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SENATORS (37-28-5) at RED WINGS (33-32-6)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNDETX, TSN5, RDS2

Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk -- Dylan Cozens -- Ridly Greig

Fabian Zetterlund -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux

David Perron -- Shane Pinto -- Drake Batherson

Matthew Highmore -- Adam Gaudette -- Michael Amadio

Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub

Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen

Tyler Kleven -- Nikolas Matinpalo

Linus Ullmark

Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Travis Hamonic

Injured: Nick Cousins (knee)

Red Wings projected lineup

Vladimir Tarasenko -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond

Patrick Kane -- Marco Kasper -- Alex DeBrincat

Michael Rasmussen -- J.T. Compher – Craig Smith

Austin Watson -- Tyler Motte – Dominik Shine

Ben Chiarot -- Moritz Seider

Simon Edvinsson -- Justin Holl

Jeff Petry -- Albert Johansson

Alex Lyon

Cam Talbot

Scratched: William Lagesson, Jonatan Berggren

Injured: Andrew Copp (upper body), Elmer Soderblom (undisclosed), Erik Gustafsson (undisclosed), Petr Mrazek (undisclosed)

Status report

The Senators switched up their third defense pair after Kleven and Hamonic were on the ice for two goals during a 3-2 loss at the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday; . The second line of Batherson, Cozens and Perron was also split up. … With Talbot available after missing a 5-2 loss at the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday, the Red Wings returned goalie Sebastian Cossa to Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League on Thursday.

PENGUINS (29-33-11) at SABRES (29-35-6)

7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MSG-B

Penguins projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust

Danton Heinen -- Kevin Hayes -- Philip Tomasino

Connor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Noel Acciari

Bokondji Imama -- Joona Koppanen -- Emil Bemstrom

Matt Grzelcyk -- Kris Letang

Erik Karlsson -- Conor Timmins

Ryan Shea -- Vladislav Kolyachonok

Tristan Jarry

Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Ryan Graves

Injured: Evgeni Malkin (upper body), P.O Joseph (upper body), Tommy Novak (lower body)

Sabres projected lineup

Zach Benson -- Jiri Kulich -- Tage Thompson

JJ Peterka -- Ryan McLeod -- Jack Quinn

Jason Zucker -- Peyton Krebs -- Alex Tuch

Beck Malenstyn -- Tyson Kozak -- Isak Rosen

Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin

Owen Power -- Jacob Bernard-Docker

Bowen Byram -- Connor Clifton

James Reimer

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Jason Zucker

Injured: Jordan Greenway (lower body), Josh Norris (middle body), Sam Lafferty (groin)

Status report

Malkin will miss a second straight game; the center, who was a late scratch for a 6-1 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, is day to day. … Shea will return after missing seven games with an upper-body injury. … Zucker will not play because of a family matter; the Sabres hope the forward will be available at the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. … Lafferty joined the team for the first time since he was injured during a 4-1 loss at the Minnesota Wild on Saturday, but is not expected to play.

CANADIENS (33-28-9) at FLYERS (28-36-9)

7 p.m. ET; NBCSP, TSN2, RDS

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

Jakub Dobes

Sam Montembeault

Scratched: Michael Pezzetta

Injured: Kaiden Guhle (quad)

Flyers projected lineup

Tyson Foerster -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink

Matvei Michkov -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny

Olle Lycksell -- Ryan Poehling -- Jakob Pelletier

Nicolas Deslauriers -- Rodrigo Abols -- Owen Tippett

Cam York -- Travis Sanheim

Nick Seeler -- Jamie Drysdale

Egor Zamula -- Emil Andrae

Samuel Ersson

Ivan Fedotov

Scratched: Aleksei Kolosov

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

Status report

The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate. ... Dobes will start after Montembeault started the previous five games. ... Guhle is with the Canadiens on their road trip but the defenseman will miss his 21st straight game. ... Ersson will start. ... Hathaway took part in the morning skate but it's unclear if the forward will play; he has been out since Feb. 27. ... Brad Shaw will coach his first game for Philadelphia after John Tortorella was fired Thursday.

UTAH (32-28-11) at LIGHTNING (41-25-5)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, Utah 16, SNO, SN1

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 -- Nick Bjugstad

Mikhail Sergachev -- John Marino

Ian Cole -- Sean Durzi

Olli Maatta -- Michael Kesselring

Karel Vejmelka

Jaxson Stauber

Scratched: Mattias Maccelli, Nick DeSimone, Kailer Yamamoto

Injured: Robert Bortuzzo (lower body), Liam O'Brien (lower body)

Lightning projected lineup

Jake Guentzel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Nikita Kucherov

Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nick Paul

Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Yanni Gourde -- Gage Goncalves

Zemgus Girgensons -- Luke Glendening

Victor Hedman -- J.J. Moser

Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak

Emil Lilleberg -- Nick Perbix

Darren Raddysh

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Mitchell Chaffee, Cam Atkinson

Injured: None

Status report

Utah recalled Yamamoto, a forward, from the Tucson of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. ... Cernak participated in the Lightning morning skate and is expected to play after leaving during the first period of a 6-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.

CAPITALS (47-15-9) at WILD (40-27-5)

7:30 p.m. ET; Disney+, MNMT, HULU, ESPN+, TVAS-D, SNP, SNE

Capitals projected lineup

Aliaksei Protas -- Dylan Strome -- Alex Ovechkin

Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- 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

Charlie Lindgren

Logan Thompson

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alex Alexeyev, Ethen Frank

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Wild projected lineup

Mats Zuccarello -- Marco Rossi -- Matt Boldy

Marcus Johansson -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Gustav Nyquist

Marcus Foligno -- 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: Cameron Crotty, Brendan Gaunce

Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Declan Chisholm (lower body)

Status report

Foligno is expected to return after missing five games with an upper-body injury. … Chisholm, a defenseman, skated Thursday but will miss his second straight game. … Forwards Kaprizov and Eriksson Ek each was on the ice ahead of the Wild morning skate for the first time since each was injured; Kaprizov has missed 22 games, Eriksson Ek 15.

BLUES (38-28-7) at PREDATORS (27-36-8)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, FDSNSO

Blues projected lineup

Jake Neighbours -- Robert Thomas -- Zack Bolduc

Dylan Holloway -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou

Alexandre Texier -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Mathieu Joseph

Alexey Toropchenko -- Radek Faksa -- Nathan Walker

Cam Fowler -- Nick Leddy

Philip Broberg -- Justin Faulk

Ryan Suter -- Tyler Tucker

Joel Hofer

Jordan Binnington

Scratched: Matthew Kessel, Dalibor Dvorsky

Injured: Colton Parayko (knee), Pavel Buchnevich (illness)

Predators projected lineup

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

Michael Bunting -- Steven Stamkos -- Jonathan Marchessault

Cole Smith -- Fedor Svechkov -- Colton Sissons

Zachary L’Heureux -- Michael McCarron -- Kiefer Bellows

Brady Skjei -- Nick Blankenburg

Marc Del Gaizo -- Justin Barron

Andreas Englund -- Spencer Stastney

Juuse Saros

Justus Annunen

Scratched: Jordan Oesterle, Jakub Vrana

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

Status report

Parayko participated in the Blues morning skate but the defenseman will miss his 11th straight game. ... Buchnevich will miss his fourth game in a row; the forward could return at the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. … Englund replaced Oesterle on the third defense pair during the Predators morning skate.

STARS (46-21-4) at FLAMES (34-25-11)

9 p.m. ET; SNW, Victory+

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

Casey DeSmith

Jake Oettinger

Scratched: Mavrik Bourque, Brendan Smith

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

Flames projected lineup

Connor Zary -- Nazem Kadri -- Martin Pospisil

Jonathan Huberdeau -- Morgan Frost -- Matt Coronato

Joel Farabee -- Mikael Backlund -- Blake Coleman

Ryan Lomberg -- Kevin Rooney -- Adam Klapka

Joel Hanley -- MacKenzie Weegar

Kevin Bahl -- Rasmus Andersson

Jake Bean -- Daniil Miromanov

Dustin Wolf

Dan Vladar

Scratched: Yegor Sharangovich, Dryden Hunt, Brayden Pachal

Injured: None

Status report

The Stars did not conduct a morning skate following a 4-3 win at the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. ... DeSmith is likely to start after Oettinger made 41 saves at Edmonton. ... Backlund will return after missing six games because of an upper-body injury; he will replace Sharangovich, a center. ... Andersson did not participate in the Flames morning skate, but "Everybody's available for us tonight," Calgary coach Ryan Huska said.

KINGS (40-21-9) at AVALANCHE (44-25-3)

10 p.m. ET; ESPN

Kings projected lineup

Andrei Kuzmenko -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe

Warren Foegele -- Phillip Danault -- Trevor Moore

Kevin Fiala -- Quinton Byfield -- Alex Laferriere

Samuel Helenius -- Trevor Lewis -- Jeff Malott

Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty

Vladislav Gavrikov -- Jordan Spence

Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke

David Rittich

Darcy Kuemper

Scratched: Akil Thomas, Jacob Moverare, Kyle Burroughs

Injured: Tanner Jeannot (undisclosed), Alex Turcotte (upper body)

Avalanche projected lineup

Jonathan Drouin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Valeri Nichushkin

Artturi Lehkonen -- Brock Nelson -- Martin Necas

Miles Wood -- Charlie Coyle -- Ross Colton

Parker Kelly -- Jack Drury -- Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Ryan Lindgren -- Sam Malinski

Samuel Girard -- Keaton Middleton

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Jimmy Vesey, Jacob MacDonald

Injured: Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Erik Johnson (lower body), Josh Manson (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Status report

Jeannot and Turcotte will not play; each forward is day to day. ... Malott will make his season debut after being recalled from Ontario of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. ... Kiviranta, a forward, is day to day after playing 13:32 in a 5-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday; Wood will replace him in the lineup after being a healthy scratch Tuesday. ... Johnson, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game.

OILERS (41-25-5) at KRAKEN (30-36-6)

10 p.m. ET; KHN, KING 5, KONG, SNP, SNE, SN1

Oilers projected lineup

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

Kasperi Kapanen -- Adam Henrique -- Zach Hyman

Jeff Skinner -- Mattias Janmark -- Connor Brown

Max Jones -- Corey Perry

Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard

Darnell Nurse -- Jake Walman

Brett Kulak -- Troy Stecher

Ty Emberson

Calvin Pickard

Olivier Rodrigue

Scratched: None

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

Kraken projected lineup

Jaden Schwartz -- Shane Wright -- Jordan Eberle

Kaapo Kakko -- Matty Beniers -- Jani Nyman

Eeli Tolvanen -- Jared McCann -- Andre Burakovsky

Tye Kartye -- John Hayden -- Mikey Eyssimont

Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson

Ryker Evans -- Brandon Montour

Jamie Oleksiak -- Josh Mahura

Joey Daccord

Philipp Grubauer

Scratched: Cale Fleury

Injured: Chandler Stephenson (upper body)

Status report

The Oilers did not hold a morning skate following a 4-3 loss to the Dallas Stars on Wednesday. … Skinner is not on the trip; the goalie left at 6:34 of the third period Wednesday after he was inadvertently hit in the head when Stars forward Mikko Rantanen cut in front of the net; Rodrigue was recalled on an emergency basis from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League on Thursday and will back up Pickard. … With the recall of Rodrigue, Derek Ryan, a center, was loaned to Bakersfield, leaving Edmonton with 11 healthy forwards. ... Emberson is expected to dress as a seventh defenseman after being a healthy scratch Wednesday. … Stephenson, a center, skated in a regular jersey Thursday for the first time since leaving a 4-0 loss at the Minnesota Wild on March 19 with an upper-body injury; he is not expected to play.

MAPLE LEAFS (43-25-5) at SHARKS (19-42-9)

10:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCA+, SNO

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner

Bobby McMann -- John Tavares -- William Nylander

Scott Laughton -- Max Domi -- Nicholas Robertson

Steven Lorentz -- David Kampf -- Calle Jarnkrok

Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo

Jake McCabe -- Chris Tanev

Simon Benoit -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Joseph Woll

Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Pontus Holmberg, Philippe Myers

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

Sharks projected lineup

William Eklund -- Macklin Celebrini -- Will Smith

Collin Graf -- Alexander Wennberg -- Tyler Toffoli

Cam Lund -- 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, Nikolai Kovalenko

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

Status report

Lund will make his NHL debut. ... Ferraro did not participate in the Sharks morning skate but is expected to play.