Check back each day between 3 and 4 p.m. (Eastern) to get the projected lineups, starting goalies, injury news, and roster updates for every game. On weekends, the lineups will be published prior to matinee games.
Sources: NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents and others.
12:30 p.m. ET; MNMT, NHLN, TSN3
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Alex Iafallo
Cole Perfetti — Sean Monahan — Tyler Toffoli
Nino Niederreiter — Adam Lowry — Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron — Vladislav Namestnikov — Nikolaj Ehlers
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Brenden Dillon — Neal Pionk
Dylan Samberg — Nate Schmidt
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: Logan Stanley, Rasmus Kupari, Colin Miller, David Gustafsson
Injured: Gabriel Vilardi (enlarged spleen)
Status report
- Hellebuyck could start for the second straight day; he was pulled at 9:11 of the second period after allowing five goals on 26 shots in a 6-3 loss at the New York Islanders on Saturday.
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Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin — Connor McMichael — T.J. Oshie
Sonny Milano — Dylan Strome — Ivan Miroshnichenko
Max Pacioretty — Hendrix Lapierre — Aliaksei Protas
Beck Malenstyn — Nic Dowd — Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin — Nick Jensen
Alexander Alexeyev — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Ethan Bear, Matthew Phillips, Michael Sgarbossa
Injured: None
Status report
- The Capitals held an optional practice Saturday that included Oshie and Protas; each has missed three games but coach Spencer Carbery said they will play “barring any last-minute setback.”
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2 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MAX, TNT, SN360, TVAS
Penguins projected lineup
Drew O’Connor — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting — Evgeni Malkin — Rickard Rakell
Reilly Smith — Lars Eller — Valtteri Puustinen
Jesse Puljujarvi — Noel Acciari — Emil Bemstrom
Pierre-Olivier Joseph — Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson — Erik Karlsson
John Ludvig — Jack St. Ivany
Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Ryan Graves
Injured: Matt Nieto (knee surgery), Jansen Harkins (hand surgery), Jeff Carter (upper body)
Status report
- Graves, a defenseman, remains with his family in Pittsburgh awaiting the birth of his first child.
- Nedeljkovic made three saves in relief of Jarry in a 4-2 loss at the Dallas Stars on Friday.
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Avalanche projected lineup
Valeri Nichushkin — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen
Artturi Lehkonen — Casey Mittelstadt — Jonathan Drouin
Miles Wood — Ross Colton — Zach Parise
Brandon Duhaime — Yakov Trenin — Andrew Cogliano
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard — Josh Manson
Jack Johnson — Sean Walker
Alexandar Georgiev
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Caleb Jones, Joel Kiviranta
Injured: None
Status report
- Georgiev has started five of the past seven games, including making 23 saves in a 6-1 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday.
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5 p.m ET; MSGSN, MSG
Devils projected lineup
Timo Meier — Nico Hischier — Jesper Bratt
Jack Hughes — Erik Haula — Alexander Holtz
Ondrej Palat — Tomas Nosek — Dawson Mercer
Kurtis MacDermid — Chris Tierney — Curtis Lazar
Kevin Bahl — John Marino
Luke Hughes — Nick DeSimone
Brendan Smith — Simon Nemec
Kaapo Kahkonen
Jake Allen
Scratched: Max Willman, Tyler Wotherspoon, Santeri Hatakka
Injured: Dougie Hamilton (torn pectoral muscle), Jonas Siegenthaler (concussion), Nathan Bastian (lower body), Nolan Foote (lower body)
Status report
- Each team is playing the second of a back-to-back; Kahkonen will start after Allen made 20 saves in a 5-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday,
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Islanders projected lineup
Brock Nelson — Bo Horvat — Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee — Mathew Barzal — Hudson Fasching
Casey Cizikas — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Pierre Engvall
Matt Martin — Kyle MacLean – Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech — Noah Dobson
Alexander Romanov — Robert Bortuzzo
Mike Reilly — Ryan Pulock
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Samuel Bolduc, Oliver Wahlstrom, Simon Holmstrom, Sebastian Aho
Injured: Scott Mayfield (lower body)
Injured: Jonas Brodin (lower body), Jared Spurgeon (hip), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body)
Status report
- Sorokin will start after Varlamov made 32 saves in a 6-3 win against the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.
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6 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, SNO
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matthew Knies — Auston Matthews — Max Domi
Bobby McMann — John Tavares — William Nylander
Nicholas Robertson — Pontus Holmberg — Ryan Reaves
Noah Gregor — David Kampf — Connor Dewar
Morgan Rielly — Jake McCabe
Joel Edmundson — Timothy Liljegren
Simon Benoit — Conor Timmins
Joseph Woll
Martin Jones
Scratched: TJ Brodie
Status report
- Neither team held a morning skate.
- Samsonov left at 16:21 of the third period after an apparent lower-body injury in Toronto’s 6-3 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said Samsonov is not expected to miss any time.
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Hurricanes projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Sebastian Aho — Seth Jarvis
Teuvo Teravainen — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — Andrei Svechnikov
Brendan Lemieux — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Stefan Noesen
Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Brady Skjei — Brett Pesce
Dmitry Orlov — Jalen Chatfield
Frederik Andersen
Spencer Martin
Scratched: Pyotr Kochetkov, Tony DeAngelo
Injured: Jack Drury (lower body), Jesper Fast (undisclosed)
Status report
- Andersen has won all five starts in his return after missing 50 games with blood clotting issues.
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6 p.m. ET; BSFL, NBCSP+, SNP, SNE
Panthers projected lineup
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk
Evan Rodrigues — Kevin Stenlund — Vladimir Tarasenko
Nick Cousins — Steven Lorentz — Ryan Lomberg
Gustav Forsling — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Niko Mikkola — Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura — Dmitry Kulikov
Anthony Stolarz
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Kyle Okposo, Tobias Bjornfot, Uvis Balinskis
Injured: Aaron Ekblad (lower body), Aleksander Barkov (lower body), Jonah Gadjovich (undisclosed)
Status report
- Neither team held a morning skate after each played Saturday.
- Forsling is expected to play after missing a 4-3 shootout loss to the New York Rangers on Saturday because of an illness.
- Lomberg could replace Okposo, a forward, on the fourth line after being scratched Saturday.
- Kulikov could return after serving a two-game suspension from the NHL Department of Player Safety for an illegal check to the head against the Tampa Bay Lightning on March 16.
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Flyers projected lineup
Owen Tippett — Morgan Frost — Travis Konecny
Joel Farabee — Scott Laughton — Bobby Brink
Tyson Foerster — Ryan Poehling — Garnet Hathaway
Noah Cates — Sean Couturier — Olle Lycksell
Cam York — Travis Sanheim
Adam Ginning — Ronnie Attard
Egor Zamula — Erik Johnson
Felix Sandstrom
Samuel Ersson
Scratched: Denis Gurianov, Nicolas Deslauriers, Cam Atkinson, Marc Staal, Ryan Johansen
Injured: Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body), Nick Seeler (lower body), Jamie Drysdale (upper body)
Status report
- Marino will return after missing two games with an upper-body injury.
- Allen will make his fourth straight start.
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6 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNW, TSN5
Oilers projected lineup
Leon Draisaitl — Connor McDavid — Zach Hyman
Ryan McLeod — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Warren Foegele
Evander Kane — Adam Henrique — Corey Perry
Mattias Janmark — Sam Carrick — Connor Brown
Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Vincent Desharnais
Brett Kulak — Cody Ceci
Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: Derek Ryan, Troy Stetcher
Injured: None
Status report
- Pickard could start after Skinner allowed five goals on 23 shots in a 6-3 loss against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. Pickard made five saves in the third period.
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Senators projected lineup
Angus Crookshank — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux
Brady Tkachuk — Shane Pinto — Drake Batherson
Dominik Kubalik — Ridly Greig — Mathieu Joseph
Boris Katchouk — Mark Kastelic — Parker Kelly
Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Erik Brannstrom
Jakob Chychrun — Travis Hamonic
Anton Forsberg
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Jacob Bernard-Docker
Injured: Josh Norris (upper body), Matthew Highmore (upper body), Zack MacEwen (lower body), Rourke Chartier (upper body)
Status report
- Forsberg could start after Korpisalo made 18 saves in a 5-2 win against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.
- Crookshank, who scored Saturday, was promoted to the first line alongside Stutzle and Giroux.
- Chartier, a forward, will miss his eighth straight game. He returned to practice wearing a noncontact jersey Thursday.
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8 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, BSSW
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Joe Pavelski
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Tyler Seguin
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Logan Stankoven
Sam Steel — Radek Faksa — Craig Smith
Thomas Harley — Miro Heiskanen
Esa Lindell — Chris Tanev
Ryan Suter — Nils Lundkvist
Scott Wedgewood
Jake Oettinger
Scratched: Ty Dellandrea
Injured: Evgenii Dadonov (lower-body fracture), Jani Hakanpaa (lower body)
Status report
- Neither team held a morning skate.
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Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller — Nick Bjugstad — Nick Schmaltz
Lawson Crouse — Logan Cooley — Dylan Guenther
Liam O’Brien — Alex Kerfoot — Michael Carcone
John Leonard — Jack McBain — Matias Maccelli
J.J. Moser — Sean Durzi
Juuso Valimaki — Michael Kesselring
Travis Dermott — Josh Brown
Connor Ingram
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: None
Injured: Travis Boyd (upper body), Barrett Hayton (lower body)
Status report
- Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny said Friday he plans to alternate goalies the rest of the season, meaning Ingram should start. He was in goal for Arizona’s 5-2 loss at Dallas on Wednesday. Vejmelka made 27 saves in the Coyotes’ 2-1 overtime win against the Seattle Kraken on Friday.
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8:30 p.m. ET; BSSD, BSSC, BSSUN
Lightning projected lineup
Anthony Duclair — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Steven Stamkos
Conor Sheary — Nicholas Paul — Michael Eyssimont
Tanner Jeannot — Luke Glendening — Tyler Motte
Victor Hedman — Darren Raddysh
Matt Dumba — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Nick Perbix
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: Austin Watson, Calvin de Haan, Mitchell Chaffee
Injured: Haydn Fleury (lower body)
Status report
- Neither team held a morning skate.
- Johansson is expected to start for the first time since Feb. 25 after Vasilevskiy made 19 saves in a 4-3 overtime loss at the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.
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Ducks projected lineup
Alex Killorn — Leo Carlsson — Troy Terry
Trevor Zegras — Mason McTavish — Frank Vatrano
Isac Lundestrom — Ryan Strome — Jakob Silfverberg
Max Jones — Bo Groulx — Brett Leason
Cam Fowler — Olen Zellweger
Pavel Mintyukov — Jackson LaCombe
Urho Vaakanainen — Gustav Lindstrom
Lukas Dostal
John Gibson
Scratched: William Lagesson, Ross Johnston, Ben Meyers
Injured: Brock McGinn (upper body), Radko Gudas (upper body)
Status report
- Zegras is a game-time decision; he has missed 30 games with a fractured ankle. He went through his first full practice without a noncontact jersey Saturday.
- Carlsson practiced Saturday after leaving a 4-0 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday with a lower-body injury.
- Dostal is expected to start a second straight game after Gibson missed practice Saturday for personal reasons.
- Gudas, a defenseman, returned to practice in a noncontact jersey Saturday and is expected to miss a fifth straight game.
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9 p.m. ET; SN, MSG-B
Sabres projected lineup
J.J. Peterka — Tage Thompson — Alex Tuch
Jordan Greenway — Dylan Cozens — Zach Benson
Jeff Skinner — Peyton Krebs — Lukas Rousek
Eric Robinson — Zemgus Girgensons — Victor Olofsson
Bowen Byram — Rasmus Dahlin
Owen Power — Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson — Connor Clifton
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Devon Levi
Scratched: Kale Clague, Eric Comrie
Injured: Tyson Jost (undisclosed)
Status report
- Buffalo held an optional morning skate; Calgary did not skate after a 4-2 loss at the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.
- Robinson will enter the lineup in place of Jost, who did not practice Saturday because of maintenance.
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Flames projected lineup
Connor Zary — Nazem Kadri — Martin Pospisil
Jonathan Huberdeau — Yegor Sharangovich — Andrei Kuzmenko
Andrew Mangiapane — Mikael Backlund — Blake Coleman
A.J. Greer — Kevin Rooney — Dryden Hunt
Oliver Kylington — Rasmus Andersson
MacKenzie Weegar — Daniil Miromanov
Joel Hanley — Brayden Pachal
Dustin Wolf
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Walker Duehr, Dennis Gilbert, Nikita Okhotiuk, Matt Coronato
Injured: Dan Vladar (hip)
Status report
- Wolf is likely to start after Markstrom made 22 saves against the Canucks.
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9 p.m. ET; ROOT-NW+, ROOT-NW, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Rafael Harvey-Pinard — Alex Newhook — Joel Armia
Brendan Gallagher — Jake Evans — Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta — Colin White — Jesse Ylonen
Michael Matheson — Kaiden Guhle
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard
Jayden Struble — Jordan Harris
Cayden Primeau
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Tanner Pearson, Johnathan Kovacevic
Injured: Joshua Roy (upper body)
Status report
- Struble will play after being left out of the lineup for two games and three of the past four.
- Pearson, a forward, will be a healthy scratch for the second time in three games.
- Roy, a forward, is out indefinitely after he was injured in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers on March 19.
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Kraken projected lineup
Eeli Tolvanen — Matty Beniers — Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz — Jared McCann — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Brandon Tanev — Yanni Gourde — Andre Burakovsky
Tomas Tatar — Kailer Yamamoto — Tye Kartye
Ryker Evans — Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak — Will Borgen
Brian Dumoulin — Justin Schultz
Philipp Grubauer
Joey Daccord
Scratched: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Injured: Vince Dunn (upper body)
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