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JETS (28-29-12) at RANGERS (28-33-8)
12 p.m. ET; MSG, TSN3
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Alex Iafallo
Cole Perfetti — Adam Lowry — Gabriel Vilardi
Gustav Nyquist — Jonathan Toews — Cole Koepke
Isak Rosen — Morgan Barron — Brad Lambert
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg — Elias Salomonsson
Haydn Fleury — Neal Pionk
Eric Comrie
Connor Hellebuyck
Scratched: Ville Heinola, Jacob Bryson
Injured: Nino Niederreiter (knee), Colin Miller (knee), Vladislav Namestnikov (lower body)
Rangers projected lineup
Gabe Perreault — Mika Zibanejad — Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle — Vincent Trocheck — Taylor Raddysh
Tye Kartye — J.T. Miller — Conor Sheary
Jonny Brodzinski — Adam Edstrom — Jaroslav Chmelar
Vladislav Gavrikov — Adam Fox
Matthew Robertson — Braden Schneider
Connor Mackey — Will Borgen
Igor Shesterkin
Dylan Garand
Scratched: Vincent Iorio, Juuso Parssinen, Drew Fortescue
Injured: Matt Rempe (upper body), Urho Vaakanainen (upper body), Noah Laba (lower body), Jonathan Quick (upper body)
Status report
Comrie is expected to start after Hellebuyck made 26 saves in a 5-4 shootout loss at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. No other lineup changes are expected for Winnipeg. … The Rangers signed Fortescue to a three-year entry-level contract Saturday after the defenseman completed his junior season at Boston College. … Quick is day to day; the goalie left practice early Saturday; Garand was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Friday and will back up Shesterkin. … Laba, a forward, and Vaakanainen, a defenseman, each is week to week after being injured during a 6-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday.
AVALANCHE (45-13-10) at CAPITALS (35-27-8)
12:30 p.m. ET; MNMT, NHLN, ALT, SN1, TVAS
Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Nazem Kadri — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Nicolas Roy
Joel Kiviranta — Zakhar Bardakov — Gavin Brindley
Brett Kulak — Cale Makar
Devon Toews — Sam Malinski
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Nick Blankenburg
Injured: Ross Colton (upper body), Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Anthony Beauvillier
Aleksei Protas — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael — Justin Sourdif — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Hendrix Lapierre — Ethen Frank
Martin Fehervary — Rasmus Sandin
Jakub Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Cole Hutson — Matt Roy
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: David Kampf, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Declan Chisholm, Dylan McIlrath, Timothy Liljegren
Injured: None
Status report
The Avalanche did not practice Saturday following a 4-1 win at the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. … Landeskog could return; the forward, who has missed six games with a lower-body injury, skated Friday. … The Avalanche reassigned forward Ivan Ivan to Colorado of the American Hockey League on Friday. … The Capitals held an optional practice Saturday.
HURRICANES (44-19-6) at PENGUINS (35-18-16)
3 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SN-PIT, SN1, TVAS
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall — Logan Stankoven — Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers — Jordan Staal — Jordan Martinook
William Carrier — Mark Jankowski — Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin — Jalen Chatfield
K’Andre Miller — Sean Walker
Mike Reilly — Alexander Nikishin
Brandon Bussi
Frederik Andersen
Scratched: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Nicolas Deslauriers
Injured: Shayne Gostisbehere (lower body), Pyotr Kochetkov (lower body)
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Egor Chinakhov — Tommy Novak — Evgeni Malkin
Anthony Mantha — Ben Kindel — Justin Brazeau
Elmer Soderblom — Connor Dewar — Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Samuel Girard — Kris Letang
Ilya Solovyov — Connor Clifton
Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Ryan Graves, Ville Koivunen, Jack St. Ivany
Injured: Caleb Jones (lower body), Kevin Hayes (upper body), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Blake Lizotte (upper body), Ryan Shea (upper body)
Status report
The Hurricanes could go with the same lineup for the third straight game. … Shea, a defenseman, was injured after taking a hit from Winnipeg Jets forward Adam Lowry in the second period of a 5-4 shootout win Saturday; no update was provided after that game.
PREDATORS (32-28-9) at BLACKHAWKS (26-31-12)
3 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, CHSN
Predators projected lineup
Steven Stamkos — Ryan O’Reilly — Luke Evangelista
Filip Forsberg — Matthew Wood — Jonathan Marchessault
Erik Haula — Zachary L’Heureux — Tyson Jost
Reid Schaefer — Fedor Svechkov — Ozzy Wiesblatt
Brady Skjei — Roman Josi
Nicolas Hague — Nick Perbix
Justin Barron — Ryan Ufko
Justus Annunen
Matt Murray
Scratched: Joakim Kemell
Injured: Adam Wilsby (lower body), Juuse Saros (upper body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Ryan Greene — Connor Bedard — Andre Burakovsky
Tyler Bertuzzi — Frank Nazar — Teuvo Teravainen
Landon Slaggert — Ryan Donato — Ilya Mikheyev
Nick Lardis — Dominic Toninato — Sam Lafferty
Alex Vlasic — Artyom Levshunov
Wyatt Kaiser — Sam Rinzel
Matt Grzelcyk — Ethan Del Mastro
Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Sacha Boivert
Injured: Oliver Moore (lower body), Louis Crevier (undisclosed), Andrew Mangiapane (undisclosed)
Status report
Saros, a goalie, remains day to day and is expected to miss his third straight game. … Annunen made 39 saves in a 4-1 win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. … Crevier, a defenseman, and Mangiapane, a forward, each will miss his second consecutive game after each was injured during a 2-1 win at the Minnesota Wild on Thursday; Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill said Crevier could travel for the start of their upcoming four-game road trip, which begins at the New York Islanders on Tuesday, and Mangiapane could join the team sometime on the trip.
BLUE JACKETS (37-21-11) at ISLANDERS (39-26-5)
7 p.m. ET (FDSNOH, MSGSN, TVAS)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Mason Marchment — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Kent Johnson — Sean Monahan — Conor Garland
Cole Sillinger — Charlie Coyle — Mathieu Olivier
Isac Lundestrom — Boone Jenner — Danton Heinen
Zach Werenski — Damon Severson
Ivan Provorov — Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Erik Gudbranson
Jet Greaves
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched: Miles Wood, Dimitri Voronkov, Egor Zamula, Jake Christiansen
Injured: None
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee — Bo Horvat — Mathew Barzal
Anthony Duclair — Brayden Schenn — Emil Heineman
Ondrej Palat — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Simon Holmstrom
Calum Ritchie — Casey Cizikas — Marc Gatcomb
Matthew Schaefer — Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech — Tony DeAngelo
Carson Soucy — Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
David Rittich
Scratched: Kyle MacLean, Adam Boqvist
Injured: Max Shabanov (lower body), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee)
Status Report
Each team is on the second of a back to back and did not have morning skates. … Greaves is expected to start for Columbus after Merzlikins made 15 saves in a 5-2 win against the Seattle Kraken on Saturday. … Sorokin, who was pulled after he allowed six goals on 32 shots in a 7-3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens, will likely start back-to-back games for the first time this season.
LIGHTNING (43-21-4) at FLAMES (28-34-7)
8 p.m. ET; SNW, The Spot
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov
Gage Gonclaves — Brayden Point — Jake Guentzel
Zemgus Girgensons — Yanni Gourde — Pontus Holmberg
Corey Perry — Nick Paul — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Darren Raddysh — J.J. Moser
Emil Lilleberg — Erik Cernak
Ryan McDonagh — Charle-Edouard D’Astous
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: Scott Sabourin, Steve Santini
Injured: Declan Carlile (undisclosed), Maxwell Crozier (core muscle), Victor Hedman (illness), Dominic James (lower body)
Flames projected lineup
Blake Coleman — Mikael Backlund — Joel Farabee
Matvei Gridin — Morgan Frost — Matt Coronato
Yegor Sharangovich — Ryan Strome — Victor Olofsson
Martin Pospisil — Tyson Gross — Adam Klapka
Kevin Bahl — Zach Whitecloud
Olli Maatta — Hunter Brzustewicz
Joel Hanley — Zayne Parekh
Devin Cooley
Dustin Wolf
Scratched: Ryan Lomberg, John Beecher, Brayden Pachal
Injured: Jake Bean (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek (upper body), Jonathan Huberdeau (hip surgery), Yan Kuznetsov (upper body), Connor Zary (upper body)
Status report
The Lightning did not hold a morning skate after a 5-2 win at the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. … Flames coach Ryan Huska said Zary, a forward, is day to day after he was injured in the third period of a 4-1 win against the Florida Panthers on Friday. … Gross, who signed a two-year, two-way contract with Calgary on March 12, will make his NHL debut.
SABRES (44-20-6) at DUCKS (38-27-4)
8 p.m. ET; KTTV, Victory+, MSG-B
Sabres projected lineup
Zach Benson — Tage Thompson — Alex Tuch
Jason Zucker — Ryan McLeod — Jack Quinn
Noah Ostlund — Josh Norris — Josh Doan
Peyton Krebs — Sam Carrick — Beck Malenstyn
Rasmus Dahlin — Mattias Samuelsson
Bowen Byram — Owen Power
Logan Stanley — Zach Metsa
Alex Lyon
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Scratched: Luke Schenn, Michael Kesselring, Josh Dunne
Injured: Tanner Pearson (lower body), Colten Ellis (undisclosed), Tyson Kozak (undisclosed), Jordan Greenway (middle body), Conor Timmins (broken leg), Jiri Kulich (blood clot), Justin Danforth (lower body)
Ducks projected lineup
Chris Kreider — Leo Carlsson — Troy Terry
Alex Killorn — Mikael Granlund — Beckett Sennecke
Jeffrey Viel — Ryan Poehling — Cutter Gauthier
Jansen Harkins — Tim Washe — Mason McTavish
Jackson LaCombe — Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov — John Carlson
Olen Zellweger — Ian Moore
Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso
Scratched: Drew Helleson, Frank Vatrano
Injured: Ross Johnston (lower body)
Suspended: Radko Gudas
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. … Lyon is expected to start after Luukkonen made 26 saves in a 4-1 win at the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. … Mintyukov and Carlson took maintenance days Saturday but will play. … Gudas, a defenseman, will serve the last of a five-game suspension for kneeing Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews during a 6-4 loss on March 12.
KINGS (28-25-16) at MAMMOTH (36-28-6)
9 p.m. ET; FDSNSC, Utah16, SN360
Kings projected lineup
Artemi Panarin — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Alex Turcotte — Scott Laughton — Joel Armia
Jeff Malott — Samuel Helenius — Mathieu Joseph
Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin — Cody Ceci
Darcy Kuemper
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Jacob Moverare, Taylor Ward, Jared Wright
Injured: Andrei Kuzmenko (meniscus)
Mammoth projected lineup
Clayton Keller — Nick Schmaltz — Lawson Crouse
JJ Peterka — Logan Cooley — Dylan Guenther
Jack McBain — Barrett Hayton — Michael Carcone
Alexander Kerfoot — Kevin Stenlund — Kailer Yamamoto
Mikhail Sergachev — MacKenzie Weegar
Nate Schmidt — John Marino
Ian Cole — Sean Durzi
Karel Vejmelka
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Liam O’Brien, Brandon Tanev, Nick DeSimone
Injured: None
Status report
The Kings did not hold a morning skate after a 4-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday. … The Mammoth will dress the same 18 skaters from a 4-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.