NHL Projected Lineups, Starting Goalies, Injuries, Updates

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Check back each day 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.

HURRICANES (13-4-0) at FLYERS (8-9-2)

7:30 p.m. ET; MAX, TNT, NBCSP

Hurricanes projected lineup

Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Jack Roslovic
Eric Robinson — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — William Carrier
Tyson Jost — Jack Drury — Jackson Blake

Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov — Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere — Sean Walker

Pyotr Kochetkov
Spencer Martin

Scratched: Ty Smith

Injured: Seth Jarvis (upper body), Frederik Andersen (lower body)

Status report

  • The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate.
  • Jarvis practiced Tuesday but coach Rod Brind’Amour called the forward “probably very doubtful,” to play. Jarvis has missed the past four games.

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Flyers projected lineup

Owen Tippett — Sean Couturier — Travis Konecny
Joel Farabee — Scott Laughton — Bobby Brink
Anthony Richard — Noah Cates — Matvei Michkov
Tyson Foerster — Ryan Poehling — Garnet Hathaway

Travis Sanheim — Rasmus Ristolainen
Nick Seeler — Erik Johnson
Egor Zamula — Helge Grans

Ivan Fedotov
Aleksei Kolosov

Scratched: Nicolas Deslauriers, Morgan Frost

Injured: Emil Andrae (mid body), Cam York (upper body), Samuel Ersson (lower body), Jamie Drysdale (upper body)

Status report

  • Andrae, York and Drysdale took part in an optional morning skate but all three defensemen will be out. Drysdale skated in a noncontact jersey; he and York are on injured reserve.

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GOLDEN KNIGHTS (11-5-2) AT MAPLE LEAFS (11-6-2)

7:30 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN, SCRIPPS

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Pavel Dorofeyev
Tomas Hertl — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar
Brett Howden — William Karlsson — Alexander Holtz
Tanner Pearson — Callahan Burke — Cole Schwindt

Noah Hanifin — Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb — Kaedan Korczak
Shea Theodore — Zach Whitecloud

Adin Hill
Ilya Samsonov

Scratched: Mason Morelli

Injured: Mark Stone (lower body), Victor Olofsson (lower body), Nicolas Hague (undisclosed), Ben Hutton (upper body)

Status report

  • Hutton, a defenseman, was placed on long-term injured reserve Tuesday.
  • The Golden Knights recalled Burke and Morelli, a forward, from Henderson of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. Burke is expected to make his season debut.

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Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matthew Knies — Pontus Holmberg — Mitch Marner
Bobby McMann — John Tavares — William Nylander
Nicholas Robertson — Fraser Minten — Nikita Grebenkin
Connor Dewar — Steven Lorentz — Alex Steeves

Morgan Rielly — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Jake McCabe — Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit — Conor Timmins

Joseph Woll
Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Jani Hakanpaa

Injured: Auston Matthews (upper body), David Kampf (lower body), Max Pacioretty (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Max Domi (lower body), Dakota Mermis (upper body)

Suspended: Ryan Reaves

Status report

  • Kampf, a forward, was placed on long-term injured reserve.
  • Reaves, a forward, will serve the first of a five-game suspension for an illegal check to the head against Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse on Saturday.
  • Minten was recalled from Toronto of the AHL on Tuesday and will make his season debut.
  • Domi, a forward, was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Nov. 16.
  • Grebenkin was also recalled and will make his NHL debut.
  • Benoit will play after being scratched the past two games.

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SHARKS (6-10-4) at STARS (11-6-0)

8 p.m. ET; Victory+, NBCSCA

Sharks projected lineup

Barclay Goodrow — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Mikael Granlund — Fabian Zetterlund
Ty Dellandrea — Alexander Wennberg — Tyler Toffoli
Carl Grundstrom — Klim Kostin — Luke Kunin

Henry Thrun — Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro — Timothy Liljegren
Jake Walman — Jan Rutta

Mackenzie Blackwood
Yaroslav Askarov

Scratched: Givani Smith, Jack Thompson

Injured: Logan Couture (groin), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body), Nico Sturm (upper body), Vitek Vanecek (upper body)

Status report

  • The Sharks recalled Askarov from San Jose of the American Hockey League on Sunday after Vanecek was injured in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. Vanecek traveled with the team, and the goalie could be available to play Thursday at the St. Louis Blues.

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Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Evgenii Dadonov
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Tyler Seguin
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Logan Stankoven
Oskar Back — Sam Steel — Mavrik Bourque

Miro Heiskanen — Esa Lindell
Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Nils Lundkvist — Mathew Dumba

Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Colin Blackwell, Brendan Smith

Injured: None

  • The Stars held an optional morning skate.

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PREDATORS (6-10-3) at KRAKEN (9-9-1)

10 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, TVAS

Predators projected lineup

Filip Forsberg — Ryan O’Reilly — Gustav Nyquist
Steven Stamkos — Colton Sissons — Luke Evangelista
Juuso Parssinen — Tommy Novak — Jonathan Marchessault
Cole Smith — Michael McCarron — Zachary L’Heureux

Brady Skjei — Roman Josi
Jeremy Lauzon — Alexandre Carrier
Marc Del Gaizo — Luke Schenn

Juuse Saros
Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Mark Jankowski, Adam Wilsby, Philip Tomasino

Injured: None

Status report

  • Each team held an optional morning skate.

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Kraken projected lineup

Jared McCann — Matty Beniers — Andre Burakovsky
Jaden Schwartz — Chandler Stephenson — Daniel Sprong
Eeli Tolvanen — Yanni Gourde — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Tye Kartye — Ben Meyers — Brandon Tanev

Jamie Oleksiak — Brandon Montour
Ryker Evans — Adam Larsson
Josh Mahura — Will Borgen

Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer

Scratched: Shane Wright

Injured: Vince Dunn (mid-body), Jordan Eberle (undisclosed)

Status report

  • Wright, a center, will be a healthy scratch for the second consecutive game.
  • Dunn, a defenseman, skated Wednesday for the first time since being placed on long-term injured reserve Oct. 17. Kraken coach Dan Bylsma said Dunn is still “at least 14 days away” from returning.

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SABRES (8-9-1) at KINGS (10-6-3)

10:30 p.m. ET; FDSNW, MSG-B, SN

Sabres projected lineup

JJ Peterka — Ryan McLeod — Alex Touch
Zach Benson — Dylan Cozens — Jack Quinn
Jason Zucker — Jiri Kulich — Sam Lafferty
Beck Malenstyn — Peyton Krebs — Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Rasmus Dahlin — Bowen Byram
Owen Power — Jacob Bryson
Dennis Gilbert — Henri Jokiharju

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer

Scratched: Isak Rosen, Connor Clifton

Injured: Tage Thompson (lower body), Mattias Samuelsson (lower body), Jordan Greenway (undisclosed)

Status report

  • Thompson, a center, will miss his third straight game. He practiced each of the past two days.
  • Luukkonen will start after missing two games because of an undisclosed injury.
  • Tuch is expected to play despite being held out of the morning skate for maintenance. He missed practice Monday.
  • Rosen, a forward, was recalled from Rochester of the American Hockey League on Monday. Devon Levi, a goalie, was sent to the AHL in a corresponding move. 

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Kings projected lineup

Alex Turcotte — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Trevor Moore — Phillip Danault — Kevin Fiala
Trevor Lewis — Samuel Helenius — Tanner Jeannot

Mikey Anderson — Vladislav Gavrikov
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Jacob Moverare — Jordan Spence

David Rittich
Erik Portillo

Scratched: Andreas Englund, Kyle Burroughs, Akil Thomas

Injured: Darcy Kuemper (upper body), Caleb Jones (upper body), Drew Doughty (ankle), Arthur Kaliyev (clavicle)

Status report

  • The Kings could use the same lineup that played in a 4-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.

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