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GOLDEN KNIGHTS (17-10-11) at BLUES (15-18-8)

3 p.m. ET; KMOV-TV, Matrix-MW, FDSNMW, SCRIPPS, SNW, SN1, TVAS

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev -- Mitch Marner -- Mark Stone

Pavel Dorofeyev -- Tomas Hertl -- Alexander Holtz

Reilly Smith -- Brett Howden -- Braeden Bowman

Brandon Saad -- Colton Sissons -- Keegan Kolesar

Brayden McNabb -- Kaedan Korczak

Noah Hanifin -- Ben Hutton

Jeremy Lauzon -- Zach Whitecloud

Carter Hart

Akira Schmid

Scratched: Cole Reinhardt

Injured: Jack Eichel (undisclosed), Adin Hill (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body), Shea Theodore (upper body)

Blues projected lineup

Jonatan Berggren -- Robert Thomas -- Pavel Buchnevich

Jake Neighbours -- Brayden Schenn -- Jimmy Snuggerud

Otto Stenberg-- Dalibor Dvorsky -- Jordan Kyrou

Alexey Toropchenko -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Robby Fabbri

Philip Broberg -- Colton Parayko

Tyler Tucker -- Justin Faulk

Cam Fowler -- Logan Mailloux

Joel Hofer

Jordan Binnington

Scratched: Mathieu Joseph, Matthew Kessel

Injured: Dylan Holloway (high ankle sprain), Pius Suter (high ankle sprain), Nathan Walker (upper body), Nick Bjugstad (upper body)

Status report

Neither team will hold a morning skate. … Eichel, a forward, could return at some point on Vegas' three-game road trip but it's unclear if it will be on Friday; he has missed the past seven games. … McNabb sustained an upper-body injury in the third period of a 4-2 loss to the Nashville Predators on Wednesday and may not play. … Hart could start after being pulled from a 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Monday. … Thomas (lower body) left late in the third period of a 6-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday and is questionable.

RANGERS (19-18-5) at PANTHERS (21-15-3)

2026 Discover NHL Winter Classic at loanDepot park

8 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT, SNW, SNO, SNE, TVAS

Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Mika Zibanejad -- Will Cuylle

Alexis Lafreniere -- Vincent Trocheck -- Gabe Perreault

Jonny Brodzinski -- Justin Dowling -- Taylor Raddysh

Brett Berard -- Sam Carrick -- Matt Rempe

Vladislav Gavrikov -- Adam Fox

Carson Soucy -- Will Borgen

Matthew Robertson -- Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin

Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Anton Blidh, Urho Vaakanainen

Injured: J.T. Miller (upper body), Adam Edstrom (lower body), Conor Sheary (lower body), Noah Laba (upper body)

Panthers projected lineup

Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart

Brad Marchand -- Sam Bennett -- Carter Verhaeghe

Mackie Samoskevich -- Evan Rodrigues -- A.J. Greer

Jesper Boqvist -- Luke Kunin -- Jack Studnicka

Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola -- Seth Jones

Uvis Balinskis -- Jeff Petry

Sergei Bobrovsky

Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: Donavan Sebrango, Noah Gregor

Injured: Aleksander Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder), Cole Schwindt (arm)

Status report: Berard, Dowling and Blidh, a forward, were recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Thursday. ... Sheary, a forward, was placed on long-term injured reserve because of the lower-body injury he sustained in a 6-3 loss to the Washington Capitals on Wednesday. ... Laba, a center, is out week to week with the upper-body injury that he also sustained against Washington on Wednesday. ... Miller, the Rangers' captain, skated on Thursday in a red noncontact jersey. It was his first time skating with the team since sustaining his upper-body injury in a 5-4 shootout win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Dec. 20. He will not play on Friday. ... Tkachuk, the Panthers forward, skated in a yellow noncontact jersey on Thursday for the third time this week. He is getting closer to playing but will not play on Friday.

KRAKEN (17-14-7) at CANUCKS (16-20-3)

10:30 p.m. ET; SNP, KONG, KING 5, KHN/Prime

Kraken projected lineup

Kaapo Kakko -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle

Eeli Tolvanen -- Chandler Stephenson -- Frederick Gaudreau

Berkly Catton -- Shane Wright -- Jared McCann

Ryan Winterton -- Ben Meyers -- Jacob Melanson

Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson

Ryan Lindgren -- Cale Fleury

Ryker Evans -- Jamie Oleksiak

Joey Daccord

Philipp Grubauer

Scratched: Josh Mahura, Tye Kartye

Injured: Matt Murray (lower body), Jaden Schwartz (lower body), Brandon Montour (upper body)

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Linus Karlsson

Evander Kane -- Max Sasson -- Brock Boeser

Drew O'Connor -- David Kampf -- Kiefer Sherwood

Liam Ohgren -- Aatu Raty -- Nils Hoglander

Marcus Pettersson -- Filip Hronek

Zeev Buium -- Tyler Myers

Elias Pettersson -- Tom Willander

Thatcher Demko

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: P.O Joseph, Arshdeep Bains

Injured: Conor Garland (upper body), Marco Rossi (lower body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)

Status report

Seattle held an optional morning skate Friday but Daccord is expected to start after Grubauer made 24 saves in a 4-1 win against the Nashville Predators on Thursday; the Kraken goalie will alternate starts for the seventh straight game. ... Oleksiak is expected to play; he missed more than 11 minutes in the third period against Nashville after blocking a shot off the inside of his knee and going to the locker room, but returned to finish the game. ... Forwards Garland and Rossi each is expected to miss at least a week with injuries sustained in a 6-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. … Bains, a forward, was recalled from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Friday.

WILD (24-10-7) at DUCKS (21-16-3)

10:30 p.m. ET; FDSNWIX, FDSNNO, Victory+, KCOP-13

Wild projected lineup

Kirill Kaprizov -- Danila Yurov -- Mats Zuccarello

Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy

Vladimir Tarasenko -- Ryan Hartman -- Vinnie Hinostroza

Marcus Foligno -- Nico Sturm -- Yakov Trenin

Quinn Hughes -- Brock Faber

Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon

Jake Middleton -- Zach Bogosian

Filip Gustavsson

Jesper Wallstedt

Scratched: Matt Kierstad, David Jiricek, Tyler Pitlick, Ben Jones

Injured: Daemon Hunt (lower body)

Ducks projected lineup

Cutter Gauthier -- Leo Carlsson -- Alex Killorn

Chris Kreider -- Mason McTavish -- Beckett Sennecke

Nikita Nesterenko -- Mikael Granlund -- Troy Terry

Jansen Harkins -- Ryan Poehling -- Ross Johnston

Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba

Olen Zellweger -- Radko Gudas

Pavel Mintyukov -- Ian Moore

Lukas Dostal

Petr Mrazek

Scratched: Ryan Strome, Drew Helleson

Injured: Frank Vatrano (fractured shoulder)

Status report

Gudas is probable after missing two games because of an illness. ... Killorn moved up to the top line during practice Thursday.

SATURDAY

PENGUINS (18-12-9) at RED WINGS (24-14-4)

Noon ET; ABC, SN, TVAS

Penguins projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust

Anthony Mantha -- Tommy Novak -- Justin Brazeau

Rutger McGroarty -- Ben Kindel -- Yegor Chinakhov

Connor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Noel Acciari

Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson

Brett Kulak -- Kris Letang

Ryan Shea -- Jack St. Ivany

Stuart Skinner

Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Kevin Hayes, Connor Clifton, Ville Koivunen

Injured: Evgeni Malkin (upper body), Caleb Jones (lower body), Filip Hallander (blood clot)

Red Wings projected lineup

Emmitt Finnie -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond

Alex DeBrincat -- Andrew Copp -- Patrick Kane

James van Riemsdyk -- Marco Kasper -- Nate Danielson

Michael Rasmussen -- J.T. Compher -- Mason Appleton

Simon Edvinsson -- Moritz Seider

Ben Chiarot -- Axel Sandin-Pellikka

Albert Johansson -- Jacob Bernard-Docker

John Gibson

Cam Talbot

Scratched: Travis Hamonic, Elmer Soderblom

Injured: None

Status report

The teams play the second half of a home-and home after the Penguins won 4-3 in overtime in Pittsburgh on Thursday. ... Malkin, a center, practiced with the Penguins on Friday in a noncontact jersey, and did not travel to Detroit; he will miss his 14th straight game.

SABRES (21-14-4) at BLUE JACKETS (17-16-6)

3 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, MSG-B

Sabres projected lineup

Peyton Krebs -- Tage Thompson -- Josh Doan

Noah Ostlund -- Josh Norris -- Alex Tuch

Zach Benson -- Ryan McLeod -- Jack Quinn

Jordan Greenway -- Josh Dunne -- Beck Malenstyn

Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin

Owen Power -- Michael Kesselring

Bowen Byram -- Zach Metsa

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Colten Ellis

Scratched: Jacob Bryson

Injured: Tyson Kozak (upper body), Conor Timmins (broken leg), Jason Zucker (upper and lower body), Jiri Kulich (blood clot), Justin Danforth (lower body), Alex Lyon (lower body)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Mason Marchment -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko

Dimitri Voronkov -- Cole Sillinger -- Danton Heinen

Boone Jenner -- Charlie Coyle -- Mathieu Olivier

Zach Aston Reese -- Brendan Gaunce -- Kent Johnson

Zach Werenski -- Denton Mateychuk

Ivan Provorov -- Damon Severson

Jake Christiansen -- Dante Fabbro

Elvis Merzlikins

Jet Greaves

Scratched: Dysin Mayo

Injured: Erik Gudbranson (hip), Isac Lundestrom (lower body), Sean Monahan (undisclosed), Brendan Smith (lower body), Miles Wood (lower body)

Status report

The Sabres could dress the same lineup they used in a 4-1 win at the Dallas Stars on Wednesday. … Werenski returns after missing five games with a lower-body injury and will replace Mayo, a defenseman. ... Heinen will make his Blue Jackets debut after being acquired in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins for forward Yegor Chinakhov on Monday; he will replace Wood, a forward who was placed on injured reserve Thursday after leaving in the first period of a 3-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday. ... Smith, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve Friday.

MAMMOTH (19-19-3) at DEVILS (21-17-2)

3 p.m. ET; Utah 16, MSGSN

Mammoth projected lineup

Clayton Keller -- Nick Schmaltz -- JJ Peterka

Lawson Crouse -- Barrett Hayton -- Dylan Guenther

Michael Carcone -- Jack McBain -- Daniil But

Liam O’Brien -- Kevin Stenlund -- Alexander Kerfoot

Mikhail Sergachev -- Sean Durzi

Nate Schmidt -- John Marino

Ian Cole -- Nick DeSimone

Karel Vejmelka

Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Olli Maatta, Brandon Tanev, Kailer Yamamoto

Injured: Logan Cooley (lower body)

Devils projected lineup

Jack Hughes -- Nico Hischier -- Jesper Bratt

Timo Meier -- Dawson Mercer -- Arseny Gritsyuk

Ondrej Palat -- Cody Glass -- Connor Brown

Juho Lammikko -- Luke Glendening -- Stefan Noesen

Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton

Luke Hughes -- Brett Pesce

Brenden Dillon -- Colton White

Jake Allen

Jacob Markstrom

Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Paul Cotter

Injured: Zack MacEwen (lower body), Jonathan Kovacevic (knee), Evgenii Dadonov (wrist), Simon Nemec (lower body)

Status report

Vejmelka could start in back-to-back games; he made 20 saves in a 7-2 win at the New York Islanders on Thursday. ... Luke Hughes will play after being given a day off from practice Friday, Devils coach Sheldon Keefe said. ... Lammikko will replace Cotter on New Jersey’s fourth line.

FLYERS (20-12-7) at OILERS (20-15-6)

3:30 p.m. ET; SN, NBCSP

Flyers projected lineup

Trevor Zegras -- Christian Dvorak -- Travis Konecny

Denver Barkey -- Sean Couturier -- Owen Tippett

Matvei Michkov -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink

Carl Grundstrom -- Rodrigo Abols -- Garnett Hathaway

Cam York -- Travis Sanheim

Emil Andrae -- Jamie Drysdale

Nick Seeler -- Rasmus Ristolainen

Dan Vladar

Samuel Ersson

Scratched: Nicolas Deslauriers, Nikita Grebenkin, Noah Juulsen

Injured: Tyson Foerster (bicep)

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman

Vasily Podkolzin -- Leon Draisaitl -- Jack Roslovic

Isaac Howard -- Matt Savoie -- Quinn Hutson

Mattias Janmark -- Adam Henrique -- Trent Frederic

Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard

Darnell Nurse -- Alec Regula

Spencer Stastney -- Ty Emberson

Calvin Pickard

Connor Ingram

Scratched: Curtis Lazar, Andrew Mangiapane, Riley Stillman

Injured: Tristan Jarry (lower body), Kasperi Kapanen (knee), Jake Walman (undisclosed)

Status report

Hathaway comes in for Grebenkin, a forward ... Andrae enters the lineup in place of Juulsen, a defenseman ... Podkolzin will be a game-time decision after missing practice Friday because of an illness. ... Howard and Hutson each was recalled from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League on Friday; the Oilers loaned forward Max Jones to Bakersfield.

CANADIENS (22-12-6) at BLUES (16-18-8)

4 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, TSN2, RDS

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Alexandre Texier

Juraj Slafkovsky -- Oliver Kapanen -- Ivan Demidov

Zachary Bolduc -- Phillip Danault -- Josh Anderson

Sammy Blais -- Joe Veleno -- Brendan Gallagher

Adam Engstrom -- Noah Dobson

Lane Hutson -- Alexandre Carrier

Arber Xhekaj -- Jayden Struble

Jacob Fowler

Jakub Dobes

Scratched: Owen Beck, Sam Montembeault

Injured: Kirby Dach (broken foot), Alex Newhook (broken ankle), Kaiden Guhle (lower body), Patrik Laine (lower body), Jake Evans (lower body). Mike Matheson (upper body)

Blues projected lineup

Jake Neighbours -- Robert Thomas -- Jordan Kyrou

Pavel Buchnevich -- Brayden Schenn -- Jimmy Snuggerud

Otto Stenberg-- Dalibor Dvorsky -- Jonatan Berggren

Alexey Toropchenko -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Mathieu Joseph

Philip Broberg -- Colton Parayko

Tyler Tucker -- Justin Faulk

Cam Fowler -- Matthew Kessel

Jordan Binnington

Joel Hofer

Scratched: Robby Fabbri, Logan Mailloux

Injured: Dylan Holloway (high ankle sprain), Pius Suter (high ankle sprain), Nathan Walker (upper body), Nick Bjugstad (upper body)

Status report

Anderson left Montreal’s 7-5 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday with an undisclosed injury and is questionable. … Matheson, a defenseman, who missed Thursday's game, skated on Friday during an optional practice. … Binnington could start after Hofer made 21 saves in a 4-3 win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday.

LIGHTNING (24-13-3) at SHARKS (20-17-3)

4 p.m. ET; The Spot, NBCSCA

Lightning projected lineup

Gage Goncalves -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov

Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Jake Guentzel

Zemgus Girgensons -- Yanni Gourde -- Pontus Holmberg

Nick Paul -- Dominic James -- Oliver Bjorkstrand

J.J. Moser -- Darren Raddysh

Charle-Edouard D'Astous -- Erik Cernak

Declan Carlile -- Max Crozier

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Curtis Douglas, Jack Finley

Injured: Ryan McDonagh (lower body), Victor Hedman (elbow), Emil Lilleberg (undisclosed), Scott Sabourin (undisclosed)

Sharks projected lineup

William Eklund -- Macklin Celebrini -- Igor Chernyshov

Collin Graf -- Alexander Wennberg -- Tyler Toffoli

Jeff Skinner -- Ty Dellandrea -- Pavol Regenda

Barclay Goodrow -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Ryan Reaves

Dmitry Orlov -- Timothy Liljegren

Mario Ferraro -- Shakir Mukhamadullin

Sam Dickinson -- Vincent Iorio

Yaroslav Askarov

Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Nick Leddy

Injured: Vincent Desharnais (upper body), Philipp Kurashev (upper body), Will Smith (upper body), John Klingberg (lower body), Adam Gaudette (lower body)

Status report

Liljegren could return after missing five games with an upper-body injury. ... Klingberg is doubtful; the defenseman played 19:16 in a 5-4 win at the Anaheim Ducks on Monday. ... Gaudette is not expected to play; the forward left in the second period Monday and did not return.