Projected lineups, starting goalies for today
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SHARKS (14-28-6) at BRUINS (22-19-6)
1 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, NESN
Sharks projected lineup
Fabian Zetterlund -- Mikael Granlund -- Will Smith
William Eklund -- Macklin Celebrini -- Ty Dellandrea
Carl Grundstrom -- Alex Wennberg -- Luke Kunin
Barclay Goodrow -- Nico Strum -- Collin Graf
Jake Walman -- Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro -- Henry Thrun
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Jan Rutta
Yaroslav Askarov
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Timothy Liljegren
Injured: Tyler Toffoli (lower body), Logan Couture (lower body), Vitek Vanecek (upper body), Nikolai Kovalenko (upper body), Klim Kostin (lower body)
Bruins projected lineup
Morgan Geekie -- Pavel Zacha -- David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand -- Matthew Poitras -- Charlie Coyle
Oliver Wahlstrom -- Elias Lindholm -- Vinni Lettieri
Justin Brazeau -- John Beecher -- Mark Kastelic
Nikita Zadorov -- Andrew Peeke
Parker Wotherspoon -- Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei -- Jordan Oesterle
Joonas Korpisalo
Jeremy Swayman
Scratched: Michael Callahan
Injured: Trent Frederic (illness), Charlie McAvoy (undisclosed), Hampus Lindholm (lower body), Cole Koepke (upper body)
Status report
Toffoli, a forward, is expected to miss his second straight game because of an injury sustained during the morning skate Saturday prior to a 4-1 loss at the New York Islanders. … McAvoy, a defenseman, will miss his third straight game; he was eligible to be activated from injured reserve Saturday. ... Zacha did not practice Sunday but is expected to play.
WILD (27-15-4) at AVALANCHE (28-18-1)
3 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, ALT
Wild projected lineup
Matt Boldy -- Marco Rossi -- Mats Zuccarello
Liam Ohgren -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Ryan Hartman
Marcus Foligno -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Yakov Trenin
Devin Shore -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Jakub Lauko
Jake Middleton -- Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm -- Zach Bogosian
Jon Merrill -- David Jiricek
Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Brendan Gaunce, Travis Dermott
Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Jared Spurgeon (lower body), Jonas Brodin (lower body), Marcus Johansson (upper body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Ross Colton -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Artturi Lehkonen -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Jonathan Drouin
Joel Kiviranta -- Parker Kelly -- Logan O’Connor
Ivan Ivan -- Juuso Parsinen -- Jere Innala
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson
Calvin de Haan -- Keaton Middleton
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Sam Malinski
Injured: Valeri Nichushkin (lower body), Oliver Kylington (upper body), Miles Wood (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)
Status report
The Wild reassigned goalie Dylan Ferguson to Iowa of the American Hockey League on Sunday. Ferguson backed up Fleury for a 6-2 loss at the Nashville Predators on Saturday while Gustavsson was out with an illness. Gustavsson is expected to dress Monday. … Makar is expected to play after he took a shot off the left foot during a 6-3 win against the Dallas Stars on Saturday. … Nichushkin is close to returning, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said Sunday, but the forward needs to make it through a full team practice. He will miss his 10th straight game.
SABRES (17-23-5) at KRAKEN (20-24-3)
4 p.m. ET; KHN, KONG, MSG-B, TVAS
Sabres projected lineup
Jason Zucker -- Jiri Kulich -- Tage Thompson
JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Alex Tuch
Zach Benson -- Peyton Krebs -- Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn -- Sam Lafferty -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Rasmus Dahlin -- Bowen Byram
Mattias Samuelsson -- Owen Power
Jacob Bryson -- Connor Clifton
Devon Levi
James Reimer
Scratched: Henri Jokiharju, Dennis Gilbert
Injured: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (undisclosed), Ryan McLeod (upper body), Jordan Greenway (middle body)
Kraken projected lineup
Jaden Schwartz -- Matty Beniers -- Kaapo Kakko
Andre Burakovsky -- Chandler Stephenson -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jared McCann -- Shane Wright -- Eeli Tolvanen
John Hayden -- Mitchell Stephens -- Brandon Tanev
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Ryker Evans -- Brandon Montour
Jamie Oleksiak -- Joshua Mahura
Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: Tye Kartye
Injured: Jordan Eberle (pelvis), Yanni Gourde (lower body)
Status report
Kulich is expected to return after missing four games because of a lower-body injury. … McLeod was placed on injured reserve Saturday. The forward was injured after taking a hit in practice Thursday but played in a 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday. Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff said he expects him back by the end of the week. … Luukkonen, a goalie, is dealing with some nagging issues, Ruff said. He might not play but could be OK to start at the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. … Levi was recalled from Rochester of the American Hockey League on Saturday and could start.
BLUES (22-21-4) AT GOLDEN KNIGHTS (29-14-3)
6 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, SCRIPPS
Blues projected lineup
Jake Neighbours -- Robert Thomas -- Pavel Buchnevich
Dylan Holloway -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou
Nathan Walker -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Zack Bolduc
Alexey Toropchenko -- Radek Faksa -- Mathieu Joseph
Cam Fowler -- Colton Parayko
Philip Broberg -- Justin Faulk
Ryan Suter -- Tyler Tucker
Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer
Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Brandon Saad, Alexandre Texier
Injured: Nick Leddy (lower body)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone
Victor Olofosson -- Tomas Hertl -- Pavel Dorofeyev
Brett Howden -- William Karlsson -- Alexander Holtz
Tanner Pearson -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
Noah Hanifin -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud
Adin Hill
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Ben Hutton, Kaedan Korczak
Injured: Cole Schwindt (lower body)
Status report
The Blues are expected to dress the same lineup from a 4-2 loss to the Utah Hockey Club on Saturday. … Holtz enters the lineup for Schwindt, a forward who was injured in a 5-3 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.
LIGHTNING (25-16-3) AT MAPLE LEAFS (29-16-2)
7:30 p.m. ET; TVAS, Prime, NHLN, FDSNSUN
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Nick Paul
Zemgus Girgensons -- Conor Geekie -- Mitchell Chaffee
Michael Eyssimont -- Luke Glendening -- Cam Atkinson
Victor Hedman -- Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh -- Maxwell Crozier
Emil Lilleberg -- Nick Perbix
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: None
Injured: J.J. Moser (upper body), Erik Cernak (lower body)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Bobby McMann -- Pontus Holmberg -- William Nylander
Max Domi -- Fraser Minten -- Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz -- David Kampf -- Connor Dewar
Morgan Rielly -- Jake McCabe
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit -- Conor Timmins
Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby
Scratched: Ryan Reaves, Philippe Myers
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body), John Tavares (lower body), Max Pacioretty (upper body)
Status Report
Crozier was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League. ... Cernak will miss his second straight game; the defenseman was injured during a 4-3 shootout win against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday. ... Pacioretty, a forward, is day to day after getting injured during a 7-3 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Minten, who had been a healthy scratch the past two games since being recalled from Toronto of the American Hockey League, will replace Pacioretty. ... Benoit will return after being scratched the previous two games.
BLUE JACKETS (22-17-7) at ISLANDERS (18-20-7)
7:30 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, MSGSN
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Dmitri Voronkov -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko
James van Riemsdyk -- Cole Sillinger -- Kent Johnson
Zach Aston-Reese -- Luca Del Bel Belluz -- Mathieu Olivier
Mikael Pyyhtia -- Sean Kuraly -- Justin Danforth
Zach Werenski -- Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk -- Ivan Provorov
Jake Christensen -- Damon Severson
Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Jordan Harris, Jack Johnson, Kevin Labanc
Injured: Sean Monahan (wrist), Yegor Chinakhov (upper body)
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal
Anthony Duclair -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Simon Holmstrom -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Casey Cizikas
Pierre Engvall -- Kyle MacLean -- Marc Gatcomb
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov -- Noah Dobson
Isaiah George -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg
Scratched: Matt Martin, Dennis Cholowski
Injured: Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Mike Reilly (heart surgery), Hudson Fasching (upper body)
Status report
Danforth was activated off injured reserve and will play after missing 18 games because of a lower-body injury. … Labanc, a forward, will be a healthy scratch. … Romanov will be a game-time decision but is expected to play after missing practice Sunday because of maintenance. … Fasching took part in the morning skate for the first time since being injured during a 5-4 overtime win against the Boston Bruins on Jan. 5, but the forward remains on injured reserve.
HURRICANES (27-16-3) at BLACKHAWKS (15-28-3)
8:30 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, CHSN, TVAS-D
Hurricanes projected lineup
Seth Jarvis -- Sebastian Aho -- Jack Roslovic
Eric Robinson -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Martin Necas
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jordan Staal -- Jordan Martinook
Juha Jaaska -- Jack Drury -- Jackson Blake
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov -- Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Sean Walker
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: Ty Smith
Injured: Tyson Jost (lower body), William Carrier (lower body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Connor Bedard -- Frank Nazar
Teuvo Teravainen -- Jason Dickinson -- Ilya Mikheyev
Colton Dach -- Lukas Reichel -- Nick Foligno
Taylor Hall -- Ryan Donato -- Philipp Kurashev
Alec Martinez -- Seth Jones
Alec Vlasic -- Louis Crevier
TJ Brodie -- Wyatt Kaiser
Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Nolan Allan
Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Connor Murphy (groin), Craig Smith (back), Patrick Maroon (back)
Status report
The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate. … Andersen is expected to play for the first time since Oct. 26 because of a knee injury that required surgery Nov. 22. It would be his 500th NHL game. … Maroon did not take part in the morning skate; the forward is considered day to day. Kurashev will replace him after being scratched the previous four games.
JETS (31-13-3) at UTAH (19-19-7)
9:30 p.m. ET; Utah16, TSN3, TVAS
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Adam Lowry -- Alex Iafallo
Nino Niederreiter -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Cole Perfetti
David Gustafsson -- Rasmus Kupari -- Morgan Barron
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk
Logan Stanley -- Colin Miller
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Ville Heinola, Dominic Toninato, Haydn Fleury
Injured: Mason Appleton (lower body)
Utah projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Logan Cooley -- Nick Schmaltz
Mattias Maccelli -- Barrett Hayton -- Josh Doan
Jack McBain -- Nick Bjugstad -- Lawson Crouse
Liam O'Brien -- Kevin Stenlund -- Alexander Kerfoot
John Marino -- Olli Maatta
Ian Cole -- Michael Kesselring
Juuso Valimaki -- Nick DeSimone
Connor Ingram
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Vladislav Kolyachonok, Michael Carcone
Injured: Mikhail Sergachev (upper body), Dylan Guenther (lower body), Sean Durzi (upper body), Robert Bortuzzo (lower body)
Status report
Namestnikov returns to the lineup after missing four games because of a lower-body injury. ... Fleury is "good to go," Jets coach Scott Arniel said, but the defenseman will not play Monday. ... Appleton practiced Monday and the defenseman will "probably be a game-time decision on Wednesday [against the Colorado Avalanche]," Arniel said. ... Sergachev, a defenseman, will miss a second straight game because of an upper-body injury. .... Bortuzzo is back skating with Utah but coach Andre Tourigny said the defenseman is not ready to play. Bortuzzo will miss his eighth straight game.
PENGUINS (19-21-8) at KINGS (25-13-5)
10:30 p.m. ET; FDSNW, SN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Anthony Beauvillier -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting -- Evgeni Malkin -- Cody Glass
Drew O'Connor -- Kevin Hayes -- Philip Tomasino
Matt Nieto -- Blake Lizotte -- Noel Acciari
Marcus Pettersson -- Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk -- Erik Karlsson
Owen Pickering -- P.O Joseph
Alex Nedeljkovic
Joel Blomqvist
Scratched: Ryan Shea, Ryan Graves, Rickard Rakell
Injured: None
Kings projected lineup
Alex Turcotte -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele -- Quinton Byfield -- Tanner Jeannot
Kevin Fiala -- Phillip Danault -- Trevor Moore
Trevor Lewis -- 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: Alex Laferriere (upper body), Drew Doughty (ankle)
Status report
Rakell, a forward, has returned to Pittsburgh for "family reasons," coach Mike Sullivan said. ... Joseph will return after missing a 4-1 loss at the Washington Capitals on Saturday because of illness. … Laferriere will miss his third straight game. Kings coach Jim Hiller said it's doubtful the forward will play against the Florida Panthers on Wednesday. … Doughty practiced with the Kings on Monday for the first time since breaking his left ankle during a preseason game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sept. 25. The defenseman wore a no-contact jersey, and there is no update on when he will make his season debut.
