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(1WC) BRUINS at (1A) SABRES
Eastern Conference First Round, Game 5
Buffalo leads best-of-7 series 3-1
7:30 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT, NESN, MSG-B, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS
Bruins projected lineup
Morgan Geekie -- Elias Lindholm -- David Pastrnak
Casey Mittelstadt -- Pavel Zacha -- Michael Eyssimont
Lukas Reichel -- Fraser Minten -- Marat Khusnutdinov
Tanner Jeannot -- Sean Kuraly -- Mark Kastelic
Jonathan Aspirot -- Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm -- Henri Jokiharju
Nikita Zadorov -- Andrew Peeke
Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: James Hagens, Alex Steeves, Jordan Harris, Mason Lohrei
Injured: Viktor Arvidsson (upper body)
Sabres projected lineup
Peyton Krebs -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Jason Zucker -- Ryan McLeod -- Jack Quinn
Zach Benson -- Noah Ostlund -- Josh Doan
Jordan Greenway -- Tyson Kozak -- Beck Malenstyn
Rasmus Dahlin -- Mattias Samuelsson
Bowen Byram -- Owen Power
Logan Stanley -- Connor Timmins
Alex Lyon
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Scratched: Josh Dunne, Colten Ellis, Michael Kesselring, Tanner Pearson, Luke Schenn
Injured: Josh Norris (undisclosed), Sam Carrick (upper body), Jiri Kulich (blood clot), Justin Danforth (lower body)
Status report
The Bruins did not hold a morning skate. … Arvidsson will not play; the forward left during the first period of Game 4 on Sunday with an upper-body injury and did not return. Eyssimont filled in for Arvidsson at practice and Lohrei, a defenseman, skated in the place of Zadorov, who missed practice Monday for maintenance. ... Jokiharju will enter the lineup in place of Harris, a defenseman. ... Zucker and Kozak are expected to play after each left in the third period of Game 4 for undisclosed reasons. ... Norris rejoined the team and is available after missing two games with an undisclosed injury, Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff said; the forward did not take any line rushes during the skate.
(3C) WILD at (2C) STARS
Western Conference First Round, Game 5
Best-of-7 series tied 2-2
8 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, Victory+, ESPN2, TVAS2, SN360
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Vladimir Tarasenko -- Michael McCarron -- Bobby Brink
Marcus Foligno -- Nico Sturm -- Nick Foligno
Quinn Hughes -- Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon
Jake Middleton -- Zach Bogosian
Jesper Wallstedt
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Robby Fabbri, Viking Gustafsson-Nyberg, Daemon Hunt, Matt Kiersted, Jeff Petry, Nico Sturm, Danila Yurov
Injured: Yakov Trenin (upper body)
Stars projected lineup
Justin Hryckowian -- Wyatt Johnston -- Mikko Rantanen
Jason Robertson -- Matt Duchene -- Mavrik Bourque
Sam Steel -- Arttu Hyry -- Jamie Benn
Oskar Back -- Radek Faksa -- Colin Blackwell
Esa Lindell -- Miro Heiskanen
Thomas Harley -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Lian Bichsel -- Tyler Myers
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Michael Bunting, Kyle Capobianco, Adam Erne, Alexander Petrovic
Injured: Nathan Bastian (hand), Roope Hintz (lower body), Nils Lundkvist (face), Tyler Seguin (ACL)
Status report
Zuccarello, who has been out since Game 1 with an upper-body injury, and Trenin, a forward who has been out since Game 2, each will be a game-time decision, Wild coach John Hynes said. ... Marcus Foligno and Bogosian each is expected to play after missing practice for maintenance Monday. ... Hintz will not play but has resumed skating, Stars coach Glen Gulutzan said; the forward has not played in this series after missing the last 20 games of the regular season. ... Lundkvist will not play after the defenseman was cut in the face by a skate blade in Game 4 on Saturday. … Heiskanen is expected to play after taking a maintenance day Monday.
(3P) DUCKS at (2P) OILERS
Western Conference First Round, Game 5
Anaheim leads best-of-7 series 3-1
10 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, KCOP-13, TNT, truTV, Victory+, HBO MAX
Ducks projected lineup
Cutter Gauthier -- Leo Carlsson -- Troy Terry
Alex Killorn -- Mikael Granlund -- Beckett Sennecke
Chris Kreider -- Ryan Poehling -- Mason McTavish
Jeffrey Viel -- Tim Washe -- Ian Moore
Jackson LaCombe – Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov -- John Carlson
Tyson Hinds -- Drew Helleson
Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso
Scratched: Frank Vatrano, Olen Zellweger
Injured: Radko Gudas (lower body), Jansen Harkins (hand surgery), Ross Johnston (lower body)
Oilers projected lineup
Matthew Savoie -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kasperi Kapanen
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Jason Dickinson -- Jack Roslovic
Trent Frederic -- Josh Samanski -- Curtis Lazar
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse -- Connor Murphy
Jake Walman -- Ty Emberson
Connor Ingram
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Colton Dach, Spencer Stastney
Injured: Adam Henrique (lower body), Mattias Janmark (shoulder), Max Jones (lower body)
Status report
For the fifth straight time, Terry didn't participate in the Ducks morning skate, but is expected to play ... Neither McDavid nor Dickinson participated in the Oilers morning skate; each will be a game-time decision, according to coach Kris Knoblauch; McDavid sustained an ankle injury in Game 2 and Dickinson missed Games 2 and 3 with a lower-body injury that carried over from the end of the regular season.

















