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KINGS (19-9-4) at PREDATORS (9-17-7)
1:30 p.m. ET; FDSNW, FDSNSO, NHLN, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS
Kings projected lineup
Alex Turcotte -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala -- Phillip Danault -- Alex Laferriere
Warren Foegele -- Quinton Byfield -- Tanner Jeannot
Akil Thomas -- Samuel Helenius
Mikey Anderson -- Vladislav Gavrikov
Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke
Jacob Moverare -- Jordan Spence
Kyle Burroughs
Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich
Scratched: Andreas Englund, Andre Lee
Injured: Trevor Lewis (lower body), Drew Doughty (ankle), Trevor Moore (upper body)
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Steven Stamkos -- Jonathan Marchessault
Zachary L’Heureux -- Ryan O’Reilly -- Gustav Nyquist
Mark Jankowski -- Tommy Novak -- Luke Evangelista
Cole Smith -- Michael McCarron -- Colton Sissons
Jeremy Lauzon -- Roman Josi
Brady Skjei -- Nick Blankenburg
Adam Wilsby -- Luke Schenn
Justus Annunen
Juuse Saros
Scratched: Juuso Parssinen, Justin Barron
Injured: None
Status report
The Kings played 11 forwards and seven defensemen in a 7-3 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday. They did not practice Friday. … Josi was activated off injured reserve Saturday after missing four games with a lower-body injury.
BLACKHAWKS (12-19-2) at FLAMES (15-11-7)
4 p.m. ET; SN1, CHSN
Blackhawks projected lineup
Nick Foligno -- Connor Bedard -- Ryan Donato
Taylor Hall -- Frank Nazar -- Tyler Bertuzzi
Teuvo Teravainen -- Jason Dickinson -- Ilya Mikheyev
Patrick Maroon -- Lukas Reichel -- Joey Anderson
Alex Vlasic -- Seth Jones
Nolan Allan -- Connor Murphy
Kevin Korchinski -- TJ Brodie
Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Louis Crevier, Philipp Kurashev
Injured: Alec Martinez (neck), Craig Smith (lower back), Laurent Brossoit (knee)
Flames projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Nazem Kadri -- Martin Pospisil
Yegor Sharangovich -- Connor Zary -- Jakob Pelletier
Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Matt Coronato
Ryan Lomberg -- Kevin Rooney -- Walker Duehr
Kevin Bahl -- Rasmus Andersson
Joel Hanley -- MacKenzie Weegar
Jake Bean -- Brayden Pachal
Dustin Wolf
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Andrei Kuzmenko, Tyson Barrie, Daniil Miromanov
Injured: None
Status report
Jones, who has missed 16 games because of a right foot injury sustained Nov. 14, "should be good to go but we'll see [Saturday]," Blackhawks interim coach Anders Sorensen said Friday. ... Murphy did not practice Friday because of maintenance but is expected to play. ... Smith was placed on injured reserve Friday, retroactive to Dec. 12. ... The Blackhawks assigned defenseman Wyatt Kaiser to Rockford of the American Hockey League on Friday. ... Mrazek, who was activated from injured reserve Thursday, could start for the first time since sustaining a groin injury Dec. 7. ... Wolf is likely to start for Calgary. ... Lomberg and Pospisil did not practice Friday because of maintenance but are likely to play.
SHARKS (11-19-5) at OILERS (19-11-2)
4 p.m. SN, NBCSCA
Sharks projected lineup
Barclay Goodrow -- Mikael Granlund -- Fabian Zetterlund
Nikolai Kovalenko -- Macklin Celebrini -- Tyler Toffoli
William Eklund -- Alex Wennberg -- Will Smith
Carl Grundstrom -- Nico Sturm -- Luke Kunin
Jake Walman -- Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro -- Jan Rutta
Henry Thrun -- Shakir Mukhamadullin
Alexandar Georgiev
Yaroslav Askarov
Scratched: Ty Dellandrea, Timothy Liljegren
Injured: Vitek Vanecek (head)
Oilers projected lineup
Leon Draisaitl -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Kasperi Kapanen
Viktor Arvidsson -- Adam Henrique -- Connor Brown
Jeff Skinner -- Mattias Janmark -- Corey Perry
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse -- Troy Stecher
Brett Kulak -- Ty Emberson
Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: Derek Ryan
Injured: None
Status report
The Sharks did not practice Friday. ... Draisaitl likely will move to the wing on a line with McDavid, with Nugent-Hopkins shifting to center on the second line. ... Pickard will start after Skinner started the previous three.
SABRES (11-18-4) at BRUINS (17-13-4)
7 p.m. ET; NESN, MSG-B
Sabres projected lineup
Jason Zucker -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Touch
JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Jack Quinn
Zach Benson -- Jiri Kulich -- Peyton Krebs
Beck Malenstyn -- Ryan McLeod -- Sam Lafferty
Rasmus Dahlin -- Bowen Byram
Mattias Samuelsson -- Owen Power
Dennis Gilbert -- Connor Clifton
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Henri Jokiharju, Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Injured: Jordan Greenway (middle body)
Bruins projected lineup
Morgan Geekie -- Pavel Zacha -- David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand -- Elias Lindholm -- Charlie Coyle
Justin Brazeau -- Trent Frederic -- Oliver Wahlstrom
John Beecher -- Mark Kastelic -- Cole Koepke
Nikita Zadorov -- Charlie McAvoy
Jordan Oesterle -- Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei -- Andrew Peeke
Joonas Korpisalo
Jeremy Swayman
Scratched: Parker Wotherspoon, Marc McLaughlin
Injured: Hampus Lindholm (lower body)
Status report
Luukkonen is expected to start after allowing four goals in 24:27 Friday, a 6-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. … Coyle will move back up to the second line for Boston, and Brazeau will shift down to the third line. … Koepke will replace McLaughlin, a forward, on the Bruins’ fourth line.
RED WINGS (13-15-4) at CANADIENS (13-16-3)
7 p.m. ET; TVAS, CITY, SNE, NHLN, FDSNDETX
Red Wings projected lineup
Vladimir Tarasenko -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Patrick Kane -- Andrew Copp -- Alex DeBrincat
Tyler Motte -- J.T. Compher -- Michael Rasmussen
Joe Veleno -- Marco Kasper -- Christian Fischer
Ben Chiarot -- Moritz Seider
Justin Holl -- Jeff Petry
Erik Gustafsson -- Albert Johansson
Alex Lyon
Cam Talbot
Scratched: Jonatan Berggren
Injured: Simon Edvinsson (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook -- Kirby Dach -- Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Lane Hutson -- Mike Matheson
Kaiden Guhle -- Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj -- David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Jayden Struble
Injured: None
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate; Montreal won 4-3 at Detroit on Friday. … Lyon could start after Talbot made 29 saves Friday. … Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis did not confirm who would start in goal; Montembeault made 25 saves in his eighth consecutive start Friday. Primeau has not started since Dec. 1.
BLUE JACKETS (13-15-5) at FLYERS (14-15-4)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, NBCSP
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Dmitri Voronkov -- Sean Monahan -- Kent Johnson
James van Riemsdyk -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko
Zach Aston-Reese -- Cole Sillinger -- Mathieu Olivier
James Malatesta -- Sean Kuraly -- Mikael Pyyhtia
Zach Werenski -- Damon Severson
Jake Christiansen -- Ivan Provorov
Jack Johnson -- Jordan Harris
Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Kevin Labanc
Injured: Yegor Chinakhov (upper body), Justin Danforth (lower body), Dante Fabbro (lower body)
Flyers projected lineup
Owen Tippett -- Scott Laughton -- Travis Konecny
Joel Farabee -- Morgan Frost -- Matvei Michkov
Tyson Foerster -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink
Olle Lycksell -- Ryan Poehling -- Garnet Hathaway
Cam York -- Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Egor Zamula -- Jamie Drysdale
Samuel Ersson
Aleksei Kolosov
Scratched: Olle Lycksell, Erik Johnson, Ivan Fedotov
Injured: Nicolas Deslauriers (upper body)
Status report
The Blue Jackets did not hold a morning skate. ... Couturier did not take part in the Flyers’ morning skate was out of the lineup for personnel reasons. Lycksell, a forward, was recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League and slotted in on the fourth line with Couturier out. ... York will play after being scratched for a 7-3 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. ... The Flyers sent defenseman Emil Andrae to Lehigh Valley on Friday.
WILD (20-9-4) at JETS (23-10-1)
7 p.m. ET; SN360, SNW, FDSNNO, FDSNWIX
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Marco Rossi -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Ryan Hartman
Devin Shore -- Brendan Gaunce -- Ben Jones
Jonas Brodin -- Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm -- Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill -- Zach Bogosian
Jesper Wallstedt
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Travis Dermott, Travis Boyd
Injured: Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Jake Middleton (upper body), Jakub Lauko (upper body), Yakov Trenin (upper body), Filip Gustavsson (lower body)
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi
Cole Perfetti -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron -- Rasmus Kupari -- Alex Iafallo
Josh Morrissey -- Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury -- Dylan DeMelo
Logan Stanley -- Ville Heinola
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Colin Miller
Injured: Dylan Samberg (foot), David Gustafsson (upper body)
Status report
The Wild did not hold a morning skate after a 2-1 loss to the Utah Hockey Club on Friday. … The Jets held an optional morning skate. Gustafsson, a forward, skated but is not expected to play.
ISLANDERS (12-14-7) AT MAPLE LEAFS (21-10-2)
7 p.m. ET; CBC, SN1, SNO, SNP, MSGSN2
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Anthony Duclair -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Maxim Tsyplakov -- Bo Horvat -- Simon Holmstrom
Kyle MacLean -- Casey Cizikas -- Hudson Fasching
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov -- Noah Dobson
Isaiah George -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg
Scratched: Matt Martin, Dennis Cholowski, Pierre Engvall
Injured: Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Mike Reilly (heart)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matthew Knies-- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Max Pacioretty -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Bobby McMann -- Max Domi -- Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz -- David Kampf -- Pontus Holmberg
Morgan Rielly -- Conor Timmins
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit -- Jake McCabe
Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby
Scratched: Ryan Reaves, Connor Dewar, Phillippe Myers
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body)
Status report
Duclair was activated off long-term injured reserve and is a game-time decision; he has missed 28 games with a lower-body injury sustained Oct. 19. ... The Maple Leafs did not hold a morning skate. … Goalie Matt Murray was assigned to Toronto of the American Hockey League on Saturday; Hildeby was recalled.
PENGUINS (15-14-5) at DEVILS (21-11-3)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MSGSN
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting -- Evgeni Malkin -- Cody Glass
Anthony Beauvillier -- Drew O’Connor -- Philip Tomasino
Matt Nieto -- Blake Lizotte -- Noel Acciari
Owen Pickering -- Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk -- Erik Karlsson
Pierre Oliver Joseph -- Ryan Shea
Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Kevin Hayes, Jesse Puljujarvi, Ryan Graves
Injured: Marcus Pettersson (lower body)
Devils projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier - Nico Hischier -- Stefan Noesen
Paul Cotter -- Erik Haula -- Dawson Mercer
Tomas Tatar -- Justin Dowling -- Nathan Bastian
Brenden Dillon -- Dougie Hamilton
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Luke Hughes -- Brett Pesce
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Colton White
Injured: Curtis Lazar (knee), Santeri Hatakka (shoulder)
Status report
Joseph is expected to replace Graves and make his season debut with the Penguins; the defenseman was acquired in a trade with the St. Louis Blues on Dec. 18. ... Lazar, a forward, will not play again until after the holiday break, per Devils coach Sheldon Keefe. ... Hatakka skated on his own prior to the morning skate, but the defenseman isn’t close to returning.
SENATORS (17-13-2) at CANUCKS (16-10-6)
10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, CITY, TVAS2
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux
Drake Batherson -- Josh Norris -- Ridly Greig
Nick Cousins -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio
Noah Gregor -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Adam Gaudette
Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen
Jake Sanderson -- Travis Hamonic
Tyler Kleven -- Jacob Bernard-Docker
Leevi Merilainen
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Cole Reinhardt
Injured: Artem Zub (fractured foot), David Perron (upper body), Anton Forsberg (undisclosed)
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Conor Garland
Phillip Di Giuseppe -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua -- Pius Suter -- Linus Karlsson
Danton Heinen -- Teddy Blueger -- Kiefer Sherwood
Quinn Hughes -- Tyler Myers
Carson Soucy -- Noah Juulsen
Derek Forbort -- Vincent Desharnais
Kevin Lankinen
Thatcher Demko
Scratched: Erik Brannstrom, Max Sasson, Nils Hoglander
Injured: Filip Hronek (upper body)
Status report
Merilainen will make his first start of the season for the Senators and third of his NHL career, with the first two coming late in the 2022-23 season. … Ottawa changed three of its four forward lines from a 3-2 overtime win at the Calgary Flames on Thursday. … Lankinen will start for a second straight game.
KRAKEN (15-17-2) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (21-8-3)
10 p.m. ET; KHN, SCRIPPS, KONG
Kraken projected lineup
Jared McCann -- Matty Beniers -- Kaapo Kakko
Daniel Sprong -- Yanni Gourde -- Brandon Tanev
Eeli Tolvanen -- Shane Wright -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jaden Schwartz -- Chandler Stephenson -- Andre Burakovsky
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Brandon Montour
Ryker Evans -- Josh Mahura
Philipp Grubauer
Joey Daccord
Scratched: Tye Kartye, Ben Meyers, Gustav Olofsson
Injured: Jordan Eberle (pelvis)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Pavel Dorofeyev -- Jack Eichel – Mark Stone
Victor Olofsson -- William Karlsson -- Tanner Pearson
Brett Howden -- Tomas Hertl -- Keegan Kolesar
Alexander Holtz -- Cole Schwindt -- Tanner Laczynski
Noah Hanifin -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud
Ilya Samsonov
Adin Hill
Scratched: Ben Hutton, Kaedan Korczak
Injured: Ivan Barbashev (upper body), Nicolas Roy (upper body)
Status report
The Kraken are expected to dress the same skaters from a 3-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. … Seattle recalled Meyers, a forward, and Olofsson, a defenseman, from Coachella Valley of the American Hockey League. … The Golden Knights will dress the same lineup from their 3-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday. … Hutton, a defenseman, wore a full-contact jersey at the morning skate but will not play.
SUNDAY
HURRICANES (20-11-1) at RANGERS (16-15-1)
12:30 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, NHLN, MSG, SN, TVAS
Hurricanes projected lineup
Eric Robinson -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- William Carrier
Jack Roslovic -- Tyson Jost -- Jackson Blake
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov -- Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Sean Walker
Pyotr Kochetkov
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: Riley Stillman
Injured: Frederik Andersen (knee), Jack Drury (hand)
Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider -- Filip Chytil -- Will Cuylle
Brett Berard -- Mika Zibanejad -- Reilly Smith
Adam Edstrom -- Sam Carrick -- Jimmy Vesey
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
Braden Schneider -- Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen -- Chad Ruhwedel
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Jonny Brodzinski, Zac Jones, Matt Rempe
Injured: K’Andre Miller (upper body)
Status report
Rempe, a forward, will have a hearing Sunday via zoom with the NHL Department of Player Safety for elbowing/boarding defenseman Miro Heiskanen in a 3-1 win at the Dallas Stars on Friday. … Vesey would likely replace Rempe if the hearing results in a suspension.
KINGS (19-9-5) at CAPITALS (22-8-2)
5 p.m. ET; FDSNW, MNMT
Kings projected lineup
Alex Turcotte -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala -- Phillip Danault -- Alex Laferriere
Warren Foegele -- Quinton Byfield -- Tanner Jeannot
Akil Thomas -- Samuel Helenius
Mikey Anderson -- Vladislav Gavrikov
Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke
Jacob Moverare -- Jordan Spence
Kyle Burroughs
David Rittich
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Andreas Englund, Andre Lee
Injured: Trevor Lewis (lower body), Drew Doughty (ankle), Trevor Moore (upper body)
Capitals projected lineup
Andrew Mangiapane -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Aliaksei Protas
Jakub Vrana -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Taylor Raddysh
Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Ivan Miroshnichenko
Rasmus Sandin -- John Carlson
Martin Fehervary -- Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev, Henrik Rybinski
Injured: Alex Ovechkin (lower body), Sonny Milano (upper body), Lars Eller (illness)
Status report
Neither team will hold a morning skate. The Kings will play the second of a back-to-back after a 3-2 overtime loss at the Nashville Predators on Saturday. … The Capitals held an optional practice Saturday. … Washington recalled Rybinski, a forward, from Hershey of the American Hockey League.
DUCKS (12-15-4) at UTAH (16-11-5)
5:00 p.m. ET; Utah16, Victory+
Ducks projected lineup
Frank Vatrano-- Ryan Strome -- Troy Terry
Brock McGinn -- Leo Carlsson -- Alex Killorn
Cutter Gauthier -- Mason McTavish -- Robby Fabbri
Ross Johnston -- Isac Lundestrom -- Jansen Harkins
Jackson LaCombe -- Radko Gudas
Jacob Trouba -- Olen Zellweger
Pavel Mintyukov -- Brian Dumoulin
John Gibson
Lukas Dostal
Scratched: Brett Leason, Drew Helleson
Injured: Trevor Zegras (knee)
Utah projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Barrett Hayton -- Nick Schmaltz
Jack McBain -- Logan Cooley -- Dylan Guenther
Lawson Crouse -- Nick Bjugstad -- Matias Maccelli
Alexander Kerfoot -- Kevin Stenlund -- Michael Carcone
Mikhail Sergachev -- Olli Maatta
Ian Cole -- Michael Kesselring
Juuso Valimaki -- Vladislav Kolyachonok
Karel Vejmelka
Jaxson Stauber
Scratched: Liam O’Brien, Dakota Mermis
Injured: Robert Bortuzzo (lower body), Maveric Lamoureux (undisclosed), Sean Durzi (upper body), John Marino (upper body)
Status report
Neither team will hold a morning skate... Anaheim did not skate on Saturday after falling to Colorado 4-2 on Friday... Utah also did not skate on Saturday after defeating Minnesota 2-1 on Friday.
