Projected lineups, starting goalies for today
Latest line combinations, defense pairs, injury news from NHL.com writers

RED WINGS (30-16-4) at MAPLE LEAFS (24-17-8)
7 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, HBO MAX
Red Wings projected lineup
Marco Kasper -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Alex DeBrincat -- Andrew Copp -- Patrick Kane
Emmitt Finnie -- J.T. Compher -- James van Riemsdyk
Elmer Soderblom -- Michael Rasmussen -- Mason Appleton
Simon Edvinsson -- Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot -- Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Albert Johansson -- Jacob Bernard-Docker
John Gibson
Cam Talbot
Scratched: Travis Hamonic, Erik Gustafsson
Injured: None
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matias Maccelli -- John Tavares -- Matthew Knies
Bobby McMann -- Auston Matthews -- Max Domi
Easton Cowan -- Nicolas Roy -- Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz -- Scott Laughton -- Calle Jarnkrok
Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jake McCabe
Simon Benoit -- Troy Stecher
Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby
Scratched: Jacob Quillan, Matt Benning, Philippe Myers
Injured: Anthony Stolarz (upper body), Chris Tanev (groin), Dakota Mermis (lower body), Dakota Joshua (kidney), William Nylander (groin)
Status report
Each team is expected to dress the same lineup it did in its previous game, the Red Wings in a 4-3 overtime win against the Ottawa Senators on Sunday and the Maple Leafs in a 6-3 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Monday.
FLYERS (23-17-8) at MAMMOTH (25-20-4)
9 p.m. ET; Utah 16, NBCSP
Flyers projected lineup
Trevor Zegras -- Christian Dvorak -- Travis Konecny
Matvei Michkov -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink
Denver Barkey -- Sean Couturier -- Owen Tippett
Carl Grundstrom -- Lane Pederson -- Garnet Hathaway
Cam York -- Travis Sanheim
Jamie Drysdale -- Emil Andrae
Nick Seeler -- Noah Juulsen
Samuel Ersson
Aleksei Kolosov
Scratched: Nicolas Deslauriers, Hunter McDonald, Nikita Grebenkin
Injured: Rodrigo Abols (lower body), Tyson Foerster (arm), Dan Vladar (undisclosed), Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body)
Mammoth projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Nick Schmaltz -- Lawson Crouse
JJ Peterka -- Barrett Hayton -- Daniil But
Michael Carcone -- Jack McBain -- Dylan Guenther
Brandon Tanev -- Kevin Stenlund -- Liam O’Brien
Mikhail Sergachev -- Sean Durzi
Nate Schmidt -- John Marino
Ian Cole -- Nick DeSimone
Karel Vejmelka
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Olli Maatta, Kailer Yamamoto, Kevin Rooney
Injured: Logan Cooley (lower body), Alexander Kerfoot (upper body)
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate. ... The Flyers likely will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 2-1 win at the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday, but coach Rick Tocchet said Grebenkin, a forward, could play. ... The Mammoth are expected to dress the same 18 skaters used in a 6-3 win against the Seattle Kraken on Saturday.
DUCKS (25-21-3) at AVALANCHE (34-5-8)
9 p.m. ET; Victory+, KCOP-13, ALT
Ducks projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mason McTavish -- Ryan Strome
Alex Killorn -- Mikael Granlund -- Beckett Sennecke
Jeffrey Viel -- Ryan Poehling -- Cutter Gauthier
Ross Johnston -- Tim Washe -- Ian Moore
Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov -- Drew Helleson
Olen Zellweger -- Radko Gudas
Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso
Scratched: Sam Colangelo, Jansen Harkins
Injured: Frank Vatrano (fractured shoulder), Petr Mrazek (lower body), Leo Carlsson (lower body), Troy Terry (upper body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Ross Colton -- Brock Nelson -- Valeri Nichushkin
Victor Olofsson -- Jack Drury — Gavin Brindley
Zakhar Bardakov -- Parker Kelly -- Taylor Makar
Sam Malinski -- Cale Makar
Josh Manson -- Brent Burns
Samuel Girard -- Jack Achan
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: None
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (upper body), Devon Toews (upper body), Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)
Status report
Terry, a forward, is not with the team to start a five-game road trip. … The Avalanche held an optional morning skate. ... Nichushkin will return after missing a 5-2 win against the Washington Capitals on Monday because of an upper-body injury sustained in a minor auto accident that morning.
PENGUINS (23-14-11) at FLAMES (21-23-5)
9:30 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN1, SNW, SN-PIT
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Egor Chinakhov -- Tommy Novak -- Evgeni Malkin
Anthony Mantha -- Ben Kindel -- Justin Brazeau
Connor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Noel Acciari
Brett Kulak -- St. Ivany
Parker Wotherspoon -- Ryan Shea
Ryan Graves -- Connor Clifton
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Kris Letang, Ilya Solovyov, Kevin Hayes
Injured: Erik Karlsson (lower body), Caleb Jones (lower body), Filip Hallander (blood clot)
Flames projected lineup
Connor Zary -- Nazem Kadri – Matvei Gridin
Yegor Sharangovich -- Mikael Backlund -- Matt Coronato
Martin Pospisil -- Morgan Frost -- Joel Farabee
Ryan Lomberg -- Justin Kirkland -- Adam Klapka
Yan Kuznetsov -- Mackenzie Weegar
Kevin Bahl -- Zach Whitecloud
Joel Hanley -- Hunter Brzustewicz
Dustin Wolf
Devin Cooley
Scratched: Brayden Pachal, Dryden Hunt, Jonathan Huberdeau
Injured: Jake Bean (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek (upper body), John Beecher (upper body), Blake Coleman (upper body)
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate. ... Letang is questionable after missing practice Tuesday because of an upper-body injury; if he doesn’t play, St. Ivany, a defenseman, could replace him. … Solovyov took part in the morning skate but isn't expected to play; the defenseman was acquired in a trade with the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday. Pittsburgh assigned forward Joona Koppanen to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Tuesday to make room for Solovyov on the roster. … Pospisil will make his season debut after sustaining an undisclosed injury during a preseason game on Oct. 1; he played two games with Calgary of the AHL on a conditioning loan.
ISLANDERS (27-17-5) at KRAKEN (21-18-9)
9:30 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Drouin -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom
Kyle MacLean -- Calum Ritchie -- Emil Heineman
Maxim Tsyplakov -- Casey Cizikas -- Maxim Shabanov
Matthew Schaefer -- Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech -- Tony DeAngelo
Adam Boqvist -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
David Rittich
Scratched: Cole McWard, Marc Gatcomb
Injured: Ethan Bear (wrist), Pierre Engvall (ankle), Bo Horvat (lower body), Kyle Palmieri (lower body), Alexander Romanov (shoulder), Semyon Varlamov (knee)
Kraken projected lineup
Jared McCann -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Berkly Catton -- Chandler Stephenson -- Eeli Tolvanen
Jaden Schwartz -- Shane Wright -- Kaapo Kakko
Ryan Winterton -- Ben Meyers -- Frederick Gaudreau
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Brandon Montour
Ryan Lindgren -- Ryker Evans
Philipp Grubauer
Joey Daccord
Scratched: Josh Mahura, Cale Fleury, Tye Kartye
Injured: Matt Murray (lower body)
Status report
Shabanov will enter the lineup after being a healthy scratch for a 4-3 win at the Vancouver Canucks on Monday; Gatcomb, a forward, will be scratched. … All four of the Kraken's forward lines will change following a 6-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday. … Oleksiak and Lindgren will swap defense pairs, with Oleksiak moving up to the second pair and Lindgren down to the third.
CAPITALS (24-20-6) at CANUCKS (16-28-5)
10 p.m. ET; SNP, MNMT
Capitals projected lineup
Connor McMichael -- Dylan Strome -- Ryan Leonard
Aliaksei Protas -- Justin Sourdif -- Tom Wilson
Alex Ovechkin -- Nic Dowd -- Anthony Beauvillier
Brandon Duhaime -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Ethen Frank
Jakob Chychrun -- John Carlson
Martin Fehervary -- Matt Roy
Rasmus Sandin -- Declan Chisholm
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Dylan McIlrath, Sonny Milano, Ivan Miroshnichenko
Injured: Pierre-Luc Dubois (lower body)
Canucks projected lineup
Evander Kane -- Elias Pettersson -- Jake DeBrusk
Drew O’Connor -- David Kampf -- Brock Boeser
Liam Ohgren -- Teddy Blueger -- Conor Garland
Nils Hoglander -- Max Sasson -- Linus Karlsson
Elias Pettersson -- Filip Hronek
Zeev Buium -- Tyler Myers
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Kevin Lankinen
Jiri Patera
Scratched: P.O. Joseph, Arshdeep Bains, Aatu Raty
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Marco Rossi (lower body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Status report
Wilson will be a game-time decision; he took a regular line rush and worked with the top power-play unit during the morning skate after missing eight games with a lower-body injury. ... Blueger will return after missing 42 games with a lower-body injury; Raty, a forward, comes out. … The Petterssons will swap spots on defense.

















