Projected lineups, starting goalies for today
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CAPITALS (3-1-0) at FLYERS (1-3-1)
6 p.m. ET; ESPN+, ESPN, SNW, SNO, SNE, SN1
Capitals projected lineup
Aliaksei Protas -- Dylan Strome -- Alex Ovechkin
Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Andrew Mangiapane
Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Taylor Raddysh
Jakob Chychrun -- John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary -- Dylan McIlrath
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Sonny Milano, Alexander Alexeyev
Injured: Matt Roy (lower body)
Flyers projected lineup
Tyson Foerster -- Morgan Frost -- Travis Konecny
Owen Tippett -- Ryan Poehling -- Matvei Michkov
Joel Farabee -- Sean Couturier -- Bobby Brink
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Noah Cates -- Garnet Hathaway
Cam York -- Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler -- Jamie Drysdale
Egor Zamula -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Samuel Ersson
Ivan Fedotov
Scratched: Scott Laughton, Jett Luchanko, Erik Johnson
Injured: None
Status report
Lindgren will start Tuesday and Thompson will start when the teams play in Washington on Wednesday, Capitals coach Spencer Carberry said. ... Seeler is expected to make his season debut after sustaining a nerve injury in his right leg during a preseason game Oct. 1. ... The Flyers sent defenseman Emil Andrae to Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Monday. ... Laughton did not practice Monday; the forward is questionable because of the pending birth of his child. If Laughton is unavailable, Deslauriers could make his season debut. ... Cates, who has been scratched the previous three games, could play in place of Luchanko, a forward.
WILD (3-0-2) at PANTHERS (4-2-1)
6:30 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, SCRIPPS
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Marco Rossi -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Yakov Trenin
Jakub Lauko -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Liam Ohgren
Jake Middleton -- Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin -- Zach Bogosian
Jon Merrill -- Declan Chisholm
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Daemon Hunt
Injured: Jared Spurgeon (lower body), Ryan Hartman (upper body)
Panthers projected lineup
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
A.J. Greer -- Jesper Boqvist -- Mackie Samoskevich
Evan Rodrigues -- Patrick Giles -- Uvis Balinskis
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Dmitry Kulikov
Adam Boqvist -- Nate Schmidt
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: None
Injured: Jonah Gadjovich (back), Aleksander Barkov (lower body), Tomas Nosek (upper body)
Status report
Tkachuk returns for the Panthers after missing the past five games. … Barkov, a center, could return later this week. … Gadjovich, a forward, will miss his third straight game. … Wild coach John Hynes said Spurgeon, a defenseman, has resumed skating in Minnesota. He has missed the past three games.
LIGHTNING (3-2-0) at DEVILS (5-2-1)
6:45 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, MSGSN
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Mitchell Chaffee
Conor Geekie -- Nicholas Paul -- Cameron Atkinson
Zemgus Girgensons -- Luke Glendening -- Michael Eyssimont
Victor Hedman -- Janis Moser
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg -- Darren Raddysh
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Nick Perbix, Conor Sheary
Injured: None
Devils projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer
Paul Cotter -- Erik Haula -- Stefan Noesen
Tomas Tatar -- Curtis Lazar -- Nick Bastian
Brenden Dillon -- Dougie Hamilton
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Daniil Misyul -- Simon Nemec
Jake Allen
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Luke Hughes (left shoulder), Brett Pesce (fractured fibula)
Status report
The Lightning did not hold a morning skate after a 5-2 loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 14 shots before being replaced by Johansson (14 saves) in the second period. ... Devils defenseman Seamus Casey was assigned to Utica of the American Hockey League on Monday. Misyul was recalled and will make his NHL debut. ... Allen is expected to make his third start after Markstrom made 31 saves in a 6-5 overtime loss to the Washington Capitals on Saturday.
STARS (5-1-0) at SABRES (2-4-1)
7 p.m. ET; Victory+, MSG-B
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Logan Stankoven
Mason Marchment -- Matt Duchene -- Tyler Seguin
Jamie Benn -- Wyatt Johnston -- Evgenii Dadonov
Colin Blackwell -- Sam Steel -- Mavrik Bourque
Miro Heiskanen -- Mathew Dumba
Esa Lindell -- Nils Lundkvist
Thomas Harley -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Oskar Back, Brendan Smith, Alexander Petrovic
Injured: None
Sabres projected lineup
JJ Peterka -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Jiri Kulich -- Dylan Cozens -- Jack Quinn
Jason Zucker – Ryan McLeod -- Jordan Greenway
Beck Malenstyn -- Peyton Krebs -- Sam Lafferty
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Bowen Byram -- Owen Power
Mattias Samuelsson -- Connor Clifton
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Devon Levi
Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Dennis Gilbert
Injured: Zach Benson (lower body), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (lower body)
Status report
Seguin, Dumba and Steel will each return from injury for the Stars. Seguin has been out three games, Dumba has missed four and Steel one. ... Greenway will return after missing a 4-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday with a lower-body injury. … Aube-Kubel took part in the morning skate. The forward could be ready to return this weekend or the middle of next week. … Benson, a forward, will be out with an injury he's been nursing for the past three weeks.
RANGERS (4-0-1) at CANADIENS (2-3-1)
7:15 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, MSG
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Reilly Smith
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle -- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko
Adam Edstrom -- Sam Carrick -- Jonny Brodzinski
K’Andre Miller -- Adam Fox
Braden Schneider -- Jacob Trouba
Ryan Lindgren -- Victor Mancini
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Matt Rempe, Zac Jones, Chad Ruhwedel
Injured: Jimmy Vesey (lower body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach
Alex Newhook -- Oliver Kapanen -- Joel Armia
Josh Anderson -- Jake Evans -- Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta -- Christian Dvorak -- Emil Heineman
Mike Matheson -- Justin Barron
Lane Hutson -- Logan Mailloux
Jayden Struble-- David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Arber Xhekaj
Injured: Juraj Slafkovsky (upper body), Kaiden Guhle (upper body), Patrik Laine (knee), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (broken leg)
Status report
Lindgren will make his season debut wearing a clear full face shield he has used since he began practicing last week. He missed the start of the season after sustaining an upper-body injury Sept. 22. … Slafkovsky, a forward, will be out one week and will be re-evaluated then. … Dach will move to the wing on the top line, and Kapanen will move from wing to center in place of Dach on the second line. … Pezzetta will make his season debut. … Xhekaj, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch for a second straight game.
MAPLE LEAFS (4-2-0) at BLUE JACKETS (2-3-0)
7:30 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, TSN4
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Bobby McMann -- Max Domi -- William Nylander
Max Pacioretty -- John Tavares -- Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz -- David Kampf -- Pontus Holmberg
Morgan Rielly -- Chris Tanev
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jake McCabe
Simon Benoit -- Conor Timmins
Joseph Woll
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Philippe Myers, Timothy Liljegren, Ryan Reaves, Dennis Hildeby
Injured: Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Connor Dewar (upper body), Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Fraser Minten (lower body), Dakota Mermis (upper body)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Cole Sillinger -- Sean Monahan -- Kirill Marchenko
Yegor Chinakhov -- Adam Fantilli -- Mikael Pyyhtia
Zach Aston-Reese -- Justin Danforth -- Mathieu Olivier
James van Riemsdyk -- Sean Kuraly -- Kevin Labanc
Zach Werenski -- Ivan Provorov
Jake Christiansen -- Damon Severson
Jack Johnson -- David Jiricek
Daniil Tarasov
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched: Jordan Harris
Injured: Dmitri Voronkov (upper body), Boone Jenner (shoulder), Gavin Brindley (finger), Erik Gudbranson (upper body), Kent Johnson (upper body)
Status report
The Maple Leafs did not hold a morning skate after they defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Monday. … Toronto coach Craig Berube said Monday that Woll, who missed the first six games, could “possibly” return from a lower-body injury and make his season debut. … Reaves may replace Kampf, a forward. ... … The Blue Jackets will revert to the standard 12 forwards and six defensemen after using seven defensemen against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. … Merzlikins will be the backup goalie after being unavailable for two games with an upper-body injury. … Sillinger is moving up from the third line to replace Chinakhov; Aston-Reese dropped from the second to third line. … Labanc was a healthy scratch the past two games. … Harris, a defenseman, is expected to come out.
RED WINGS (2-3-0) at ISLANDERS (2-1-2)
7:45 p.m. ET; FDSNDET, MSGSN2
Red Wings projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat – Dylan Larkin -- Patrick Kane
Vladimir Tarasenko -- J.T. Compher -- Lucas Raymond
Michael Rasmussen -- Andrew Copp -- Christian Fischer
Tyler Motte -- Joe Veleno -- Jonatan Berggren
Ben Chiarot -- Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson -- Justin Holl
Olli Maatta – Albert Johansson
Alex Lyon
Cam Talbot
Scratched: Erik Gustafsson, Marco Kasper
Injured: Jeff Petry (upper body)
Islanders projected lineup
Simon Holmstrom -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal
Maxim Tsyplakov -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Casey Cizikas
Liam Foudy -- Kyle MacLean -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Alexander Romanov -- Noah Dobson
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Mike Reilly -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Dennis Cholowski
Injuries: Anthony Duclair (lower body)
Status report
Lyon will make his second consecutive start after he made 37 saves in Detroit’s 5-2 win at the Nashville Predators on Saturday. … Foudy was recalled from Bridgeport of the American Hockey League and will make his Islanders debut after signing a one-year contract July 10. He replaces forward Julien Gauthier, who was sent to Bridgeport.
CANUCKS (2-1-2) at BLACKHAWKS (2-3-1)
8:15 p.m. ET; CHSN, SNP
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Nils Hoglander -- Elias Pettersson -- Conor Garland
Danton Heinen -- Teddy Blueger -- Kiefer Sherwood
Pius Suter -- Nils Aman -- Daniel Sprong
Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek
Carson Soucy -- Tyler Myers
Erik Brannstrom -- Vincent Desharnais
Kevin Lankinen
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Noah Juulsen, Arshdeep Bains, Derek Forbort
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Dakota Joshua (testicular cancer recovery)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Nick Foligno -- Connor Bedard -- Teuvo Teravainen
Taylor Hall – Andreas Athanasiou -- Tyler Bertuzzi
Ilya Mikheyev -- Jason Dickinson – Ryan Donato
Patrick Maroon -- Lukas Reichel -- Craig Smith
Alex Vlasic -- Seth Jones
Wyatt Kaiser -- T.J. Brodie
Nolan Allan -- Connor Murphy
Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Isaak Phillips, Philipp Kurashev, Joey Anderson
Injured: Alec Martinez (lower body)
Status report
Miller (undisclosed) participated in an optional morning skate and said his status "will be game time." He took only two face-offs in a 3-0 win at the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. Canucks coach Rick Tocchet said Miller is probable and will err on the side of caution on whether he can take face-offs … Kurashev is a healthy scratch for performance reasons, Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson said. The forward had one shot on goal and was minus-2 in 15:48 of ice time during a 4-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.
BRUINS (3-2-1) at PREDATORS (0-5-0)
8:45 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, NESN, SNO, SNE
Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Elias Lindholm -- David Pastrnak
Max Jones -- Charlie Coyle -- Trent Frederic
Pavel Zacha -- Matthew Poitras -- Morgan Geekie
John Beecher -- Mark Kastelic -- Cole Koepke
Hampus Lindholm -- Charlie McAvoy
Nikita Zadorov -- Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei -- Andrew Peeke
Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Riley Tufte, Justin Brazeau, Parker Wotherspoon
Injured: None
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Gustav Nyquist
Steven Stamkos -- Colton Sissons -- Jonathan Marchessault
Mark Jankowski -- Tommy Novak -- Luke Evangelista
Zachary L'Heureux -- Michael McCarron -- Cole Smith
Brady Skjei -- Roman Josi
Jeremy Lauzon -- Alexandre Carrier
Marc Del Gaizo -- Luke Schenn
Juuse Saros
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Juuso Parssinen, Philip Tomasino, Dante Fabbro
Injured: None
Status report
Jones was on the second line in place of Brazeau at the morning skate. Marchand moved to the top line with Lindholm and Pastrnak. … L'Heureux was recalled from Milwaukee of the American Hockey League on Monday and is expected to make his NHL debut.
AVALANCHE (2-4-0) at KRAKEN (4-2-0)
8:30 p.m. ET; ESPN+, ESPN
Avalanche projected lineup
Ross Colton -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Nikolai Kovalenko -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Logan O'Connor
Miles Wood -- Parker Kelly -- Calum Ritchie
Ivan Ivan -- Matt Stienburg -- Joel Kiviranta
Samuel Girard -- Cale Makar
John Ludvig -- Josh Manson
Calvin de Haan -- Sam Malinski
Justus Annunen
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Oliver Kylington, Kaapo Kahkonen, Chris Wagner
Injured: Devon Toews (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)
Suspended: Valeri Nichushkin
Kraken projected lineup
Jared McCann -- Shane Wright -- Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz -- Chandler Stephenson -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Eeli Tolvanen -- Matty Beniers -- Andre Burakovsky
Tye Kartye -- Yanni Gourde -- Brandon Tanev
Josh Mahura -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Brandon Montour
Ryker Evans -- Will Borgen
Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: Cale Fleury
Injured: Vince Dunn (mid body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. … Dunn, a defenseman, was placed on long-term injured reserve Monday. He left a 6-4 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday after the second period and did not play in a 2-1 victory against the Calgary Flames on Saturday. Fleury, a defenseman, was recalled from Coachella Valley of the American Hockey League but is not expected to play.
