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PENGUINS (7-2-1) at FLYERS (4-3-1) 6 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN1, TVAS Penguins projected lineup Filip Hallander -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust Anthony Mantha -- Evgeni Malkin -- Justin Brazeau Tommy Novak -- Ben Kindel -- Ville Koivunen Connor Dewar -- Blake Lizotte -- Noel Acciari Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson Ryan Shea -- Kris Letang Mathew Dumba -- Harrison Brunicke Arturs Silovs Tristan Jarry Scratched: Connor Clifton, Philip Tomasino Injured: Rickard Rakell (hand surgery), Kevin Hayes (upper body), Rutger McGroarty (upper body), Caleb Jones (lower body) Flyers projected lineup Owen Tippett -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny Trevor Zegras -- Christian Dvorak -- Matvei Michkov Tyson Foerster -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink Nicolas Deslauriers -- Rodrigo Abols -- Garnet Hathaway Cam York -- Travis Sanheim Nick Seeler -- Jamie Drysdale Egor Zamula -- Noah Juulsen Samuel Ersson Dan Vladar Scratched: Nikita Grebenkin, Adam Ginning, Emil Andrae Injured: Rasmus Ristolainen (triceps) Status report The Penguins did not hold a morning skate following their 6-3 win against the St. Louis Blues on Monday. Silovs could start after Jarry made 26 saves against the Blues. ... The Flyers held an optional morning skate. Forward Jett Luchanko was assigned to Guelph of the Ontario Hockey League on Monday. ... Sanheim missed practice Monday for a maintenance day but skated briefly Tuesday and will play. ... Deslauriers and Zamula will play, replacing Grebenkin, a forward, and Ginning, a defenseman. ... Ristolainen could start practicing "pretty soon," and play in 4-6 weeks, general manager Daniel Briere said Monday. The defenseman had surgery to repair a ruptured right triceps tendon March 26 and was expected to need six months to recover. ... Andrae, a defenseman, was recalled from Leihigh Valley of the American Hockey League. FLAMES (2-7-1) at MAPLE LEAFS (4-4-1) 6 p.m. ET; TSN4, SNF Flames projected lineup Jonathan Huberdeau -- Nazem Kadri -- Morgan Frost Joel Farabee -- Connor Zary -- Yegor Sharangovich Samuel Honzek -- Mikael Backlund -- Blake Coleman Ryan Lomberg -- Justin Kirkland -- Matt Coronato Kevin Bahl -- Rasmus Andersson Jake Bean -- MacKenzie Weegar Joel Hanley -- Zayne Parekh Dustin Wolf Devin Cooley Scratched: Brayden Pachal, Adam Klapka Injured: Martin Pospisil (undisclosed) Maple Leafs projected lineup Bobby McMann -- Auston Matthews -- William Nylander Matthew Knies -- John Tavares -- Matias Maccelli Dakota Joshua -- Nicolas Roy -- Easton Cowan Steven Lorentz -- Max Domi -- Nicholas Robertson Simon Benoit -- Jake McCabe Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Brandon Carlo Morgan Rielly -- Philippe Myers Anthony Stolarz Cayden Primeau Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Joseph Woll, Sammy Blais Injured: Scott Laughton (lower body), Chris Tanev (upper body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body) Status report Coronato will return after being a healthy scratch in a 5-1 win against the New York Rangers on Sunday. … Nylander is a game-time decision after missing a 4-3 overtime win against the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday with a lower-body injury. If he can't play, Blais is expected to make his Maple Leafs debut after being claimed off waivers from the Montreal Canadiens on October 6. … Jarnkrok is day to day. GOLDEN KNIGHTS (5-1-3) at HURRICANES (6-2-0) 6:30 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SCRIPPS Golden Knights projected lineup Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Brandon Saad Pavel Dorofeyev -- Tomas Hertl -- Mitch Marner Reilly Smith -- William Karlsson -- Alexander Holtz Cole Reinhardt -- Brett Howden -- Keegan Kolesar Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore Ben Hutton -- Zach Whitecloud Jeremy Lauzon -- Kaedan Korczak Akira Schmid Carl Lindbom Scratched: Jaycob Megna Injured: Noah Hanifin (undisclosed), Mark Stone (upper body), Adin Hill (lower body), Colton Sissons (undisclosed) Hurricanes projected lineup Nikolaj Ehlers – Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis Taylor Hall -- Logan Stankoven -- Jackson Blake Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Andrei Svechnikov Mark Jankowski -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Bradly Nadeau Mike Reilly -- Sean Walker Shayne Gostisbehere -- Jalen Chatfield Alexander Nikishin -- Joel Nystrom Frederik Andersen Brandon Bussi Scratched: Domenick Fensore Injured: Pyotr Kochetkov (lower body), William Carrier (lower body), Eric Robinson (upper body), Jaccob Slavin (lower body), K’Andre Miller (lower body) Status report Reinhardt draws into the lineup, replacing Sissons… The Hurricanes did not have a morning skate. ... Gostisbehere, who missed three games with a lower-body injury, practiced Monday and could return. … Kochetkov, a goalie who has not played this season, returned to practice Monday. BLUE JACKETS (4-4-0) at SABRES (4-4-1) 6:45 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, MSG-B Blue Jackets projected lineup Dmitri Voronkov -- Sean Monahan -- Kirill Marchenko Boone Jenner -- Adam Fantilli -- Kent Johnson Cole Sillinger -- Charlie Coyle -- Mathieu Olivier Miles Wood -- Isac Lundestrom -- Yegor Chinakhov Zach Werenski -- Denton Mateychuk Ivan Provorov -- Damon Severson Dante Fabbro -- Erik Gudbranson Jet Greaves Elvis Merzlikins Scratched: Jake Christiansen, Zach Aston-Reese Injured: None Sabres projected lineup Zach Benson -- Jiri Kulich -- Tage Thompson Josh Doan -- Ryan McLeod -- Alex Tuch Jason Zucker -- Noah Ostlund -- Jack Quinn Josh Dunne -- Peyton Krebs -- Beck Malenstyn Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin Owen Power -- Conor Timmins Bowen Byram -- Michael Kesselring Alex Lyon Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Scratched: Jacob Bryson, Mason Geertsen Injured: Colten Ellis (back), Tyson Kozak (lower body), Justin Danforth (lower body), Josh Norris (upper body), Jordan Greenway (middle body) Status report Wood will return to the lineup after missing five games with an eye injury sustained Oct. 13. He will replace Aston-Reese. … Columbus continues its rotation in goal, with Greaves starting after Merzlikins made 26 saves in a 5-4 shootout win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. … Kesselring will make his season debut after recovering from an undisclosed injury that he reaggravated in a preseason game on Oct. 1. … Buffalo assigned defenseman Zach Metsa to Rochester of the American Hockey League on Monday to open the roster spot for Kesselring. … Bryson, a defenseman, has been cleared to play after missing four games with a concussion but will not dress. … Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said Monday that Greenway is a "good possibility" to make his season debut Thursday at Boston. The forward has been working his way back from offseason surgery. DUCKS (4-3-1) at PANTHERS (5-5-0) 7 p.m. ET; Victory+, SCRIPPS, KCOP-13 Ducks projected lineup Nikita Nesterenko -- Leo Carlsson -- Troy Terry Cutter Gauthier -- Mason McTavish -- Beckett Sennecke Ross Johnston -- Ryan Poehling -- Alex Killorn Frank Vatrano -- Jansen Harkins -- Sam Colangelo Jackson LaCombe -- Drew Helleson Olen Zellweger -- Jacob Trouba Pavel Mintyukov -- Ian Moore Lukas Dostal Petr Mrazek Scratched: None Injured: Ryan Strome (upper body), Chris Kreider (illness), Radko Gudas (lower body), Mikael Granlund (lower body) Panthers projected lineup Carter Verhaeghe -- Evan Rodrigues --Sam Reinhart Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Mackie Samoskevich A.J. Greer --Sam Bennett -- Jesper Boqvist Noah Gregor -- Cole Schwindt -- Luke Kunin Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad Niko Mikkola -- Seth Jones Uvis Balinskis -- Jeff Petry Daniil Tarasov Sergei Bobrovsky Scratched: Brad Marchand, Donovan Sebrango Injured: Aleksander Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body) Status report Granlund, a center, could miss three weeks with an injury he sustained during the first period of a 4-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. … Harkins will make his season debut after being out with an upper-body injury. … Marchand, a forward, is away from the Panthers due to a death within “his family circle,’’ coach Paul Maurice said; Gregor will make his Panthers debut. … Florida returned defenseman Tobias Bjornfot to Charlotte of the American Hockey League. ISLANDERS (4-3-1) AT BRUINS (4-7-0) 7:15 p.m. ET; MSGSN, NESN Islanders projected lineup Jonathan Drouin -- Bo Horvat -- Emil Heineman Anthony Duclair -- Mathew Barzal -- Kyle Palmieri Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Simon Holmstrom Kyle MacLean -- Casey Cizikas -- Maxim Tsyplakov Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock Matthew Schaefer -- Tony DeAngelo Marshall Warren -- Scott Mayfield Ilya Sorokin David Rittich Scratched: Adam Boqvist Injured: Alexander Romanov (upper body), Maxim Shabanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee surgery), Ethan Bear (upper body) Bruins projected lineup Morgan Geekie -- Elias Lindholm -- David Pastrnak Casey Mittelstadt -- Pavel Zacha -- Viktor Arvidsson Tanner Jeannot -- Fraser Minten -- Michael Eyssimont Marat Khusnutdinov -- Sean Kuraly -- Mark Kastelic Mason Lohrei -- Charlie McAvoy Nikita Zadorov -- Andrew Peeke Michael Callahan -- Henri Jokiharju Joonas Korpisalo Jeremy Swayman Scratched: John Beecher, Jeffrey Viel, Jonathan Aspirot Injured: Jordan Harris (lower body), Hampus Lindholm (undisclosed) Status report Mayfield (maintenance) did not practice Monday but is expected to play. … Romanov participated in the morning skate in a regular jersey but will miss his fifth straight game. … Korpisalo is expected to start the second of a back-to-back after Swayman allowed seven goals on 23 shots in a 7-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Monday. LIGHTNING (3-4-2) at PREDATORS (4-4-2) 7:45 p.m. ET; The Spot, FDSNSO, TVAS Lightning projected lineup Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Curtis Douglas Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Dominic James -- Gage Goncalves Zemgus Girgensons -- Yanni Gourde -- Pontus Holmberg Victor Hedman -- J.J. Moser Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak Emil Lilleberg -- Charle-Edouard D'Astous Andrei Vasilevskiy Jonas Johansson Scratched: Jack Finley, Darren Raddysh, Scott Sabourin Injured: Max Crozier (lower body), Nick Paul (upper body) Predators projected lineup Filip Forsberg -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Matthew Wood Tyson Jost -- Steven Stamkos -- Jonathan Marchessault Michael Bunting -- Erik Haula -- Luke Evangelista Cole Smith -- Michael McCarron -- Ozzy Wiesblatt Adam Wilsby -- Nicholas Hague Brady Skjei -- Nick Perbix Spencer Stastney -- Justin Barron Juuse Saros Justus Annunen Scratched: Nick Blankenburg, Fedor Svechkov Injured: Roman Josi (upper body) Status report Raddysh will miss the game because of the birth of his child. … Stamkos will play at center for the second game in a row after starting the season at left wing. ... Sabourin, a forward, was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League, and forward Mitchell Chaffee was reassigned to the AHL. JETS (6-3-0) at WILD (3-5-2) 8 p.m. ET; FDSNNO, FDSNWI, TSN3 Jets projected lineup Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi Vladislav Namestnikov -- Jonathan Toews -- Alex Iafallo Nino Niederreiter -- Morgan Barron -- Gustav Nyquist Cole Koepke -- Parker Ford -- Tanner Pearson Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo Logan Stanley -- Neal Pionk Haydn Fleury -- Luke Schenn Connor Hellebuyck Eric Comrie Scratched: Brad Lambert, Colin Miller, Nikita Chibrikov Injured: Cole Perfetti (ankle), Dylan Samberg (wrist), Adam Lowry (hip surgery) Wild projected lineup Kirill Kaprizov -- Marco Rossi -- Marcus Johansson Vladimir Tarasenko -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy Marcus Foligno -- Ryan Hartman -- Vinnie Hinostroza Yakov Trenin -- Danila Yurov -- Ben Jones Jonas Brodin -- Brock Faber Zeev Buium -- Jared Spurgeon Jake Middleton -- David Jiricek Filip Gustavsson Jesper Wallstedt Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Tyler Pitlick Injured: Mats Zuccarello (lower body), Nico Sturm (back), Zach Bogosian (lower body) Status report Lowry, a forward, continues skating with the group after undergoing offseason surgery and is on track to return this month or in early November. … Zuccarello joined the group for the first time since sustaining an injury in training camp. The forward is on track to return in mid-November. … Foligno, who missed a 6-5 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on Sunday with an upper-body injury, is questionable, but took part in the morning skate. RED WINGS (6-3-0) at BLUES (3-5-1) 8:15 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, FDSNDET Red Wings projected lineup Emmitt Finnie -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond Alex DeBrincat -- Marco Kasper -- Mason Appleton Andrew Copp -- J.T. Compher -- Jonatan Berggren Michael Rasmussen -- James van Riemsdyk Ben Chiarot -- Moritz Seider Simon Edvinsson -- Axel Sandin-Pellikka Jacob Bernard-Docker -- Albert Johansson Travis Hamonic John Gibson Cam Talbot Scratched: Elmer Soderblom Injured: Patrick Kane (upper body) Blues projected lineup Dylan Holloway -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou Pavel Buchnevich -- Pius Suter -- Jimmy Snuggerud Mathieu Joseph -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Alexandre Texier Alexey Torpochenko -- Nick Bjugstad -- Nathan Walker Cam Fowler -- Colton Parayko Philip Broberg -- Justin Faulk Tyler Tucker -- Logan Mailloux Jordan Binnington Joel Hofer Scratched: Matthew Kessel Injured: Robert Thomas (upper body), Jake Neighbours (lower body) Status report Kane did not accompany the Red Wings to start their five-game road trip but he could join the team later; the forward will miss his fifth straight game. ... Detroit could use 11 forwards and seven defensemen for a second consecutive game. ... The Blues did not hold a morning skate. ... Thomas and Neighbours, each a forward, are questionable. Each missed a 6-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday. CAPITALS (6-3-0) at STARS (5-3-1) 8:30 p.m. ET; ESPN Capitals projected lineup Alex Ovechkin -- Connor McMichael -- Ryan Leonard Aliaksei Protas -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson Anthony Beauvillier -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Ethen Frank Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Justin Sourdif Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson Jakob Chychrun -- Matt Roy Declan Chisholm -- Trevor van Riemsdyk Logan Thompson Charlie Lindgren Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Sonny Milano Injured: Rasmus Sandin (upper body), Dylan Strome (lower body) Stars projected lineup Sam Steel -- Tyler Seguin -- Mikko Rantanen Jason Robertson -- Wyatt Johnston -- Mavrik Bourque Justin Hryckowian -- Radek Faksa -- Nathan Bastian Adam Erne -- Colin Blackwell Esa Lindell -- Miro Heiskanen Thomas Harley -- Ilya Lyubushkin Lian Bichsel -- Alexander Petrovic Kyle Capobianco Jake Oettinger Casey DeSmith Scratched: None Injured: Oskar Back (undisclosed), Jamie Benn (collapsed lung), Matt Duchene (upper body), Nils Lundkvist (lower body) Status report Sandin, a defenseman, will miss a third straight game; he was placed on injured reserve Monday. … Strome, a forward, is day to day and did not travel with the Capitals. Frank was recalled from Hershey of the Americans Hockey League on Monday. … Back, a forward, will not play after returning Sunday from injury. … Duchene will miss his seventh game after a collision with Minnesota Wild defenseman Jake Middleton on Oct. 14. … The Stars are expected to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. SENATORS (5-4-1) at BLACKHAWKS (4-3-2) 8:45 p.m. ET; CHSN, TSN5, RDS2 Senators projected lineup Nick Cousins -- Tim Stutzle -- Drake Batherson Ridly Greig -- Dylan Cozens -- David Perron Michael Amadio -- Shane Pinto -- Claude Giroux Kurtis MacDermid -- Lars Eller -- Fabian Zetterlund Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen Tyler Kleven -- Nikolas Matinpalo Linus Ullmark Leevi Merilainen Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Jordan Spence Injured: Brady Tkachuk (thumb surgery) Blackhawks projected lineup Tyler Bertuzzi -- Connor Bedard -- Andre Burakovsky Teuvo Teravainen -- Frank Nazar -- Ryan Donato Colton Dach-- Ryan Greene--– Jason Dickinson Landon Slaggert -- Nick Foligno Alex Vlasic -- Sam Rinzel Wyatt Kaiser -- Artyom Levshunov Matt Grzelcyk -- Connor Murphy Louis Crevier Spencer Knight Arvid Soderblom Scratched: Sam Lafferty Injured: Ilya Mikheyev (upper body) Status report The Senators did not hold a morning skate following their 7-2 victory against the Boston Bruins in Ottawa on Monday. Ullmark is expected to play after being given a rest day; the Senators returned goalie Hunter Shepard to Belleville of the American Hockey League. … The Blackhawks held an optional morning skate. Bertuzzi was on the ice after missing a 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday because of an undisclosed injury … Mikheyev, a forward, will be a game-time decision after he was injured Sunday. DEVILS (8-1-0) at AVALANCHE (5-1-4) 9 p.m. ET; MSGSN2, ALT Devils projected lineup Ondrej Palat -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer Arseny Gritsyuk -- Juho Lammikko -- Connor Brown Paul Cotter -- Luke Glendening -- Stefan Noesen Luke Hughes -- Dougie Hamilton Jonas Siegenthaler -- Simon Nemec Brenden Dillon -- Seamus Casey Jacob Markstrom Jake Allen Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Brian Halonen Injured: Brett Pesce (upper body), Cody Glass (upper body), Johnathan Kovacevic (lower body), Marc McLoughlin (upper body), Evgenii Dadonov (fractured hand), Zack MacEwen (upper body) Avalanche projected lineup Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas Ross Colton -- Brock Nelson -- Valeri Nichushkin Gabriel Landeskog -- Jack Drury -- Victor Olofsson Parker Kelly -- Zakhar Bardakov -- Gavin Brindley Devon Toews -- Cale Makar Josh Manson -- Brent Burns Jack Ahcan -- Sam Malinski Scott Wedgewood Mackenzie Blackwood Scratched: Trent Miner, Ilya Solovyov Injured: Logan O’Connor (hip surgery), Samuel Girard (upper body), Joel Kiviranta (lower body) Status report Markstrom will play for the first time since Oct. 13 because of a lower-body injury. … Pesce, a defenseman, will miss at least a month after he was injured during a 4-3 overtime win against the Avalanche on Sunday. … Lammikko and Casey will each make their season debut. Casey was recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League on Sunday; Lammikko missed the first nine games this season with a lower-body injury. … Blackwood, who missed the first 10 games of the season with a lower-body injury, will back up Wedgewood.
