Projected lineups, starting goalies for today
Latest line combinations, defense pairs, injury news from NHL.com writers
BRUINS (25-20-6) at SABRES (18-26-5)
7 p.m. ET; NESN, MSG-B, SNP, SNO, SNE
Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Matthew Poitras -- Charlie Coyle
Morgan Geekie -- Pavel Zacha -- David Pastrnak
Trent Frederic -- Elias Lindholm -- Vinni Lettieri
Cole Koepke -- John Beecher -- Justin Brazeau
Nikita Zadorov -- Andrew Peeke
Michael Callahan -- Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei -- Parker Wotherspoon
Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Max Jones, Patrick Brown, Jordan Oesterle
Injured: Hampus Lindholm (knee), Charlie McAvoy (wrist), Mark Kastelic (upper body), Oliver Wahlstrom (illness)
Sabres projected lineup
JJ Peterka -- Jiri Kulich -- Tage Thompson
Jason Zucker -- Dylan Cozens -- Alex Tuch
Zach Benson -- Ryan McLeod -- Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn -- Peyton Krebs -- Sam Lafferty
Rasmus Dahlin -- Bowen Byram
Mattias Samuelsson --- Owen Power
Jacob Bryson -- Connor Clifton
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: Henri Jokiharju, Dennis Gilbert, Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Injured: Jordan Greenway (middle body)
Status report
Carlo will be a game-time decision because of an illness. ... Koepke will return after missing five games with an upper-body injury. … McAvoy and Lindholm each wore a regular jersey at practice Monday, but the defensemen did not travel to Buffalo. … Wahlstrom, a forward, is not on the trip. … Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said Monday he anticipates Greenway will return to practice “in the near future.” The forward, who has missed 18 games, has been skating on his own. … Buffalo placed Aube-Kubel, a forward, on waivers Monday.
HURRICANES (30-16-4) at RANGERS (24-21-4)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, MSG
Hurricanes projected lineup
Mikko Rantanen -- Sebastian Aho -- Jackson Blake
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Taylor Hall
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Seth Jarvis
Juha Jaaska -- Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov -- Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Sean Walker
Riley Stillman
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: None
Injured: Jack Roslovic (illness), William Carrier (lower body), Tyson Jost (lower body)
Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle -- Mika Zibanejad -- Reilly Smith
Chris Kreider -- Filip Chytil -- Arthur Kaliyev
Adam Edstrom -- Sam Carrick -- Matt Rempe
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Zac Jones, Jimmy Vesey, Jonny Brodzinski
Injured: None
Status report
Roslovic, a forward, did not participate in the Hurricanes morning skate and will be a game-time decision after not practicing Monday; if he cannot play, Carolina will have to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen because it does not have an extra healthy forward. ... Stillman would make his season debut if Roslovic is unable to play; the defenseman was recalled from Chicago of the American Hockey League.
JETS (34-14-3) at CANADIENS (24-20-5)
7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, TSN3
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Cole Perfetti
Nino Niederreiter -- Rasmus Kupari -- Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron -- David Gustafsson -- Alex Iafallo
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury -- Logan Stanley
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Brad Lambert, Ville Heinola, Colin Miller
Injured: Adam Lowry (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook -- Kirby Dach -- Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Lane Hutson -- Mike Matheson
Kaiden Guhle -- Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj -- David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Injured: Emil Heineman (upper body), David Reinbacher (knee)
Status report
Lowry is traveling on the Jets’ three-game road trip, but the forward will not play at least until Winnipeg hosts the Carolina Hurricanes on Feb. 4. ... Lambert took part in the morning skate but will not play; the forward was recalled from Manitoba of the American Hockey League on Monday. … The Canadiens will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 4-3 overtime loss to the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. ... Reinbacher was on the ice for an optional morning skate; the defenseman wore a noncontact jersey Monday when he took part in his first practice since sustaining an injury Sept. 28 that was expected to sideline him for 5-6 months.
BLACKHAWKS (15-29-5) at LIGHTNING (26-19-3)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, CHSN
Blackhawks projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Connor Bedard -- Frank Nazar
Teuvo Teravainen -- Jason Dickinson -- Ilya Mikheyev
Landon Slaggert -- Lukas Reichel -- Nick Foligno
Patrick Maroon -- Ryan Donato -- Philipp Kurashev
Alec Martinez -- Seth Jones
Alec Vlasic -- Louis Crevier
TJ Brodie -- Ethan Del Mastro
Arvid Soderblom
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Nolan Allan, Colton Dach
Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Connor Murphy (groin), Craig Smith (back)
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Conor Geekie
Zemgus Girgensons -- Nick Paul -- Gage Goncalves
Mitchell Chaffee -- Luke Glendening -- Michael Eyssimont
Victor Hedman -- Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Declan Carlille -- Nick Perbix
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Cam Atkinson
Injured: J.J. Moser (upper body)
Suspended: Emil Lilleberg
Status report
Slaggert was recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Sunday and will make his season debut. ... Lilleberg, a defenseman, will serve the first of a two-game suspension for interference against Detroit Red Wings forward J.T. Compher in a 2-0 loss Saturday.
AVALANCHE (29-20-2) at ISLANDERS (21-20-7)
7:30 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+
Avalanche projected lineup
Jonathan Drouin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Juuso Parsinen -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Artturi Lehkonen
Ross Colton -- Jack Drury -- Logan O'Connor
Joel Kiviranta -- Parker Kelly -- Chris Wagner
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson
Calvin DeHaan -- Sam Malinski
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Keaton Middleton, Jere Innala
Injured: Valeri Nichushkin (lower body), Miles Wood (back), Oliver Kylington (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal
Anthony Duclair -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Casey Cizikas -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom
Maxim Tsyplakov -- Kyle MacLean -- Marc Gatcomb
Adam Pelech – Scott Perunovich
Alexander Romanov -- Tony DeAngelo
Isaiah George -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Jakub Skarek
Scratched: Matt Martin, Dennis Cholowski, Pierre Engvall
Injured: Noah Dobson (lower body), Ryan Pulock (upper body), Marcus Hogberg (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Mike Reilly (heart surgery), Hudson Fasching (upper body)
Status report
De Haan will return after being a healthy scratch the past three games. ... Perunovich is likely to make his Islanders debut after being acquired in a trade with the St. Louis Blues on Monday. ... Tsyplakov will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for a 3-2 overtime win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, following his three-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Philadelphia Flyers forward Ryan Poehling in a 5-3 loss on Jan. 16.
CAPITALS (33-11-5) at FLAMES (24-17-7)
9 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNW, MNMT
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Connor McMichael
Aliaksei Protas -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson
Taylor Raddysh -- Lars Eller -- Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Andrew Mangiapane
Rasmus Sandin -- John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun -- Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Martin Fehervary -- Matt Roy
Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Alexander Alexeyev, Dylan McIlrath, Jakub Vrana
Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)
Flames projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Nazem Kadri -- Jakob Pelletier
Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Matt Coronato
Martin Pospisil -- Yegor Sharangovich -- Andrei Kuzmenko
Ryan Lomberg -- Clark Bishop -- Adam Klapka
Joel Hanley -- Rasmus Andersson
Jake Bean -- MacKenzie Weegar
Tyson Barrie -- Brayden Pachal
Dustin Wolf
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Kevin Rooney, Daniil Miromanov
Injured: Connor Zary (knee), Kevin Bahl (undisclosed)
Status report
The Capitals held an optional morning skate Tuesday. ... the Flames called up Klapka from Calgary of the American Hockey League earlier Tuesday. ... Barrie, recalled from an AHL conditioning loan Tuesday, will play his first NHL game since Nov. 12.
STARS (31-17-1) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (31-15-4)
10 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, SNP, SNO, SNE, SN360
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Wyatt Johnston -- Evgenii Dadonov
Jamie Benn -- Matt Duchene -- Mavrik Bourque
Sam Steel -- Roope Hintz -- Logan Stankoven
Brendan Smith -- Oskar Back -- Colin Blackwell
Thomas Harley -- Miro Heiskanen
Esa Lindell -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Lian Bichsel -- Mathew Dumba
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Matej Blumel, Nils Lundkvist
Injured: Mason Marchment (face), Tyler Seguin (hip)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone
Victor Olofsson -- Tomas Hertl -- Pavel Dorofeyev
Tanner Pearson-- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
Jonas Rondbjerg -- Brett Howden -- Raphael Lavoie
Noah Hanifin -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud
Adin Hill
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Alexander Holtz, Ben Hutton, Kaedan Korczak
Injured: William Karlsson (lower body), Cole Schwindt (lower body)
Status report
The Stars will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 2-0 win at the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. … The Golden Knights recalled Lavoie, a forward, from Henderson of the American Hockey League; he will enter the lineup in place of Holtz, a forward.
DUCKS (20-23-6) at KRAKEN (22-26-3)
10 p.m. ET; KHN, Victory+, KONG, KCOP-13
Ducks projected lineup
Frank Vatrano -- Ryan Strome -- Troy Terry
Trevor Zegras -- Leo Carlsson -- Alex Killorn
Cutter Gauthier -- Mason McTavish -- Robby Fabbri
Jansen Harkins -- Isac Lundestrom -- Brett Leason
Jackson LaCombe -- Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov -- Jacob Trouba
Brian Dumoulin -- Drew Helleson
Lukas Dostal
John Gibson
Scratched: Ross Johnston, Olen Zellweger
Injured: None
Kraken projected lineup
Jaden Schwartz -- Matty Beniers -- Kaapo Kakko
Andre Burakovsky -- Chandler Stephenson -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jared McCann -- Shane Wright -- Eeli Tolvanen
John Hayden -- Mitchell Stephens -- Brandon Tanev
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Ryker Evans -- Brandon Montour
Jamie Oleksiak -- Joshua Mahura
Philipp Grubauer
Joey Daccord
Scratched: Tye Kartye
Injured: Jordan Eberle (pelvis), Yanni Gourde (lower body)
Status report
The Ducks, who held an optional morning skate Tuesday, are expected to dress the same lineup they used in a 5-2 win against the Nashville Predators on Saturday. … The Kraken did not hold a morning skate Tuesday following a 4-2 loss at the Edmonton Oilers on Monday. ... Grubauer could start after Daccord made 27 saves Monday.