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PREDATORS (6-9-4) vs. PENGUINS (9-5-4)
2025 NHL Global Series Sweden presented by Fastenal
at Avicii Arena, Stockholm
9 a.m. ET; FDSNSO, SN-PIT, NHLN, SN
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Luke Evangelista
Steven Stamkos -- Erik Haula -- Jonathan Marchessault
Michael Bunting -- Fedor Svechkov -- Matthew Wood
Michael McCarron -- Ozzy Wiesblatt
Brady Skjei -- Nick Perbix
Nicolas Hague -- Nick Blankenburg
Spencer Stastney -- Adam Wilsby
Justin Barron
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Tyson Jost, Joakim Kemmel, Matt Murray
Injured: Roman Josi (upper body), Cole Smith (upper body), Zachary L'Heureux (lower body)
Penguins projected lineup
Bryan Rust -- Sidney Crosby -- Ben Kindel
Tommy Novak -- Evgeni Malkin – Anthony Mantha
Danton Heinen -- Kevin Hayes -- Philip Tomasino
Joona Koppanen -- Blake Lizotte -- Connor Dewar
Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea -- Kris Letang
Ryan Graves -- Connor Clifton
Sergei Murashov
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Mathew Dumba, Danton Heinen, Harrison Brunicke, Filip Larsson
Injured: Rickard Rakell (hand surgery), Caleb Jones (lower body), Justin Brazeau (upper body), Noel Acciari (upper body), Tristan Jarry (lower body), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Ville Koivunen (lower body)
Status report
Koivunen’s status is unknown after he left practice early Saturday and Penguins coach Dan Muse did not have an update on him. … The Predators are expected to dress seven defensemen for the second straight game. ... Forward Rutger McGroarty and goalie Joel Blomqvist have been activated from injured reserve and assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. McGroarty (upper body) and Blomqvist (lower body) have yet to play with the Penguins this season.
CANUCKS (8-9-2) at LIGHTNING (9-6-2)
5 p.m. ET; The Spot, SNP
Canucks projected lineup
Evander Kane -- Elias Pettersson -- Conor Garland
Brock Boeser -- Lukas Reichel -- Kiefer Sherwood
Drew O'Connor -- Aatu Raty -- Jake DeBrusk
Mackenzie MacEachern -- Max Sasson -- Linus Karlsson
Elias Nils Pettersson -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tyler Myers
P.O Joseph -- Tom Willander
Kevin Lankinen
Jiri Patera
Scratched: Arshdeep Bains, Victor Mancini, David Kampf
Injured: Quinn Hughes (upper body), Thatcher Demko (lower body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower body), Nils Hoglander (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Gage Goncalves -- Yanni Gourde -- Jakob Pelletier
Zemgus Girgensons -- Jack Finley -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Boris Katchouk -- Curtis Douglas -- Scott Sabourin
J.J. Moser -- Max Crozier
Charle-Edouard D'Astous -- Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg -- Darren Raddysh
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: None
Injured: Brandon Hagel (upper body), Nick Paul (upper body), Ryan McDonagh (undisclosed), Pontus Holmberg (undisclosed), Dominic James (undisclosed), Victor Hedman (undisclosed), Anthony Cirell (upper body)
Status report
Hughes, a defenseman, will be a game-time decision. ... Kampf is traveling and it's possible the forward will make his Canucks debut at the Florida Panthers on Monday after signing a one-year, $1.1 million contract Saturday. ... Demko, a goalie, is week to week and was placed on injured reserve Friday. ... Blueger could rejoin the Canucks for practice Wednesday. The forward has been skating in a non-contact jersey but remains week to week. ... Chytil is also skating but there remains no timetable for the forward's return. ... Mancini, a defenseman, was activated off IR on Friday. ... Paul, a forward, is expected to return as early as Tuesday, when the Lightning are home against the New Jersey Devils.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS (8-4-5) at WILD (8-7-4)
6 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, SCRIPPS, SNW, SNO, SNE, TVAS
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Braeden Bowman
Pavel Dorofeyev -- Tomas Hertl -- Mitch Marner
Brandon Saad -- Brett Howden -- Reilly Smith
Cole Reinhardt -- Colton Sissons -- Keegan Kolesar
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin -- Kaedan Korczak
Jeremy Lauzon -- Zach Whitecloud
Carl Lindbom
Akira Schmid
Scratched: Alexander Holtz, Ben Hutton
Injured: Adin Hill (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body), Mark Stone (upper body)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman-- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Liam Ohgren -- Danila Yurov-- Vinnie Hinostroza
Marcus Foligno -- Ben Jones -- Yakov Trenin
Jonas Brodin -- Brock Faber
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Zeev Buium -- Daemon Hunt
Filip Gustavsson
Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Tyler Pitlick, David Jiricek
Injured: Nico Sturm (back), Zach Bogosian (lower body), Vladamir Tarasenko (lower body), Marco Rossi (lower body)
Status report
Neither team skated with each playing the second of a back to back. Vegas won at the St. Louis Blues 4-1 and Minnesota defeated the Anaheim Ducks 2-0 on Saturday. …Tarasenko, a forward, is day to day and could play. ... Zuccarello played Saturday despite being ill.
RED WINGS (10-7-1) at RANGERS (10-7-2)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNDET, NHLN, MSG
Red Wings projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Patrick Kane -- J.T. Compher -- Emmitt Finnie
Michael Rasmussen -- Andrew Copp -- Jonatan Berggren
Marco Kasper -- Nate Danielson -- Mason Appleton
Simon Edvinsson -- Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot -- Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Jacob Bernard-Docker -- Albert Johansson
Cam Talbot
John Gibson
Scratched: James van Riemsdyk, Elmer Soderblom, Travis Hamonic
Injured: None
Rangers projected lineup
Will Cuylle -- Mika Zibanejad -- J.T. Miller
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Conor Sheary -- Noah Laba -- Jonny Brodzinski
Adam Edstrom -- Sam Carrick -- Taylor Raddysh
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Adam Fox
Carson Soucy -- Braden Schneider
Urho Vaakanainen -- Matthew Robertson
Jonathan Quick
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: Juuso Parssinen, Scott Morrow
Injured: Will Borgen (upper body)
Status report
Morrow, a defenseman, was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Sunday, when the Rangers also reassigned forward Gabe Perreault to Hartford. ... Borgen, a defenseman, was scratched after skating in warmups before the Rangers defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 in a shootout at Nationwide Arena on Saturday. ... Neither team held a morning skate; the Red Wings lost 5-4 in overtime at the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.
ISLANDERS (10-6-2) at AVALANCHE (12-1-5)
9 p.m. ET; MSGSN, ALT, SN, TVAS
Islanders projected lineup
Emil Heineman -- Bo Horvat -- Kyle Palmieri
Jonathan Drouin -- Mathew Barzal -- Simon Holmstrom
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Anthony Duclair
Casey Cizikas -- Calum Ritchie -- Max Shabanov
Matthew Schaefer -- Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech -- Tony DeAngelo
Alexander Romanov -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
David Rittich
Scratched: Kyle MacLean, Adam Boqvist, Travis Mitchell, Maxim Tsyplakov
Injured: Semyon Varlamov (knee), Ethan Bear (upper body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Ross Colton -- Brock Nelson -- Gavin Brindley
Gabriel Landeskog -- Jack Drury -- Victor Olofsson
Parker Kelly -- Zakhar Bardakov -- Taylor Makar
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Josh Manson -- Brent Burns
Samuel Girard -- Sam Malinski
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Ilya Solovyov
Injured: Logan O’Connor (hip surgery), Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (lower body)
Status report
Shabanov returns after missing 12 games with an upper-body injury. … Mayfield is expected to play after missing two games for the birth of his son. … Kiviranta joined morning skate in a non-contact jersey. ... Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said the forward is about two weeks away from returning.
















