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 matinée games.
Sources: NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents and others.
BLACKHAWKS (3-2-2) at LIGHTNING (1-3-2)
6:45 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+
Blackhawks projected lineup
Lukas Reichel– Connor Bedard — Tyler Bertuzzi
Teuvo Teravainen — Frank Nazar — Ilya Mikheyev
Ryan Greene — Colton Dach — Nick Foligno
Landon Slaggert –Ryan Donato
Alex Vlasic — Sam Rinzel
Wyatt Kaiser – Artyom Levshunov
Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Murphy
Louis Crevier
Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Sam Lafferty, Andre Burakovsky, Jason Dickinson
Injured: Joey Anderson (lower body)
Status report
The Blackhawks are expected to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. … Burakovsky, a forward, is on paternity leave and will not play.
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Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Gage Goncalves
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov
Oliver Bjorkstrand — Yanni Gourde — Pontus Holmberg
Curtis Douglas — Dominic Smith — Mitchell Chaffee
Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Darren Raddysh
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Jack Finley, Charle-Edouard D’Astous
Injured: Zemgus Girgensons (upper body), Max Crozier (lower body), Nick Paul (upper body)
Status report
Kucherov is expected to return after missing two games because of an illness. … Girgensons, a forward, is practicing and could be available by the weekend. …Crozier, a defenseman, is expected to miss the next three games.
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PENGUINS (5-2-0) at PANTHERS (4-4-0)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, SCRIPPS, SNO, SNE, TVAS
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha — Evgeni Malkin — Justin Brazeau
Tommy Novak — Ben Kindel — Filip Hallander
Connor Dewar — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea — Kris Letang
Caleb Jones — Harrison Brunicke
Tristan Jarry
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Philip Tomasino, Mathew Dumba, Connor Clifton
Injured: Kevin Hayes (upper body), Rutger McGroarty (upper body)
Status report
Jarry starting in goal may not be the only change for the Penguins following a 5-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday; coach Dan Muse would not announce any more following Pittsburgh’s morning skate Thursday.
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Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett –Sam Reinhart
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Brad Marchand
Mackie Samoskevich — Evan Rodrigues — Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer — Luke Kunin — Jonah Gadjovich
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Uvis Balinskis — Jeff Petry
Sergei Bobrovsky
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Noah Gregor, Cole Schwindt, Tobias Bjornfot, Donovan Sebrango
Injured: Aleksander Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder)
Status report
Panthers coach Paul Maurice said Gregor, a forward, and Sebrango, a defenseman, each is waiting to receive his U.S. work visa before playing for Florida; Gregor signed a one-year contract Oct. 7 and Sebrango was claimed off waivers from the Ottawa Senators on Oct. 15.
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RED WINGS (5-2-0) at ISLANDERS (3-3-0)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNDET, MSGSN
Red Wings projected lineup
Emmitt Finnie — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Alex DeBrincat — Marco Kasper — Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
Jonatan Berggren — J.T. Compher — Mason Appleton
Michael Rasmussen — Andrew Copp — James van Riemsdyk
Ben Chiarot — Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson — Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Albert Johansson — Jacob Bernard-Docker
Cam Talbot
John Gibson
Scratched: Travis Hamonic, Elmer Soderblom
Injured: Patrick Kane (upper body)
Status report
The Red Wings did not hold a morning skate Thursday following a 4-2 loss at the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday.
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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 — Scott Mayfield
Adam Boqvist — Tony DeAngelo
David Rittich
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: None
Injured: Alexander Romanov (upper body), Maxim Shabanov (upper body), Pierre Engvall (hip surgery, ankle surgery), Semyon Varlamov (knee surgery), Ethan Bear (upper body)
Status report
Engvall, a forward, is out for the season. … Romanov, a defenseman, has been placed on injured reserve, retroactive to Oct. 16. … The Islanders placed forward Marc Gatcomb on waivers Wednesday. … Shabanov, a forward, is day to day. … Barzal did not take part in New York’s morning skate due to load management, but will play.
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SHARKS (0-4-2) at RANGERS (3-4-1)
7 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, MSG
Sharks projected lineup
Tyler Toffoli — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Alexander Wennberg — Jeff Skinner
Collin Graf — Michael Misa — Adam Gaudette
Barclay Goodrow — Ty Dellandrea — Ryan Reaves
Mario Ferraro — Vincent Desharnais
Nick Leddy — Vincent Iorio
Dmitry Orlov — Timothy Liljegren
Alex Nedeljkovic
Yaroslav Askarov
Scratched: Sam Dickinson, Philipp Kurashev
Injured: John Klingberg (lower body), Shakir Mukhamadullin (upper body)
Status report
Liljegren will play after missing the past three games with an upper-body injury; he will replace Dickinson, a defenseman, who will be a healthy scratch.
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Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin — Mika Zibanejad — Will Cuylle
Conor Sheary — J.T. Miller — Alexis Lafreniere
Juuso Parssinen — Noah Laba — Taylor Raddysh
Adam Edstrom — Sam Carrick — Matt Rempe
Vladislav Gavrikov — Adam Fox
Matthew Robertson — Will Borgen
Carson Soucy — Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Jonny Brodzinski, Urho Vaakanainen
Injured: Vincent Trocheck (upper body)
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FLYERS (3-2-1) at SENATORS (2-4-1)
7 p.m. ET; RDS2, TSN5, NBCSP
Flyers projected lineup
Travis Konecny — Sean Couturier — Owen Tippett
Trevor Zegras — Christian Dvorak — Matvei Michkov
Tyson Foerster — Noah Cates — Bobby Brink
Nikita Grebenkin — Rodrigo Abols — Garnet Hathaway
Cam York — Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler — Jamie Drysdale
Egor Zamula — Noah Juulsen
Dan Vladar
Samuel Ersson
Scratched: Nicolas Deslauriers, Jett Luchanko, Adam Ginning
Injured: Rasmus Ristolainen (triceps)
Status report
Vladar will make his third straight start. … Abols will come in for Luchanko, a center, who will be a healthy scratch.
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Senators projected lineup
Tim Stutzle — Dylan Cozens — Drake Batherson
Michael Amadio — Shane Pinto — Claude Giroux
Nick Cousins — Ridly Greig — David Perron
Olle Lycksell — 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)
Status report
Merilainen was recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League. … Spence, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch for the second consecutive game. … Tkachuk resumed skating Wednesday, six days after the forward had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his thumb.
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DUCKS (3-2-1) at BRUINS (3-5-0)
7 p.m. ET; Victory+, KCOP-13, NESN
Ducks projected lineup
Cutter Gauthier — Leo Carlsson — Alex Killorn
Frank Vatrano — Mason McTavish — Beckett Sennecke
Nikita Nesterenko — Mikael Granlund — Troy Terry
Ross Johnston — Ryan Poehling — Sam Colangelo
Jackson LaCombe – Drew Helleson
Olen Zellweger — Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov — Radko Gudas
Petr Mrazek
Lukas Dostal
Scratched: Pavel Mintyukov
Injured: Jansen Harkins (upper body), Ryan Strome (upper body), Chris Kreider (illness)
Status report
Kreider, a forward, did not participate in the Ducks’ morning skate Thursday. … Harkins, a center on injured reserve, did skate. … Mrazek will make his second start of the season.
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Bruins projected lineup
Morgan Geekie — Elias Lindholm — David Pastrnak
Casey Mittelstadt — Pavel Zacha — Viktor Arvidsson
Tanner Jeannot — Fraser Minten — Jeffrey Truchon-Viel
Michael Eyssimont — Sean Kuraly — Mark Kastelic
Mason Lohrei — Charlie McAvoy
Nikita Zadorov — Andrew Peeke
Michael Callahan — Henri Jokiharju
Joonas Korpisalo
Jeremy Swayman
Scratched: John Beecher, Marat Khusnutdinov
Injured: Jordan Harris (lower body), Hampus Lindholm (undisclosed)
Status report
Hampus Lindholm, who has missed the past two games for precautionary reasons, will be a game-time decision, according to Bruins coach Marco Sturm; the defenseman took part in Boston’s morning skate. … Callahan was recalled from Providence of the American Hockey League on Wednesday and is expected to play.
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CANUCKS (4-3-0) at PREDATORS (2-3-2)
8 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SNP
Canucks projected lineup
Evander Kane — Elias Pettersson — Conor Garland
Jake DeBrusk — Max Sasson — Brock Boeser
Arshdeep Bains — Aatu Raty — Kiefer Sherwood
Drew O’Connor — Nils Aman — Linus Karlsson
Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson — P.O. Joseph
Elias Pettersson — Tyler Myers
Thatcher Demko
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Tom Willander, Joseph LaBate
Injured: Filip Chytil (undisclosed), Jonathan Lekkerimaki (undisclosed), Derek Forbort (undisclosed), Nils Hoglander (lower body), Teddy Blueger (undisclosed)
Status report
Boeser will return after missing the past two games because of personal reasons and will skate on a line with DeBrusk and Sasson.
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Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg — Ryan O’Reilly — Luke Evangelista
Michael Bunting — Erik Haula — Steven Stamkos
Tyson Jost — Fedor Svechkov — Matthew Wood
Cole Smith — Michael McCarron — Ozzy Wiesblatt
Adam Wilsby — Roman Josi
Brady Skjei — Nick Perbix
Spencer Stastney — Justin Barron
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Nick Blankenburg
Injured: Jonathan Marchessault (lower body), Nicolas Hague (upper body)
Status report
Wood was recalled from Milwaukee of the American Hockey League on Thursday. … Marchessault, a center, will miss his third consecutive game.
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MAMMOTH (5-2-0) at BLUES (3-2-1)
8 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, Utah16
Mammoth projected lineup
Clayton Keller — Barrett Hayton — Nick Schmaltz
JJ Peterka — Logan Cooley — Dylan Guenther
Lawson Crouse — Jack McBain — Michael Carcone
Liam O’Brien — Kevin Stenlund — Brandon Tanev
Mikhail Sergachev — Dmitri Simashev
Nate Schmidt — John Marino
Ian Cole — Olli Maatta
Karel Vejmelka
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Nick DeSimeone, Kailer Yamamoto
Injured: Sean Durzi (upper body), Alex Kerfoot (lower body)
Status report
McBain will play after leaving in the second period of a 4-3 overtime win against the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday with an upper-body injury.
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Blues projected lineup
Pavel Buchnevich — Robert Thomas — Jordan Kyrou
Dylan Holloway — Brayden Schenn — Jake Neighbours
Mathieu Joseph — Pius Suter — Jimmy Snuggerud
Nathan Walker — Oskar Sundqvist — Nick Bjugstad
Philip Broberg — Colton Parayko
Tyler Tucker — Justin Faulk
Cam Fowler — Logan Mailloux
Joel Hofer
Jordan Binnington
Scratched: Alexandre Texier, Matthew Kessel
Injured: Alexey Toropchenko (lower, upper body soreness)
Status report
Sundqvist will make his season debut after missing six games with a lower-body injury and replace Texier, a forward. … Mailloux will replace Kessel, a defenseman, after being a healthy scratch the past two games. … All four Blues forward lines will have a different look than the ones used in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. … St. Louis held an optional morning skate Thursday.
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KRAKEN (3-2-2) at JETS (5-1-0)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, KONG, KING 5, KHN
Kraken projected lineup
Berkly Catton — Matty Beniers — Jordan Eberle
Mason Marchment — Chandler Stephenson — Eeli Tolvanen
Jaden Schwartz — Shane Wright — Jani Nyman
Tye Kartye — Ben Meyers — Ryan Winterton
Vince Dunn — Adam Larsson
Josh Mahura — Jamie Oleksiak
Ryan Lindgren — Cale Fleury
Joey Daccord
Matt Murray
Scratched: Philipp Grubauer, Brandon Montour, John Hayden
Injured: Ryker Evans (upper body), Kaapo Kakko (hand), Frederick Gaudreau (upper body), Jared McCann (lower body)
Status report
Marchment will be a game-time decision after missing a 4-1 loss at the Washington Capitals on Tuesday with a lower-body injury, Kraken coach Lane Lambert said
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Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Gabriel Vilardi
Nino Niederreiter — Jonathan Toews — Gustav Nyquist
Alex Iafallo — Vladislav Namestnikov — Brad Lambert
Cole Koepke — Morgan Barron — Tanner Pearson
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Logan Stanley — Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury — Luke Schenn
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Colin Miller, Nikita Chibrikov, Parker Ford
Injured: Cole Perfetti (ankle), Dylan Samberg (wrist), Adam Lowry (hip surgery)
Status report
Barron took normal line rushes during the Jets’ morning skate Thursday; he missed practice Wednesday and is day to day with an undisclosed injury. … Winnipeg is expected to dress the same lineup it used in a 2-1 win at the Calgary Flames on Monday.
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HURRICANES (5-1-0) at AVALANCHE (5-0-2)
9 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, ALT, SNO (JIP), SNE (JIP), TVAS (JIP)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Nikolaj Ehlers — Sebastian Aho — Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall — Logan Stankoven — Jackson Blake
William Carrier — Jordan Staal — Jordan Martinook
Andrei Svechnikov — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Eric Robinson
K’Andre Miller — Sean Walker
Alexander Nikishin — Jalen Chatfield
Mike Reilly — Charles Alexis Legault
Frederik Andersen
Brandon Bussi
Scratched: Mark Jankowski
Injured: Shayne Gostisbehere (lower body), Pyotr Kochetkov (lower body), Jaccob Slavin (lower body)
Status report
Slavin was placed on injured reserve Tuesday; the defenseman will miss his fifth straight game. … Andersen did not participate in the Hurricanes’ morning skate Thursday but is expected to start.
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Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Gabriel Landeskog — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Ross Colton — Jack Drury — Victor Olofsson
Parker Kelly — Zakhar Bardakov — Gavin Brindley
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Ilya Solovyov — Sam Malinski
Scott Wedgewood
Trent Miner
Scratched: None
Injured: Mackenzie Blackwood (lower body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery), Samuel Girard (upper body), Joel Kiviranta (lower body)
Latest for THW:
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CANADIENS (6-2-0) at OILERS (3-3-1)
9 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, SNW
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Oliver Kapanen — Ivan Demidov
Josh Anderson — Jake Evans — Brendan Gallagher
Zack Bolduc — Joe Veleno — Joshua Roy
Mike Matheson — Noah Dobson
Jayden Struble — Lane Hutson
Arber Xhekaj — Alexander Carrier
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Marc Del Gaizo
Injured: Kirby Dach (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (lower body), Patrik Laine (lower body), David Reinbacher (broken metacarpal)
Status report
The Canadiens did not conduct a morning skate Thursday following a 2-1 overtime win at the Calgary Flames on Wednesday. … Dach is on the trip but will miss his fourth straight game; the center is day to day.
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Oilers projected lineup
Leon Draisaitl — Connor McDavid — Matthew Savoie
Andrew Mangiapane — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Jack Roslovic
Vasily Podkolzin — Noah Philp — Trent Frederic
Isaac Howard — Adam Henrique — David Thomasek
Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Jake Walman
Brett Kulak — Ty Emberson
Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: Curtis Lazar, Troy Stecher
Injured: Zach Hyman (wrist), Mattias Janmark (undisclosed), Kasperi Kapanen (knee), Alec Regula (undisclosed)
Status report
Savoie has been moved up to the Oilers top line … Kapanen, a forward, was placed on injured reserve Thursday. … Hyman, a forward who has yet to play this season, is expected to return by Nov. 1.
Latest for THW:
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KINGS (2-3-2) at STARS (3-3-0)
9 p.m. ET; ESPN+, HULU
Kings projected lineup
Andrei Kuzmenko — Alex Laferriere — Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Joel Armia
Warren Foegele — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore
Jeff Malott — Alex Turcotte — Corey Perry
Brian Dumoulin — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Mikey Anderson — Cody Ceci
Darcy Kuemper
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Jacob Moverare
Injured: Kyle Burroughs (upper body), Anze Kopitar (foot)
Status report
Los Angeles held an optional morning skate. … Kings goalie Pheonix Copley was placed on waivers on Wednesday.
Latest for THW:
- Projected Lineups for Kings vs Stars – 10/23/25
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Stars projected lineup
Sam Steel — Roope Hintz — Mikko Rantanen
Jason Robertson — Wyatt Johnston — Mavrik Bourque
Adam Erne — Tyler Seguin — Colin Blackwell
Justin Hryckowian — Radek Faksa — Nathan Bastian
Esa Lindell — Miro Heiskanen
Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Lian Bichsel — Alexander Petrovic
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: None
Injured: Oskar Back (undisclosed), Jamie Benn (collapsed lung), Matt Duchene (upper body), Nils Lundkvist (lower body)
Status report
Duchene, a forward, will miss his third game in the past four since a collision with Minnesota Wild defenseman Jake Middleton on Oct. 14.
Latest for THW:
- Projected Lineups for Kings vs Stars – 10/23/25
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