Projected lineups, starting goalies for today

BLUES (6-9-4) at MAPLE LEAFS (8-9-2)
7 p.m. ET; TVAS, TSN4, FDSNMW
Blues projected lineup
Dylan Holloway — Robert Thomas — Jimmy Snuggerud
Brayden Schenn — Dalibor Dvorsky — Jordan Kyrou
Mathieu Joseph — Pius Suter — Pavel Buchnevich
Alexey Toropchenko — Oskar Sundqvist — Nathan Walker
Philip Broberg — Colton Parayko
Cam Fowler — Justin Faulk
Tyler Tucker — Matthew Kessel
Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer
Scratched: Alexandre Texier, Hunter Skinner, Nick Bjugstad
Injured: Jake Neighbours (leg)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Nicholas Robertson — John Tavares — William Nylander
Matthew Knies– Max Domi — Easton Cowan
Matias Maccelli — Jacob Quillan — Bobby McMann
Dakota Joshua — Steven Lorentz — Calle Jarnkrok
Morgan Rielly — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Simon Benoit — Jake McCabe
Dakota Mermis — Troy Stecher
Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby
Scratched: Philippe Myers, Sammy Blais
Injured: Auston Matthews (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (upper body), Chris Tanev (upper body), Scott Laughton (upper body), Brandon Carlo (lower body), Nicolas Roy (upper body)
Status report
Neighbours, a forward, will not play but is expected to return before the end of the Blues’ five-game road trip. … Matthews, a center, was on the ice prior to an optional morning skate for the first time since sustaining an injury on Nov. 11, a 5-3 loss to the Boston Bruins. … Roy is day to day after the forward was injured during a 3-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday; Quillan was recalled from Toronto of the American Hockey League on Monday and will make his season debut. … Stecher will make his Maple Leafs debut after being claimed off waivers from the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.
KRAKEN (9-4-5) at RED WINGS (11-7-1)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNDETX, KHN/Prime, KONG
Kraken projected lineup
Mason Marchment — Matty Beniers — Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz — Chandler Stephenson — Jani Nyman
Eeli Tolvanen — Berkly Catton — Shane Wright
Tye Kartye — Freddy Gaudreau — Ryan Winterton
Vince Dunn — Adam Larsson
Ryan Lindgren — Brandon Montour
Ryker Evans — Jamie Oleksiak
Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: Cale Fleury, Josh Mahura
Injured: Jared McCann (lower body), Kaapo Kakko (lower body), Matt Murray (lower body)
Red Wings projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Patrick Kane — J.T. Compher — Emmitt Finnie
Marco Kasper — Nate Danielson — Mason Appleton
Michael Rasmussen — Andrew Copp — James van Riemsdyk
Simon Edvinsson — Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot — Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Travis Hamonic — Albert Johansson
Cam Talbot
John Gibson
Scratched: Jonatan Berggren, Elmer Soderblom, Jacob Bernard-Docker
Injured: None
Status report
Daccord was activated off injured reserve and will start after missing five games because of an upper-body injury. … The Red Wings will use the same lineup from their 2-1 win at the New York Rangers on Sunday. … The Kraken announced that Murray, a goalie, will miss six weeks after he was injured Saturday against the San Jose Sharks.
DEVILS (13-4-1) at LIGHTNING (9-7-2)
7 p.m. ET; The Spot, MSGSN, NHLN, SNP, SNO, SNE
Devils projected lineup
Arseny Gritsysuk — Nico Hischier — Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier — Dawson Mercer — Connor Brown
Ondrej Palat — Juho Lammikko — Stefan Noesen
Shane Lachance — Luke Glendening — Paul Cotter
Jonas Siegenthaler — Simon Nemec
Brenden Dillon — Luke Hughes
Dennis Cholowski — Dougie Hamilton
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
Scratched: Nathan Legare, Colton White, Ethan Edwards
Injured: Jack Hughes (finger), Zack MacEwen (undisclosed), Brett Pesce (hand), Johnathan Kovacevic (lower body), Marc McLaughlin (upper body), Evgenii Dadonov (fractured hand), Cody Glass (upper body)
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Zemgus Girgensons
Gage Goncalves — Dominic James — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Curtis Douglas — Yanni Gourde — Jack Finley
J.J. Moser — Darren Raddysh
Charle-Edouard D’Astous — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Steven Santini
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Scott Sabourin, Declan Carlile
Injured: Nick Paul (upper body), Ryan McDonagh (undisclosed), Pontus Holmberg (undisclosed), Victor Hedman (undisclosed), Max Crozier (undisclosed)
Status report
Devils coach Sheldon Keefe said that Brown, Hamilton and Dadonov, a forward, are all game-time decisions and will participate in warmups. … Edwards, a defenseman, was recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League. … Dillon participated in an optional morning skate after he did not practice Monday. … Cirelli (upper body) and James (undisclosed) are expected to return from injuries. … Hedman, a defenseman, practiced Monday and is questionable. … Paul, a forward, will not play and is questionable against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.
ISLANDERS (10-7-2) at STARS (12-4-3)
8 p.m. ET; Victory+, MSGSN2
Islanders projected lineup
Emil Heineman — Bo Horvat — Kyle Palmieri
Jonathan Drouin — Mathew Barzal — Simon Holmstrom
Anders Lee — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Anthony Duclair
Casey Cizikas — Calum Ritchie — Maxim Shabanov
Matthew Schaefer — Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech — Tony DeAngelo
Alexander Romanov — Scott Mayfield
David Rittich
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Kyle MacLean, Maxim Tsyplakov, Adam Boqvist
Injured: Semyon Varlamov (knee), Ethan Bear (upper body)
Stars projected lineup
Sam Steel — Wyatt Johnston — Mikko Rantanen
Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Tyler Seguin
Oskar Back — Justin Hyrckowian — Maverick Bourque
Jamie Benn — Radek Faksa — Colin Blackwell
Esa Lindell — Miro Heiskanen
Lian Bichsel — Alexander Petrovic
Vladislav Kolyachonok — Kyle Capobianco
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Nathan Bastian
Injured: Adam Erne (lower body), Matt Duchene (upper body), Nils Lundkvist (lower body), Ilya Lyubushkin (undisclosed)
Status report
Benn will make his season debut after suffering a collapsed lung during the preseason. … Lyubushkin, a defenseman, is day to day; Kolyachonok will make his season debut after being recalled from Texas of the American Hockey League. … Holmstrom missed the Islanders’ morning skate because of an illness and will be a game-time decision.
BLUE JACKETS (10-7-2) at JETS (11-7-0)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, FDSNOH
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Miles Wood — Sean Monahan — Kent Johnson
Dmitri Voronkov — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Cole Sillinger — Charlie Coyle — Mathieu Olivier
Zach Aston-Reese — Isac Lundestrom — Luca Del Bel Belluz
Zach Werenski — Ivan Provorov
Denton Mateychuk — Damon Severson
Jake Christiansen — Dante Fabbro
Elvis Merzlikins
Jet Greaves
Scratched: Dysin Mayo, Yegor Chinakhov
Injured: Erik Gudbranson (hip), Boone Jenner (upper body)
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Gabriel Vilardi
Vladislav Namestnikov — Jonathan Toews — Cole Perfetti
Nino Niederreiter — Adam Lowry — Alex Iafallo
Tanner Pearson — Morgan Barron — Gustav Nyquist
Cole Koepke — Parker Ford — Brad Lambert
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg — Neal Pionk
Logan Stanley — Luke Schenn
Eric Comrie
Connor Hellebuyck
Scratched: Colin Miller, Cole Koepke
Injured: Haydn Fleury (concussion)
Status report
The Blue Jackets did not hold a morning skate following a 4-3 shootout win against the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. … Del Bel Belluz will replace Nikita Chinakhov at forward, and Wood will move up to Columbus’ top line. … Fleury, a defenseman who was injured during a 5-3 win on Nov. 11 at the Vancouver Canucks, wore a noncontact jersey at the morning skate. … The Jets activated Barron and Koepke, also a forward, from injured reserve on Monday and assigned Chibrikov, Parker Ford, and Brad Lambert to Manitoba of the American Hockey League. Barron missed six games because of a mid-body injury.
FLAMES (5-12-3) at BLACKHAWKS (9-5-4)
8:30 p.m. ET; CHSN, SNW
Flames projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau — Morgan Frost — Matt Coronato
Yegor Sharangovich — Nazem Kadri — Joel Farabee
Connor Zary — Mikael Backlund — Blake Coleman
Ryan Lomberg — Sam Morton — Adam Klapka
Kevin Bahl — Rasmus Andersson
Yan Kuznetsov — MacKenzie Weegar
Jake Bean — Brayden Pachal
Dustin Wolf
Devin Cooley
Scratched: Joel Hanley, Dryden Hunt
Injured: Martin Pospisil (undisclosed), Zayne Parekh (upper body), Samuel Honzek (upper body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Ryan Greene — Connor Bedard — Andre Burakovsky
Oliver Moore — Frank Nazar –Teuvo Teravainen
Colton Dach — Ryan Donato — Ilya Mikheyev
Landon Slaggert — Sam Lafferty
Alex Vlasic — Louis Crevier
Wyatt Kaiser — Artyom Levshunov
Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Murphy
Sam Rinzel
Arvid Soderblom
Spencer Knight
Scratched: None
Injured: Jason Dickinson (upper body), Nick Foligno (left hand), Laurent Brossoit (hip), Tyler Bertuzzi (undisclosed)
Status report
The Flames recalled Morton and forward Dryden Hunt from Calgary of the American Hockey League on Monday and assigned forward Rory Kerins to Calgary … Honzek, a forward, was placed on injured reserve and is week to week … Backlund did not take part in the morning skate (maintenance) but is expected to play … The Blackhawks placed Foligno on injured reserve Monday; the forward injured his left hand blocking a shot during a 3-2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday … Rinzel will return after being a healthy scratch against Toronto.
RANGERS (10-8-2) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (8-4-6)
10 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MSG, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS
Rangers projected lineup
Will Cuylle — Mika Zibanejad — J.T. Miller
Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Conor Sheary — Noah Laba — Jonny Brodzinski
Adam Edstrom — Sam Carrick — Taylor Raddysh
Vladislav Gavrikov — Adam Fox
Carson Soucy — Braden Schneider
Urho Vaakanainen — Will Borgen
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Juuso Parssinen, Scott Morrow, Matthew Robertson
Injured: Matt Rempe (upper body)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel – Branden Bowman
Pavel Dorofeyev– Tomas Hertl — Mitch Marner
Brandon Saad — Brett Howden — Reilly Smith
Cole Reinhardt — Colton Sissons — Keegan Kolesar
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Kaedan Korczak
Ben Hutton — Zach Whitecloud
Akira Schmid
Carl Lindbom
Scratched: Alexander Holtz
Injured: Adin Hill (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body), Jeremy Lauzon (undisclosed), Mark Stone (upper body)
Status report
Rangers coach Mike Sullivan has returned after missing a 2-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday due to personal reasons. … Borgen will be a game-time decision; either Morrow or Robertson would step in at forward should Borgen be unable to play. … The Golden Knights will use the same 18 skaters from a 3-2 overtime loss at the Minnesota Wild on Sunday. … Lauzon, who did not play the final 27:43 of a 4-1 victory at the St. Louis Blues on Saturday, will miss his second straight game; Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said there is no timetable for the defenseman’s return.
MAMMOTH (10-7-2) at SHARKS (8-8-3)
10 p.m. ET; Utah16, NBCSCA
Mammoth projected lineup
Clayton Keller — Logan Cooley — Nick Schmaltz
Michael Carcone — Barrett Hayton — Dylan Guenther
JJ Peterka — Jack McBain — Lawson Crouse
Liam O’Brien — Kevin Stenlund — Brandon Tanev
Mikhail Sergachev — Dmitri Simashev
Nate Schmidt — John Marino
Ian Cole — Nick DeSimone
Vitek Vanecek
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Olli Maatta, Kailer Yamamoto, Kevin Rooney
Injured: Sean Durzi (upper body), Alex Kerfoot (lower body)
Sharks projected lineup
Philipp Kurashev — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Alexander Wennberg — Collin Graf
Adam Gaudette — Ty Dellandrea — Tyler Toffoli
Barclay Goodrow — Zack Ostapchuk — Ryan Reaves
Mario Ferraro — Shakir Mukhamadullin
Dmitry Orlov — Nick Leddy
Sam Dickinson — Vincent Desharnais
Yaroslav Askarov
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Vincent Iorio, John Klingberg, Timothy Liljegren
Injured: Michael Misa (lower body), Jeff Skinner (lower body)
Status report
The Mammoth did not hold a morning skate after a 3-2 overtime loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Monday. … Klingberg, a defenseman, is healthy but is expected to be scratched. … Skinner and Misa, each a forward, are week to week; Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said he expects Misa to miss more time.