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(2WC) GOLDEN KNIGHTS at (1C) STARS

Western Conference First Round, Game 5

7:30 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, BSSW, ESPN, SNP, SNO, SNE, SN360, TVAS

Best-of-7 series tied 2-2

Golden Knights projected lineup

Tomas Hertl -- Jack Eichel -- Jonathan Marchessault

Pavel Dorofeyev -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone

Brett Howden -- William Karlsson -- Michael Amadio

William Carrier -- Nicolas Roy -- Ivan Barbashev

Alec Martinez -- Alex Pietrangelo

Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore

Noah Hanifin -- Ben Hutton

Adin Hill

Logan Thompson

Scratched: Paul Cotter, Keegan Kolesar, Anthony Mantha, Zach Whitecloud

Injured: Nicolas Hague

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Wyatt Johnston

Jamie Benn -- Matt Duchene -- Logan Stankoven

Evgenii Dadonov -- Tyler Seguin -- Joe Pavelski

Craig Smith -- Sam Steel -- Ty Dellandrea

Thomas Harley -- Miro Heiskanen

Esa Lindell -- Chris Tanev

Ryan Suter -- Nils Lundkvist

Jake Oettinger

Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Mavrik Bourque

Injured: Radek Faksa (undisclosed), Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Mason Marchment (undisclosed)

Status report

Hill will make his first start this postseason after Thompson started the first four games. ... Karlsson did not participate in the Golden Knights morning skate Wednesday but is expected to play. … Vegas shuffled its forward lines and defense pairs after home losses in Games 3 and 4. ... The Stars held an optional morning skate Wednesday and are expected to dress the same lineup they used in a 4-2 win in Game 4 on Monday.

(3P) KINGS at (2P) OILERS

Western Conference First Round, Game 5

10 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, SN1, ESPN, BSW

Edmonton leads best-of-7 series 3-1

Kings projected lineup

Quinton Byfield -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe

Trevor Moore -- Phillip Danault -- Viktor Arvidsson

Kevin Fiala -- Blake Lizotte -- Trevor Lewis

Carl Grundstrom -- Pierre-Luc Dubios -- Alex Laferriere

Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty

Vladislav Gavrikov -- Matt Roy

Andreas Englund -- Jordan Spence

David Rittich

Cam Talbot

Scratched: Arthur Kaliyev, Jacob Moverare

Injured: None

Oilers projected lineup

Adam Henrique -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Leon Draisaitl -- Evander Kane

Dylan Holloway -- Ryan McLeod -- Corey Perry

Warren Foegele -- Derek Ryan -- Mattias Janmark

Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard

Darnell Nurse -- Cody Ceci

Brett Kulak -- Vincent Desharnais

Stuart Skinner

Calvin Pickard

Scratched: Philip Broberg, Connor Brown, Jack Campbell, Sam Carrick, Ryan Fanti, Sam Gagner, Troy Stecher

Injured: None

Status report

Each team held an optional morning skate Wednesday. ... Kings coach Jim Hiller wasn’t tipping his hat on potential line changes ahead of puck drop, saying, “You’ll have to wait and see.” … Holloway moves up to the third line and Foegele drops down to the fourth for the Oilers.

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