Projected lineups, starting goalies for today

PENGUINS (19-12-9) at BLUE JACKETS (18-16-6)
3 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, SN-PIT, SNW, SN1
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)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Mason Marchment — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Dimitri Voronkov — Cole Sillinger — Danton Heinen
Boone Jenner — Charlie Coyle — Mathieu Olivier
Zachary Aston-Reese — Brendan Gaunce — Kent Johnson
Zach Werenski — Denton Mateychuk
Ivan Provorov — Damon Severson
Jake Christiansen — Dante Fabbro
Jet Greaves
Elvis Merzlikins
Scratched: Dysin Mayo
Injured: Erik Gudbranson (hip), Isac Lundestrom (lower body), Sean Monahan (undisclosed), Brendan Smith (lower body), Miles Wood (lower body)
Status report
Silovs may start. Skinner made 11 saves in a 4-1 win at the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. … Malkin, a forward, skated Friday but did not travel to Detroit. He has missed the past 14 games. … Greaves made 32 saves in a 5-1 win vs. Buffalo on Saturday. The last time the Blue Jackets had a back-to-back on Dec. 28 and 29, Greaves played both games. … Monahan, a forward, is expected to miss a fourth consecutive game.
AVALANCHE (31-2-7) at PANTHERS (21-16-3)
5 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, ALT, SN
Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Artturi Lehkonen — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Ross Colton — Jack Drury — Victor Olofsson
Zakhar Bardakov — Parker Kelly — Gavin Brindley
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Samuel Girard — Sam Malinski
Trent Miner
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Ilya Solovyov, Taylor Makar
Injured: Mackenzie Blackwood (lower body), Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)
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 — Uvis Balinskis
Donovan Sebrango — Jeff Petry
Daniil Tarasov
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Noah Gregor, Tobias Bjornfot
Injured: Seth Jones (upper body), Aleksander Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder), Cole Schwindt (arm)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. … Blackwood, a goalie, was placed on injured reserve Friday. Miner, recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League, could make his third start of the season. … Florida will be without Jones, a defenseman, after he left a 5-1 loss to the New York Rangers in the 2026 Discover NHL Winter Classic in Miami on Friday with an upper-body injury in the first period. Coach Paul Maurice said Jones is day to day and will be evaluated Monday. … The Panthers called up Bjornfot, a defenseman, from Charlotte of the AHL, but he will not play today. … Tarasov will start for the Panthers in place of Bobrovsky. … Tkachuk, a forward, continues to practice in a yellow noncontact jersey but is not expected to return Sunday.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS (17-11-11) at BLACKHAWKS (16-18-7)
7 p.m. ET; CHSN, SCRIPPS, SN1, TVAS
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Braeden Bowman
Mark Stone — Brett Howden — Mitch Marner
Pavel Dorofeyev — Tomas Hertl — Reilly Smith
Brandon Saad — Colton Sissons — Keegan Kolesar
Noah Hanifin — Ben Hutton
Jaycob Megna — Kaedan Korczak
Jeremy Lauzon — Zach Whitecloud
Akira Schmid
Carter Hart
Scratched: Cole Reinhardt, Brayden McNabb, Alexander Holtz
Injured: Adin Hill (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body), Shea Theodore (upper body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi — Ryan Greene — Andre Burakovsky
Ryan Donato — Jason Dickinson — Ilya Mikheyev
Teuvo Teravainen — Oliver Moore — Nick Lardis
Colton Dach — Nick Foligno — Landon Slaggert
Alex Vlasic — Louis Crevier
Wyatt Kaiser — Artyom Levshunov
Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Murphy
Arvid Soderblom
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Ethan Del Mastro, Sam Lafferty
Injured: Connor Bedard (upper body), Frank Nazar (face)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate; the Golden Knights practiced in Chicago on Saturday. … Schmid could start after Hart made 15 saves in a 4-3 loss at the St. Louis Blues on Friday … Soderblom is the likely starter for Chicago after Knight made 32 saves in a 3-2 shootout victory at the Washington Capitals on Saturday.