Projected lineups, starting goalies for today

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CANADIENS (33-30-9) at PANTHERS (44-25-3)

1 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, NHLN, 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

Sam Montembeault

Jakub Dobes

Scratched: Michael Pezzetta

Injured: Kaiden Guhle (quad)

Panthers projected lineup

Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart

Brad Marchand -- Sam Bennett -- Mackie Samoskevich

Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Jesper Boqvist

A.J. Greer -- Nico Sturm -- Evan Rodrigues

Gustav Forsling -- Seth Jones

Niko Mikkola -- Nate Schmidt

Uvis Balinskis -- Tobias Bjornfot

Sergei Bobrovsky

Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Tomas Nosek, Jonah Gadjovich

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

Suspended: Aaron Ekblad

Status report

Marchand made his Panthers debut in a 2-1 win against the Utah Hockey Club on Friday; he began the game at right wing on the second line and moved to left wing during the third period.

SABRES (30-36-6) at CAPITALS (47-16-9)

3 p.m. ET; MNMT, MSG-B, TVAS2, SN360

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

Owen Power -- Jacob Bernard-Docker

Bowen Byram -- Connor Clifton

Mattias Samuelsson -- Jacob Bryson

James Reimer

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Scratched: None

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

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

Logan Thompson

Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alex Alexeyev, Ethen Frank

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report

Dahlin is "doubtful," according to Sabres coach Lindy Ruff; the defenseman was a late scratch for a 7-4 loss at the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. ... Reimer could start after Luukkonen allowed seven goals on 32 shots against the Flyers.

CANUCKS (34-26-13) at JETS (50-19-4)

3 p.m. ET; SNP, TSN3

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- Pius Suter -- Brock Boeser

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

Dakota Joshua -- Aatu Raty -- Kiefer Sherwood

Linus Karlsson -- Nils Aman -- Jonathan Lekkerimaki

Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek

Marcus Pettersson -- Tyler Myers

Derek Forbort -- Elias Pettersson

Thatcher Demko

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Victor Mancini, Max Sasson

Injured: Filip Chytil (concussion), Noah Juulsen (lower body), Elias Pettersson (undisclosed), Nils Hoglander (undisclosed)

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Alex Iafallo

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton

Nino Niederreiter -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Cole Perfetti

David Gustafsson -- Morgan Barron -- Brandon Tanev

Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo

Dylan Samberg -- Luke Schenn

Logan Stanley -- Colin Miller

Connor Hellebuyck

Eric Comrie

Scratched: Ville Heinola, Haydn Fleury

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

Status report

The Canucks reassigned goalie Arturs Silovs to Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Saturday. … Pionk, who has missed seven games, has not yet resumed skating, but is "getting closer, a lot closer" to returning, Jets coach coach Scott Arniel said.

UTAH (32-29-12) at BLACKHAWKS (21-43-9)

4 p.m. ET; Utah16, CHSN

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

Nick DeSimone -- Michael Kesselring

Matt Villalta

Karel Vejmelka

Scratched: Mattias Maccelli, Kailer Yamamoto

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

Blackhawks projected lineup

Ilya Mikheyev -- Connor Bedard -- Ryan Donato

Teuvo Teravainen -- Frank Nazar -- Tyler Bertuzzi

Oliver Moore -- Nick Foligno -- Joe Veleno

Landon Slaggert -- Lukas Reichel -- Patrick Maroon

Alex Vlasic -- Artyom Levshunov

Wyatt Kaiser -- Sam Rinzel

Connor Murphy – Kevin Korchinski

Arvid Soderblom

Spencer Knight

Scratched: TJ Brodie, Louis Crevier, Philipp Kurashev, Ethan Del Mastro

Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Colton Dach (elbow), Alec Martinez (hip), Jason Dickinson (wrist)

Status report

Villalta could make his season debut after Vejmelka made 30 saves in a 2-1 overtime loss at the Florida Panthers on Friday; Villalta was recalled from Tucson of the American Hockey League earlier Friday. Maatta could be questionable after the defenseman was injured at Florida. ... Moore and Rinzel each will make his NHL debut after signing a three-year, entry-level contract Saturday; each played at the University of Minnesota.

ISLANDERS (32-29-10) at HURRICANES (44-24-4)

5 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, MSGSN, SNE, TVAS

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

Adam Boqvist -- Ryan Pulock

Ilya Sorokin

Marcus Hogberg

Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Matt Martin, Scott Mayfield, Mike Reilly

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

Hurricanes projected lineup

Jackson Blake -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis

Taylor Hall -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Jack Roslovic

Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Logan Stankoven

Eric Robinson -- Mark Jankowski -- Andrei Svechnikov

Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns

Jalen Chatfield -- Dmitry Orlov

Shayne Gostisbehere -- Sean Walker

Pyotr Kochetkov

Frederik Andersen

Scratched: Tyson Jost

Injured: William Carrier (lower body)

Status report

Hogberg will start after Sorokin made 19 saves in a 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.

SENATORS (39-28-5) at PENGUINS (29-34-11)

5 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, TSN5, RDS

Senators projected lineup

Claude Giroux -- Tim Stutzle -- Fabian Zetterlund

David Perron -- Dylan Cozens -- Drake Batherson

Brady Tkachuk -- Shane Pinto -- Ridly Greig

Matthew Highmore -- Adam Gaudette -- Michael Amadio

Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub

Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen

Tyler Kleven -- Nikolas Matinpalo

Anton Forsberg

Linus Ullmark

Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Travis Hamonic

Injured: Nick Cousins (knee)

Penguins projected lineup

Rutger McGroarty -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust

Ville Koivunen -- Rickard Rakell -- Connor Dewar

Philip Tomasino -- Kevin Hayes -- Noel Acciari

Danton Heinen -- Blake Lizotte -- Emil Bemstrom

Matt Grzelcyk -- Kris Letang

Conor Timmins -- Erik Karlsson

Ryan Graves -- Vladislav Kolyachonok

Tristan Jarry

Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Ryan Shea

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

Status report

Forsberg will likely start after Ullmark made 29 saves in a 3-2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. ... McGroarty and Koivunen were recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Friday. McGroarty, selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the first round (No. 14) in the 2022 NHL Draft, started the season with three games in Pittsburgh; Koivunen, drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round (No. 51) in 2021, could make his NHL debut. ... Penguins forward Bokondji Imama will be miss the rest of the season after having biceps surgery Saturday. He is expected to need 4-6 months to recover.

MAPLE LEAFS (44-25-4) at DUCKS (32-32-8)

8 p.m. ET; KTTV, Victory+, SNO

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner

Bobby McMann -- John Tavares -- William Nylander

Pontus Holmberg -- Max Domi -- Scott Laughton

Steven Lorentz -- David Kampf -- Calle Jarnkrok

Morgan Rielly -- Brandon Carlo

Jake McCabe -- Chris Tanev

Simon Benoit -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Joseph Woll

Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Philippe Myers, Nicholas Robertson

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

Ducks projected lineup

Cutter Gauthier -- Leo Carlsson -- Alex Killorn

Frank Vatrano -- Ryan Strome -- Troy Terry

Trevor Zegras -- Mason McTavish -- Sam Colangelo

Jansen Harkins -- Isac Lundestrom -- Nikita Nesterenko

Jackson LaCombe -- Radko Gudas

Olen Zellweger -- Jacob Trouba

Pavel Mintyukov -- Drew Helleson

John Gibson

Lukas Dostal

Scratched: Oliver Kylington, Brett Leason

Injured: Robby Fabbri (upper body), Ross Johnston (upper body)

Status report

Neither team will hold a morning skate. ... Trouba was not ruled out by Ducks coach Greg Cronin after he left in the third period of the 5-4 overtime win against the New York Rangers on Friday.

SHARKS (20-43-9) at KINGS (40-23-9)

10 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN360

Sharks projected lineup

William Eklund -- Macklin Celebrini -- Will Smith

Collin Graf -- Alexander Wennberg -- Tyler Toffoli

Noah Gregor -- Ty Dellandrea -- Cam Lund

Carl Grundstrom -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Barclay Goodrow

Mario Ferraro -- Shakir Mukhamadullin

Lucas Carlsson -- Timothy Liljegren

Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Luca Cagnoni

Georgi Romanov

Alexandar Georgiev

Scratched: Klim Kostin, Patrick Giles, Nikolai Kovalenko

Injured: Jimmy Schuldt (undisclosed), Logan Couture (groin), Jan Rutta (lower body), Henry Thrun (upper body), Vincent Desharnais (upper body)

Kings projected lineup

Andrei Kuzmenko -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe

Warren Foegele -- Phillip Danault -- Trevor Moore

Kevin Fiala -- Quinton Byfield -- Trevor Lewis

Jeff Malott -- Samuel Helenius

Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty

Vladislav Gavrikov -- Jordan Spence

Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke

Jacob Moverare

David Rittich

Darcy Kuemper

*Scratched: Kyle Burroughs, Akil Thomas

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

Status report

Neither team will hold a morning skate. … Schuldt sustained an injury in the third period of a 6-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Saturday; Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky did not have an update on the defenseman after the game. … Vlasic, a defenseman who has missed the past four games, will travel with the team. … Kostin could be a healthy scratch after the forward was benched in the second period. He did not play the final 15:12 of the second before playing four shifts in 3:43 of ice time in the third period. … Rittich is expected to start after Kuemper made 23 saves in a 3-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.