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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.