RANGERS (6-6-2) at RED WINGS (9-5-0)
7 pm ET; FDSNDETX, NHLN, MSG, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS
Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin — Mika Zibanejad — Taylor Raddysh
Will Cuylle — J.T. Miller — Alexis Lafreniere
Conor Sheary — Noah Laba — Jonny Brodzinski
Jaroslav Chmelar — Sam Carrick — Juuso Parssinen
Vladislav Gavrikov — Adam Fox
Carson Soucy — Will Borgen
Connor Mackey — Braden Schneider
Jonathan Quick
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: Matthew Robertson, Adam Edstrom
Injured: Vincent Trocheck (upper body), Urho Vaakanainen (lower body)
Red Wings projected lineup
Emmitt Finnie — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Patrick Kane — Marco Kasper — Alex DeBrincat
Andrew Copp — J.T. Compher — Mason Appleton
James van Riemsdyk — Michael Rasmussen — Elmer Soderblom
Simon Edvinsson — Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot — Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Travis Hamonic — Albert Johansson
Cam Talbot
John Gibson
Scratched: Jacob Bernard-Docker, Jonatan Berggren
Injured: None
Status report
The Rangers held an optional morning skate. Trocheck, a forward, and Vaakanainen, a defenseman, each took part but neither is expected to play. … Chmelar will make his NHL debut. … Kane will play after missing nine games because of an upper-body injury. Berggren, a forward, will come out of the lineup.
WILD (5-7-3) at ISLANDERS (6-5-2)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNWIX, FDSNNO, MSGSN
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov — Marco Rossi — Mats Zuccarello
Matt Boldy — Joel Eriksson Ek — Marcus Johansson
Marcus Foligno — Ryan Hartman — Vladimir Tarasenko
Yakov Trenin — Ben Jones — Vinnie Hinostroza
Jonas Brodin — Brock Faber
Jake Middleton — Jared Spurgeon
Zeev Buium — Daemon Hunt
Jesper Wallstedt
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: David Jiricek, Danila Yurov, Tyler Pitlick
Injured: Nico Sturm (back), Zach Bogosian (lower body)
Islanders projected lineup
Emil Heineman — Bo Horvat — Mathew Barzal
Jonathan Drouin — Calum Ritchie — Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Simon Holmstrom
Kyle MacLean — Casey Cizikas — Anthony Duclair
Adam Pelech — Ryan Pulock
Matthew Schaefer — Scott Mayfield
Alexander Romanov — Tony DeAngelo
David Rittich
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Maxim Tsyplakov, Adam Boqvist
Injured: Maxim Shabanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee), Ethan Bear (upper body)
Status report
The Wild did not have a morning skate after losing 4-3 at the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday. … Wallstedt is expected to start after Gustavsson made 21 saves against the Hurricanes. … Zuccarello could make his season debut after missing the first 15 games because of a lower-body injury. The forward took part in the morning skate Thursday, and coach John Hynes said then that Friday could be possible.
BLACKHAWKS (6-5-3) at FLAMES (4-9-2)
9 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNW, CHSN
Blackhawks projected lineup
Ryan Greene — Connor Bedard — Andre Burakovsky
Teuvo Teravainen — Frank Nazar — Tyler Bertuzzi
Ryan Donato — Colton Dach — Ilya Mikheyev
Oliver Moore — Nick Foligno
Alex Vlasic — Sam Rinzel
Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Murphy
Wyatt Kaiser — Artyom Levshunov
Louis Crevier
Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Sam Lafferty
Injured: Laurent Brossoit (hip), Jason Dickinson (upper body)
Flames projected lineup
Connor Zary — Nazem Kadri — Joel Farabee
Jonathan Huberdeau — Morgan Frost — Matt Coronato
Samuel Honzek — Mikael Backlund — Blake Coleman
Ryan Lomberg — Yegor Sharangovich — Adam Klapka
Kevin Bahl — Rasmus Andersson
Joel Hanley — MacKenzie Weegar
Brayden Pachal — Zayne Parekh
Dustin Wolf
Devin Cooley
Scratched: Justin Kirkland, Jake Bean, Yan Kuznetsov
Injured: Martin Pospisil (undisclosed)
Status report
The Blackhawks are expected to dress the same 11 forwards and seven defensemen who skated to a 5-2 win at the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. … Bahl didn’t take part in the morning skate. Flames coach Ryan Huska said he will be a game-time decision. … If Bahl is unavailable, Kuznetsov could stay in the lineup. The defenseman made his season debut Wednesday.
JETS (9-4-0) at SHARKS (5-6-3)
10 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, TSN3
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Gabriel Vilardi
Vladislav Namestnikov — Jonathan Toews — Alex Iafallo
Nino Niederreiter — Adam Lowry — Nikita Chibrikov
Cole Koepke — Parker Ford — Tanner Pearson
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Logan Stanley — Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury — Luke Schenn
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Brad Lambert, Colin Miller
Injured: Cole Perfetti (ankle), Dylan Samberg (wrist), Gustav Nyquist (undisclosed)
Sharks projected lineup
Tyler Toffoli — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
Philipp Kurashev — Alexander Wennberg — Collin Graf
Jeff Skinner — Ty Dellandrea — Ethan Cardwell
Barclay Goodrow — Adam Gaudette — Ryan Reaves
Dmitry Orlov — Timothy Liljegren
Mario Ferraro — John Klingberg
Shakir Mukhamadullin — Vincent Desharnais
Alex Nedeljkovic
Yaroslav Askarov
Scratched: Vincent Iorio, Sam Dickinson, Zack Ostapchuk
Injured: William Eklund (lower body), Nick Leddy (upper body), Michael Misa (lower body)
Status report
Nyquist is on the trip and the forward skated in a noncontact jersey during the morning skate but is expected to miss his third straight game. … Perfetti took part in the morning skate but the forward is not yet ready to make his season debut. … The Sharks placed Misa on injured reserve Friday because of a lower-body injury. Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said the forward is considered week to week. … Ostapchuk was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League on Friday but the forward won’t play. … Reaves will return to the lineup after missing three games because of a lower-body injury. … Eklund took part in the morning skate but the forward was placed on injured reserve.
SATURDAY
PENGUINS (9-4-2) at DEVILS (10-4-0)
12:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MSGSN, SN
Penguins projected lineup
Bryan Rust — Sidney Crosby — Ben Kindel
Tommy Novak — Evgeni Malkin – Anthony Mantha
Kevin Hayes — Ville Koivunen — Philip Tomasino
Connor Dewar — Blake Lizotte — Danton Heinen
Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea — Kris Letang
Ryan Graves — Connor Clifton
Arturs Silos
Sergei Murashov
Scratched: Mathew Dumba, Harrison Brunicke, Joona Koppanen
Injured: Filip Hallander (leg), Rickard Rakell (hand surgery), Rutger McGroarty (upper body), Caleb Jones (lower body), Justin Brazeau (upper body), Noel Acciari (upper body), Tristan Jarry (lower body)
Devils projected lineup
Stefan Noesen — Jack Hughes — Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier — Nico Hischier — Dawson Mercer
Ondrej Palat — Cody Glass — Arseny Gritsyuk
Paul Cotter — Juho Lammikko — Luke Glendening
Jonas Siegenthaler — Simon Nemec
Brenden Dillon — Luke Hughes
Dennis Cholowski — Colton White
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
Scratched: Brian Halonen
Injured: Brett Pesce (hand), Johnathan Kovacevic (lower body), Marc McLaughlin (upper body), Evgenii Dadonov (fractured hand), Zack MacEwen (upper body); Connor Brown (upper body), Dougie Hamilton (lower body)
Status report
Hallander will miss a minimum of three months after the forward was diagnosed with a blood clot in his leg. … Hayes practiced on Friday and the forward could make his season debut after missing the first 15 games because of an upper-body injury. … Murashov is expected to make his NHL debut this weekend, but Pittsburgh coach Dan Muse wouldn’t reveal if it would be at New Jersey or against the Los Angeles Kings at home Sunday. … Hamilton is not expected to play after getting injured early in the second period of a 4-3 overtime win against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday. … White is expected to play his first NHL game since April 13, 2023, as a member of the Anaheim Ducks.
SENATORS (6-5-3) at FLYERS (8-5-1)
1 p.m. ET; NBCSP, TSN5, RDS2
Senators projected lineup
Nick Cousins — Tim Stutzle — Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig — Dylan Cozens — David Perron
Michael Amadio — Shane Pinto — Claude Giroux
Kurtis MacDermid — Lars Eller — Fabian Zetterlund
Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo
Linus Ullmark
Leevi Merilainen
Scratched: Olle Lycksell, Jordan Spence
Injured: Brady Tkachuk (thumb surgery)
Flyers projected lineup
Owen Tippett — Christian Dvorak — Trevor Zegras
Matvei Michkov — Sean Couturier — Bobby Brink
Nikita Grebenkin — Noah Cates — Travis Konecny
Nicolas Deslauriers — Rodrigo Abols — Garnet Hathaway
Cam York — Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler — Jamie Drysdale
Emil Andrae — Noah Juulsen
Samuel Ersson
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Egor Zamula, Adam Ginning
Injured: Rasmus Ristolainen (triceps), Tyson Foerster (lower body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. … Ersson, who was activated from injured reserve Thursday after missing four games because of a lower-body injury, took part in an optional practice Friday and could start Saturday depending on how he feels, coach Rick Tocchet said. … The Flyers sent goalie Aleksei Kolosov to Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Friday. … Foerster, who hasn’t played since Nov. 1 and was placed on injured reserve Monday, skated Friday without pads. The earliest the forward can return is against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.
Projected lineups, starting goalies for today
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