuel Ersson
Aleksei Kolosov
Scratched: Erik Johnson, Ivan Fedotov, Emil Andrae
Injured: Nicolas Deslauriers (upper body)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Marco Rossi -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno -- Ryan Hartman -- Marcus Johansson
Jakub Lauko -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Yakov Trenin
Devin Shore -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Ben Jones
Declan Chisholm -- Jared Spurgeon
Travis Dermott -- Brock Faber
Jon Merrill -- Zach Bogosian
Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Reece Johnson, Cameron Crotty
Injured: Mats Zuccarello (lower body), Jonas Brodin (upper body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Jake Middleton (upper body)
Status report
Ersson will start after Kolosov made 25 saves in a 4-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday. That is expected to be Philadelphia's only lineup change. ... Dermott was claimed off waivers from the Edmonton Oilers on Friday. ... Middleton, a defenseman, was placed on long-term injured reserve Friday. … Brodin, a defenseman, and Zuccarello, a forward, practiced Friday but are doubtful to play.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS (19-7-3) at OILERS (17-10-2)
4 p.m. ET; SN, SCRIPPS
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone
Brett Howden -- William Karlsson -- Pavel Dorofeyev
Alexander Holtz -- Tomas Hertl -- Victor Olofsson
Tanner Pearson -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin -- Alex Pietrangelo
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud
Adin Hill
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Kaedan Korczak, Cole Schwindt
Injured: None
Oilers projected lineup
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kasperi Kapanen
Jeff Skinner -- Adam Henrique -- Mattias Janmark
Corey Perry -- Derek Ryan -- Connor Brown
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse -- Troy Stecher
Brett Kulak -- Ty Emberson
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Alec Regula
Injured: None
Status report
The Golden Knights will use the same lineup as their 3-2 overtime win at the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. ... Bouchard didn’t practice Friday and will be a game-time decision after leaving late in a 7-1 win at the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. ... Regula, a defenseman who was claimed off waivers from the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, would play if Bouchard is unable.
MAPLE LEAFS (18-9-2) at RED WINGS (11-14-4)
7 pm ET; FDSNDET, NHLN, SNP, SNO, CBC
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matthew Knies-- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Max Pacioretty -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Bobby McMann -- Fraser Minten -- Max Domi
Steven Lorentz -- Connor Dewar -- Pontus Holmberg
Morgan Rielly -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Jake McCabe -- Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit -- Conor Timmins
Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby
Scratched: Nicholas Robertson, Phillippe Myers, Ryan Reaves
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), David Kampf (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body)
Red Wings projected lineup
Michael Rasmussen -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Patrick Kane -- J.T. Compher -- Alex DeBrincat
Joe Veleno -- Andrew Copp -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Tyler Motte -- Marco Kasper -- Jonatan Berggren
Simon Edvinsson -- Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot -- Jeff Petry
Erik Gustafsson -- Justin Holl
Ville Husso
Jack Campbell
Scratched: Albert Johansson, Christian Fischer
Injured: Alex Lyon (lower body), Cam Talbot (lower body)
Status report
Each team recalled a goalie from the American Hockey League (Hildeby, Campbell) after Stolarz and Talbot were injured Thursday. Campbell is the fifth Red Wings goalie of the season, joining Lyon, Talbot, Husso and Sebastian Cossa. … McMann was activated off injured reserve and will return after missing seven games with a lower-body injury. ... The Maple Leafs assigned forward Nikita Grebenkin to Toronto of the American Hockey League.
DUCKS (10-14-4) at BLUE JACKETS (12-13-4)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, Victory+, KCOP-13
Ducks projected lineup
Frank Vatrano -- Ryan Strome -- Troy Terry
Alex Killorn -- Leo Carlsson -- Brett Leason
Cutter Gauthier -- Mason McTavish -- Robby Fabbri
Brock McGinn -- Isac Lundestrom -- Jansen Harkins
Pavel Mintyukov -- Jacob Trouba
Jackson LaCombe -- Radko Gudas
Olen Zellweger -- Brian Dumoulin
John Gibson
Lukas Dostal
Scratched: Drew Helleson, Ross Johnston
Injured: Trevor Zegras (lower body)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
James van Riemsdyk -- Sean Monahan -- Kent Johnson
Dmitri Voronkov -- Cole Sillinger -- Kirill Marchenko
Zachary Aston-Reese -- Adam Fantilli -- Mathieu Olivier
Mikael Pyyhtia -- Sean Kuraly -- Kevin Labanc
Zach Werenski -- Dante Fabbro
Ivan Provorov -- Damon Severson
Jake Christiansen -- Jordan Harris
Jet Greaves
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched: Jack Johnson, Daniil Tarasov
Injured: Yegor Chinakhov (upper body), Justin Danforth (lower body)
Status report
The Ducks traded defenseman Cam Fowler and a fourth-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft to the St. Louis Blues on Saturday for defenseman Jeremie Biakabutuka and a 2027 second-round pick. … Zellweger, a healthy scratch for a 3-2 loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, will replace Fowler. … The Blue Jackets will use the same lineup from a 2-1 overtime loss to the Washington Capitals on Thursday.
SABRES (11-14-4) at CAPITALS (20-6-2)
7 p.m. ET; MSG-B, MNMT
Sabres projected lineup
JJ Peterka -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Zach Benson -- Jiri Kulich -- Dylan Cozens
Jordan Greenway -- Ryan McLeod -- Jason Zucker
Beck Malenstyn -- Peyton Krebs -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Ryan Johnson -- Bowen Byram
Mattias Samuelsson -- Owen Power
Dennis Gilbert -- Connor Clifton
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Henri Jokiharju, Jack Quinn
Injured: Rasmus Dahlin (back spasms), Sam Lafferty (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Aliaksei Protas -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael -- Dylan Strome -- Taylor Raddysh
Hendrix Lapierre -- Lars Eller -- Andrew Mangiapane
Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Ivan Miroshnichenko
Jakob Chychrun -- John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin -- Matt Roy
Martin Fehervary -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev, Jakub Vrana
Injured: Alex Ovechkin (lower body), Sonny Milano (upper body)
Status report
The Sabres held an optional morning skate. … Coach Lindy Ruff said Greenway (middle body), who did not practice Friday but took part in the morning skate, will be a game-time decision. … Lafferty, a forward who has missed the past six games, returned to practice on Friday. … Ovechkin took part in drills during the morning skate in a noncontact jersey. It was his first time skating with the team since the forward fractured his left fibula against the Utah Hockey Club on Nov. 18.
