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CANUCKS (32-25-12) at RANGERS (33-31-6)

1 p.m. ET; NHLN, MSG, SN, TVAS

Canucks projected lineup

Nils Hoglander -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser

Jake DeBrusk -- Pius Suter -- Kiefer Sherwood

Drew O’Connor -- Teddy Blueger -- Conor Garland

Dakota Joshua -- Nils Aman -- Linus Karlsson

Quinn Hughes -- Tyler Myers

Marcus Pettersson -- Filip Hronek

Derek Forbort -- Elias Pettersson

Kevin Lankinen

Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Victor Mancini, Jonathan Lekkerimaki

Injured: Filip Chytil (upper body), Thatcher Demko (lower body), Noah Juulsen (lower body)

Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere

Will Cuylle -- J.T. Miller -- Mika Zibanejad

Chris Kreider -- Sam Carrick -- Jonny Brodzinski

Brennan Othmann -- Juuso Parssinen -- Matt Rempe

Carson Soucy -- Adam Fox

K'Andre Miller -- Will Borgen

Zac Jones -- Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin

Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Calvin de Haan, Urho Vaakanainen, Brett Berard

Injured: Adam Edstrom (lower body)

Status report

Chytil did not accompany the Canucks on their six-game road trip that started with a 4-3 overtime loss at the St. Louis Blues on Thursday; the center will miss his third straight game. ... Demko has been a full participant in the past two morning skates for Vancouver and is close to returning after not playing since Feb. 8. ... Rempe returns after being a late scratch for a 4-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday because of illness. … Berard, a forward, comes out of the lineup after playing 6:35 against Toronto. … The Rangers changed all four line combinations during practice Friday, including moving Zibanejad from center on the top line to wing on the second, with Trocheck moving up into that spot, and swapping Krieder and Lafreniere.

FLYERS (28-34-8) at STARS (43-21-4)

2 p.m. ET; Victory+, NBCSP

Flyers projected lineup

Tyson Foerster -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink

Olle Lycksell -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny

Owen Tippett -- Ryan Poehling -- Matvei Michkov

Nicolas Deslauriers -- Rodrigo Abols -- Jakob Pelletier

Cam York -- Travis Sanheim

Nick Seeler -- Jamie Drysdale

Egor Zamula -- Emil Andrae

Ivan Fedotov

Samuel Ersson

Scratched: None

Injured: Garnet Hathaway (upper body), Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body)

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Mikko Rantanen

Mason Marchment -- Matt Duchene -- Mikael Granlund

Jamie Benn -- Wyatt Johnston -- Evgenii Dadonov

Oskar Back -- Sam Steel -- Colin Blackwell

Thomas Harley -- Ilya Lyubushkin

Esa Lindell -- Cody Ceci

Lian Bichsel -- Matt Dumba

Jake Oettinger

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Mavrik Bourque, Brendan Smith

Injured: Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Tyler Seguin (hip)

Status report

The Flyers did not practice Friday following a 3-2 loss at the Washington Capitals on Thursday. ... Dadonov is expected to be back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past two games. … Harley had a maintenance day and did not practice Friday.

SABRES (27-34-6) at WILD (39-25-5)

2 p.m. ET; FDSNNO, MSG-B, FDSNWI

Sabres projected lineup

JJ Peterka -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch

Brett Murray -- Ryan McLeod -- Jason Zucker

Jordan Greenway -- Peyton Krebs -- Jack Quinn

Beck Malenstyn -- Tyson Kozak -- Sam Lafferty

Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin

Bowen Byram -- Jacob Bryson

Owen Power -- Connor Clifton

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

James Reimer

Scratched: Jacob Bernard-Docker

Injured: Zach Benson (illness), Josh Norris (undisclosed), Jiri Kulich (concussion)

Wild projected lineup

Matt Boldy -- Marco Rossi -- Mats Zuccarello

Marcus Johansson -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Gustav Nyquist

Liam Ohgren -- Ryan Hartman -- Vinnie Hinostroza

Yakov Trenin -- Devin Shore -- Justin Brazeau

Jake Middleton -- Brock Faber

Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon

Jon Merrill -- Zach Bogosian

Filip Gustavsson

Marc-Andre Fleury

Scratched: David Jiricek, Brendan Gaunce, Declan Chisholm

Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Marcus Foligno (upper body)

Status report

Benson is possible to return after missing a 5-2 loss at the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday with an illness. … Brodin is expected to return after missing nine games with a lower-body injury. … Foligno, a forward, will miss a third straight game.

BLACKHAWKS (20-40-9) at BLUES (35-28-7)

3 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, CHSN, TVAS

Blackhawks projected lineup

Ilya Mikheyev -- Frank Nazar -- Connor Bedard

Teuvo Teravainen -- Jason Dickinson -- Nick Foligno

Joe Veleno -- Ryan Donato -- Tyler Bertuzzi

Landon Slaggert -- Lukas Reichel -- Patrick Maroon

Alex Vlasic -- Wyatt Kaiser

Ethan Del Mastro -- Connor Murphy

Alec Martinez -- Artyom Levshunov

Arvid Soderblom

Spencer Knight

Scratched: Philipp Kurashev, TJ Brodie, Louis Crevier

Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Colton Dach (elbow)

Blues projected lineup

Jake Neighbours -- Robert Thomas -- Pavel Buchnevich

Dylan Holloway -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou

Mathieu Joseph -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Zack Bolduc

Alexey Toropchenko -- Radek Faksa -- Nathan Walker

Cam Fowler -- Nick Leddy

Philip Broberg -- Justin Faulk

Ryan Suter -- Tyler Tucker

Joel Hofer

Jordan Binnington

Scratched: Alexandre Texier, Matthew Kessel

Injured: Colton Parayko (knee)

Status report

Dach, a forward, is day to day after hyperextending his elbow in a 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. ... Maroon is expected to play after being a healthy scratch Thursday. ... Sundqvist had a maintenance day Friday, but Blues coach Jim Montgomery said he will be available to play. ... St. Louis will dress the same 18 skaters it has used the past seven games.

FLAMES (32-25-11) at ISLANDERS (32-28-8)

4 p.m. ET; MSGSN, SN

Flames projected lineup

Jonathan Huberdeau -- Nazem Kadri -- Martin Pospisil

Blake Coleman -- Morgan Frost -- Matt Coronato

Joel Farabee -- Yegor Sharangovich -- Connor Zary

Ryan Lomberg -- Kevin Rooney -- Adam Klapka

Kevin Bahl -- Rasmus Andersson

Joel Hanley -- Brayden Pachal

Jake Bean -- Daniil Miromanov

Dan Vladar

Dustin Wolf

Scratched: Dryden Hunt

Injured: MacKenzie Weegar (lower body), Mikael Backlund (upper body)

Islanders projected lineup

Simon Holmstrom -- Bo Horvat -- Kyle Palmieri

Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Anthony Duclair

Pierre Engvall -- Casey Cizikas -- Hudson Fasching

Maxim Tsyplakov -- Kyle MacLean -- Marc Gatcomb

Alexander Romanov -- Tony DeAngelo

Adam Pelech -- Noah Dobson

Mike Reilly -- Ryan Pulock

Marcus Hogberg

Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Matt Martin, Adam Boqvist, Scott Mayfield

Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body)

Status report

Weegar was a late scratch after he missed practice Friday. ... Coleman, Pospisil and Wolf each did not practice Friday because of maintenance; Coleman and Pospisil were in the lineup, and Wolf was to back up Vladar. ... Romanov is expected to return after missing two games with an illness; if he plays, Mayfield would come out of the lineup. ... Hogberg will start after Sorokin started the previous five games.

HURRICANES (42-22-4) at KINGS (37-21-9)

4 p.m. ET; FDSNW, FDSNSO

Hurricanes projected lineup

Jackson Blake -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis

Taylor Hall -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Jack Roslovic

Jordan Martinook -- Mark Jankowski -- Logan Stankoven

Eric Robinson -- Juha Jaaska -- Tyson Jost

Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns

Sean Walker -- Jalen Chatfield

Scott Morrow -- Dmitry Orlov

Frederik Andersen

Pyotr Kochetkov

Scratched: None

Injured: Shayne Gostisbehere (illness), Jordan Staal (lower body), William Carrier (lower body), Andrei Svechnikov (upper body), Jesper Fast (neck)

Kings projected lineup

Andrei Kuzmenko -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe

Warren Foegele -- Phillip Danault -- Trevor Moore

Kevin Fiala -- Quinton Byfield -- Alex Laferriere

Tanner Jeannot -- Samuel Helenius -- Alex Turcotte

Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty

Vladislav Gavrikov -- Jordan Spence

Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke

David Rittich

Darcy Kuemper

Scratched: Kyle Burroughs, Akil Thomas, Jacob Moverare, Trevor Lewis

Injured: None

Status report

Staal, a center, and Gostisbehere, a defenseman, each is out; Jankowski likely will move up to third-line center and Jaaska will enter the lineup on the fourth line, with Morrow replacing Gostisbehere on the third defense pair. … The Kings did not practice on Friday, a day after a 3-1 win at the Chicago Blackhawks that completed a two-game road trip.

PANTHERS (42-24-3) at CAPITALS (46-15-8)

5 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MNMT

Panthers projected lineup

Evan Rodrigues -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart

Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Mackie Samoskevich

Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Jesper Boqvist

A.J. Greer -- Nico Sturm -- Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling -- Seth Jones

Niko Mikkola -- Nate Schmidt

Uvis Balinskis -- Tobias Bjornfot

Vitek Vanecek

Sergei Bobrovsky

Scratched: Tomas Nosek

Injured: Brad Marchand (upper body), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Dmitry Kulikov (upper body)

Suspended: Aaron Ekblad

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Aliaksei Protas

Connor McMichael -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson

Andrew Mangiapane -- Lars Eller -- Taylor Raddysh

Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Anthony Beauvillier

Rasmus Sandin -- John Carlson

Jakob Chychrun -- Trevor van Riemsdyk

Martin Fehervary -- Matt Roy

Logan Thompson

Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alex Alexeyev, Ethen Frank

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report

The Panthers did not practice Friday following a 1-0 overtime loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday. ... The Capitals held an optional practice Friday after a 3-2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.

LIGHTNING (40-23-5) at UTAH (31-27-11)

5 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, Utah16

Lightning projected lineup

Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Nikita Kucherov

Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Yanni Gourde

Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Nick Paul -- Gage Goncalves

Zemgus Girgensons -- Luke Glendening

Victor Hedman -- J.J. Moser

Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak

Emil Lilleberg -- Nick Perbix

Darren Raddysh

Brandon Halverson

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Scratched: Mitchell Chaffee, Cam Atkinson, Jonas Johansson

Injured: None

Utah projected lineup

Clayton Keller -- Logan Cooley -- Nick Schmaltz

Michael Carcone -- Barrett Hayton -- Dylan Guenther

Lawson Crouse -- Jack McBain -- Josh Doan

Alexander Kerfoot -- Kevin Stenlund -- Mattias Maccelli

Mikhail Sergachev -- John Marino

Olli Maatta -- Sean Durzi

Ian Cole -- Michael Kesselring

Karel Vejmelka

Jaxson Stauber

Scratched: Nick Bjugstad, Nick DeSimone

Injured: Robert Bortuzzo (lower body)

Status report

Halverson will make his first NHL start. ... Johansson, a goalie, returned to Tampa because of a family matter. ... McDonagh will be a game-time decision after taking a puck to the head during a 3-2 shootout win at the Dallas Stars on Thursday. ... The Lightning could again utilize 11 forwards and seven defensemen. ... Utah is expected to dress the same 18 skaters used in a 5-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.

SENATORS (36-27-5) at DEVILS (37-27-6)

7 p.m. ET; MSGSN2, MSGSN, TVAS2, SN1

Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Fabian Zetterlund

David Perron -- Dylan Cozens -- Drake Batherson

Ridly Greig -- Shane Pinto -- Claude Giroux

Matthew Highmore -- Adam Gaudette -- Michael Amadio

Jake Sanderson -- Travis Hamonic

Thomas Chabot -- Artem Zub

Tyler Kleven -- Nikolas Matinpalo

Linus Ullmark

Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Dennis Gilbert

Injured: Nick Cousins (knee), Nick Jensen (lower body)

Devils projected lineup

Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Stefan Noesen

Erik Haula – Cody Glass – Jesper Bratt

Nolan Foote -- Dawson Mercer – Daniel Sprong

Paul Cotter – Curtis Lazar -- Nathan Bastian

Luke Hughes -- Brett Pesce

Brian Dumoulin -- Jonathan Kovacevic

Brenden Dillon – Dennis Cholowski

Jake Allen

Jacob Markstrom

Scratched: Justin Dowling, Simon Nemec, Tomas Tatar, Kurtis MacDermid

Injured: Dougie Hamilton (lower body), Ondrej Palat (lower body)

Status report

Ottawa did not conduct a morning skate. ... Zub did not practice Friday but is expected to play. ... Jensen practiced Friday and is questionable; the defenseman has missed the past three games. ... Foote was recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League on Friday. ... Lazar will return after missing a 5-3 loss to the Calgary Flames on Thursday because of a lower-body injury. … Palat was working on his own during the Devils morning skate but the forward will miss his second straight game.

MAPLE LEAFS (42-24-3) at PREDATORS (25-35-8)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SNP, SNW, SNO, CBC

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner

Bobby McMann -- John Tavares -- William Nylander

Pontus Holmberg -- Max Domi -- Nicholas Robertson

Scott Laughton -- David Kampf -- Steven Lorentz

Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo

Jake McCabe -- Chris Tanev

Simon Benoit -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Joseph Woll

Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Calle Jarnkrok, Philippe Myers

Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Max Pacioretty (tightness)

Predators projected lineup

Filip Forsberg -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Luke Evangelista

Michael Bunting -- Steven Stamkos -- Jonathan Marchessault

Cole Smith -- Fedor Svechkov -- Jakub Vrana

Zachary L’Heureux -- Michael McCarron -- Colton Sissons

Brady Skjei -- Nick Blankenburg

Marc Del Gaizo -- Justin Barron

Spencer Stastney -- Andreas Englund

Juuse Saros

Justus Annunen

Scratched: Jordan Oesterle, Kiefer Bellows

Injured: Jeremy Lauzon (lower body), Adam Wilsby (upper body), Roman Josi (upper body)

Status report

The Maple Leafs will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 4-3 win at the New York Rangers on Thursday. ... Stamkos moved to second-line center at the Predators morning skate and Evangelista took his place at right wing on the top line.

AVALANCHE (42-25-3) at CANADIENS (33-27-8)

7 p.m. ET; TVAS, CITY, SNE, ALT, KTVD

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas

Jonathan Drouin -- Brock Nelson -- Valeri Nichushkin

Joel Kiviranta -- Charlie Coyle -- Ross Colton

Miles Wood -- Jack Drury -- Jimmy Vesey

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Ryan Lindgren -- Sam Malinski

Keaton Middleton -- Erik Johnson

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Parker Kelly, Logan O’Connor

Injured: Samuel Girard (lower body), Josh Manson (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky

Joshua Roy -- Alex Newhook -- Patrik Laine

Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher

Emil Heineman -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia

Mike Matheson -- Alexandre Carrier

Jayden Struble -- Lane Hutson

Arber Xhekaj -- David Savard

Sam Montembeault

Jakub Dobes

Scratched: Michael Pezzetta

Injured: Kaiden Guhle (lacerated quadricep muscle)

Status report

Girard, a defenseman, will miss a second straight game. … Guhle took part in the Canadiens morning skate wearing a no-contact jersey; the defenseman has not played since Jan. 28.

RED WINGS (32-30-6) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (40-20-8)

8 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+

Red Wings projected lineup

Michael Rasmussen -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond

Alex DeBrincat -- Marco Kasper -- Patrick Kane

Jonatan Berggren -- J.T. Compher -- Vladimir Tarasenko

Austin Watson -- Tyler Motte -- Craig Smith

Ben Chiarot -- Moritz Seider

Simon Edvinsson -- Albert Johansson

William Lagesson -- Justin Holl

Petr Mrazek

Cam Talbot

Scratched: Alex Lyon, Brogan Rafferty, Dominik Shine

Injured: Andrew Copp (upper body), Erik Gustafsson (undisclosed), Jeff Petry (undisclosed), Elmer Soderblom (undisclosed)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone

Brandon Saad -- Tomas Hertl -- Pavel Dorofeyev

Brett Howden -- William Karlsson – Reilly Smith

Tanner Pearson -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar

Nicolas Hague -- Alex Pietrangelo

Noah Hanifin -- Zach Whitecloud

Brayden McNabb – Kaedan Korczak

Adin Hill

Ilya Samsonov

Scratched: Ben Hutton, Victor Olofsson, Cole Schwindt

Injured: Raphael Lavoie (upper body), Shea Theodore (upper body)

Status report

The Red Wings did not hold a morning skate. … Detroit coach Todd McLellan said Friday that Gustafsson, a defenseman, will be out long term and Soderblom, a forward, is day to day and traveled with the team. ... The Red Wings recalled Watson and Rafferty, a defenseman, from Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League on Friday. … The Golden Knights are expected to use the same line combinations and defense pairs that finished a 5-1 win against the Boston Bruins on Thursday. … Roy moves down to fourth-line center and Howden moves to third-line left wing.

KRAKEN (30-35-5) at OILERS (40-24-5)

10 p.m. CBC, SN, CITY, KONG, KING 5, KHN

Kraken projected lineup

Jani Nyman -- Matty Beniers -- Kaapo Kakko

Jaden Schwartz -- Shane Wright -- Jordan Eberle

Eeli Tolvanen -- Jared McCann -- Andre Burakovsky

Tye Kartye -- John Hayden -- Michael Eyssimont

Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson

Jamie Oleksiak -- Brandon Montour

Cale Fleury -- Ryker Evans

Joey Daccord

Philipp Grubauer

Scratched: Josh Mahura

Injured: Chandler Stephenson (undisclosed)

Oilers projected lineup

Vasily Podkolzin -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Viktor Arvidsson

Corey Perry -- Adam Henrique -- Zach Hyman

Jeff Skinner -- Mattias Janmark -- Connor Brown

Max Jones -- Derek Ryan -- Kasperi Kapanen

Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard

Darnell Nurse -- Jake Walman

Brett Kulak -- Troy Stecher

Stuart Skinner

Calvin Pickard

Scratched: Ty Emberson

Injured: Leon Draisaitl (undisclosed), Trent Frederic (ankle), Evander Kane (hip, knee), John Klingberg (undisclosed), Connor McDavid (lower body), Alec Regula (knee)

Status report

Stephenson, a center, will not play after leaving in the second period of a 4-0 loss at the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday. ... Wright moves up from fourth-line center to fill Stephenson’s spot ... Nyman will moves up from the third line and Schwartz will move down from the first. ... Hayden moves over from left wing to center the fourth line, and Kartye enters the lineup. ... The Oilers’ revamped second line now becomes the first line in the absence of centers Draisaitl, injured in a 7-1 win against the Utah Hockey Club on Tuesday, and McDavid, injured in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday, with Hyman dropping down to the second line ... Ryan comes in to fill the void as an extra center ... Skinner was cleared to return to Edmonton's net after being pulled for concussion protocol Thursday.

BRUINS (30-31-9) at SHARKS (18-42-9)

10:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, NESN

Bruins projected lineup

Morgan Geekie -- Pavel Zacha -- David Pastrnak

Cole Koepke -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Vinni Lettieri

Marat Khusnutdinov -- Elias Lindholm -- Fabian Lysell

John Beecher -- Patrick Brown -- Jakub Lauko

Nikita Zadorov -- Henri Jokiharju

Mason Lohrei -- Andrew Peeke

Parker Wotherspoon -- Michael Callahan

Joonas Korpisalo

Jeremy Swayman

Scratched: Ian Mitchell

Injured: Charlie McAvoy (shoulder), Hampus Lindholm (knee), Mark Kastelic (upper body)

Sharks projected lineup

Collin Graf -- Macklin Celebrini -- Will Smith

William Eklund -- Alexander Wennberg -- Tyler Toffoli

Nikolai Kovalenko -- Patrick Giles -- Ty Dellandrea

Carl Grundstrom -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Barclay Goodrow

Mario Ferraro -- Shakir Mukhamadullin

Luca Cagnoni -- Vincent Desharnais

Lucas Carlsson -- Timothy Liljegren

Alexandar Georgiev

Georgi Romanov

Scratched: Klim Kostin, Noah Gregor

Injured: Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body), Logan Couture (groin), Jan Rutta (lower body), Henry Thrun (upper body)

Status report

Kastelic returned to Boston for further evaluation after the forward was injured in a 5-1 loss at the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday. ... Lysell and Callahan each will enter the lineup after being recalled on an emergency basis from Providence of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. ... The Sharks held an optional morning skate. ... Wennberg did not practice Friday because of a lower-body injury but is expected to play. ... Carlsson will make his Sharks debut after being recalled from San Jose of the AHL on Friday. ... Jimmy Schuldt, a defenseman, was sent down.

SUNDAY

FLYERS (28-34-9) at BLACKHAWKS (20-41-9)

3 p.m. ET; CHSN, NHLN, NBCSP, SN1

Flyers projected lineup

Tyson Foerster -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink

Olle Lycksell -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny

Owen Tippett -- Ryan Poehling -- Matvei Michkov

Nicolas Deslauriers -- Rodrigo Abols -- Jakob Pelletier

Cam York -- Travis Sanheim

Nick Seeler -- Jamie Drysdale

Egor Zamula -- Emil Andrae

Samuel Ersson

Ivan Fedotov

Scratched: None

Injured: Garnet Hathaway (upper body), Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body)

Blackhawks projected lineup

Ilya Mikheyev -- Frank Nazar -- Connor Bedard

Teuvo Teravainen – Philipp Kurashev -- Nick Foligno

Joe Veleno -- Ryan Donato -- Tyler Bertuzzi

Landon Slaggert -- Lukas Reichel -- Patrick Maroon

Alex Vlasic -- Wyatt Kaiser

Ethan Del Mastro -- Connor Murphy

Louis Crevier -- Artyom Levshunov

Spencer Knight

Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: TJ Brodie

Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Colton Dach (elbow), Alec Martinez (upper body), Jason Dickinson (undisclosed)

Status report

Ersson could start after he relieved Fedotov after one period and made 15 saves on 16 shots during a 3-2 overtime loss at Dallas on Saturday … Martinez, a defenseman, and Dickinson, a forward, are questionable for Chicago following a 4-1 loss at St. Louis on Saturday. Martinez was checked into the boards by the Blues’ Jake Neighbours at 15:03 of the first period and did not return to the game. Dickinson fought Neighbors and did not return.

SABRES (27-35-6) at JETS (48-18-4)

3:00 p.m. ET; TSN3, MSG-B

Sabres projected lineup

JJ Peterka -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch

Brett Murray -- Ryan McLeod -- Jason Zucker

Jordan Greenway -- Peyton Krebs -- Jack Quinn

Beck Malenstyn -- Tyson Kozak -- Sam Lafferty

Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin

Bowen Byram -- Jacob Bryson

Owen Power -- Connor Clifton

James Reimer

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Scratched: Jacob Bernard-Docker

Injured: Zach Benson (illness), Josh Norris (undisclosed), Jiri Kulich (concussion)

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Cole Perfetti

Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton

Brandon Tanev -- Morgan Barron -- Alex Iafallo

Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo

Dylan Samberg -- Luke Schenn

Haydn Fleury -- Colin Miller

Connor Hellebuyck

Eric Comrie

Scratched: Ville Heinola, David Gustafsson, Logan Stanley

Injured: Rasmus Kupari (concussion), Neal Pionk (lower body)

Status report

Lafferty left in the second period of a 4-1 loss in Minnesota on Saturday. Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said there is a “good chance” he’ll be out against the Jets due to a groin injury. … Quinn is expected to return after he was a late scratch for disciplinary measures on Saturday because he missed a team meeting Saturday morning. … Reimer is expected to start after Luukkonen made 17 saves on Saturday. … Pionk did not practice Saturday and remains week-to-week with a lower-body injury. … Schenn did not practice Saturday but is expected to be in the lineup on Sunday. Winnipeg coach Scott Arniel told Schenn to go home to Nashville to spend time with family following a 4-3 overtime win in Edmonton on Thursday.