Check back each day to get the projected lineups, starting goalies, injury news, and roster updates for every playoff game. On weekends, the lineups will be published prior to matinee games.
Sources: NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents and others.
(1M) RANGERS at (2WC) CAPITALS
Eastern Conference First Round, Game 3
7 p.m. ET; MAX, MNMT, truTV, MSGSN, TNT, MSG, SN360, TVAS
New York leads best-of-7 series, 2-0
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider — Mika Zibanejad — Jack Roslovic
Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle — Alex Wennberg — Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey — Barclay Goodrow — Matt Rempe
Ryan Lindgren — Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller — Braden Schneider
Erik Gustafsson — Jacob Trouba
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Zac Jones, Jonny Brodzinski, Chad Ruhwedel, Filip Chytil, Louis Domingue, Adam Edstrom
Injured: Blake Wheeler (lower body)
Status report
- Wennberg took part in an optional morning skate Friday and said he will play after not practicing Thursday for maintenance.
Latest for THW:
- Rangers Defeat Capitals to Go Up 3-0 in Their Series
- Projected Lineups for the Rangers vs Capitals – Game 3
- Rempe, Rangers Frustrating Capitals Physically in First-Round Series
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin — Connor McMichael — T.J. Oshie
Aliaksei Protas — Dylan Strome — Tom Wilson
Max Pacioretty — Hendrix Lapierre — Sonny Milano
Beck Malenstyn — Nic Dowd — Ivan Miroshnichenko
Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Lucas Johansen — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Alexander Alexeyev — Dylan McIlrath
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Michael Sgarbossa, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Hardy Haman Aktell
Injured: Rasmus Sandin (upper body), Nick Jensen (upper body), Vincent Iorio (upper body)
Status report
- Milano skated Friday and will play after taking a maintenance day Thursday.
- Defensemen Sandin and Jensen each took part in the morning skate in a regular jersey Friday and coach Spencer Carbery did not rule out either’s return after missing the first two games.
- Miroshnichenko will make his NHL playoff debut.
Latest for THW:
- Rangers Defeat Capitals to Go Up 3-0 in Their Series
- Projected Lineups for the Rangers vs Capitals – Game 3
- 3 Keys to the Rangers Winning Games 3 & 4 in Washington
(1P) CANUCKS at PREDATORS (1WC)
Western Conference First Round, Game 3
7:30 p.m. ET; MAX, TBS, BSSO, TVAS2, SN
Best-of-7 series tied, 1-1
Canucks projected lineup
Pius Suter — J.T. Miller — Brock Boeser
Nils Hoglander — Elias Pettersson — Conor Garland
Dakota Joshua — Elias Lindholm — Ilya Mikheyev
Phillip Di Giuseppe — Teddy Blueger — Sam Lafferty
Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Carson Soucy — Tyler Myers
Ian Cole — Nikita Zadorov
Casey DeSmith
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Mark Friedman, Nils Aman, Noah Juulsen, Vasily Podkolzin, Nikita Tolopilo
Injured: Thatcher Demko (undisclosed)
Status report
- Myers missed a 4-1 loss in Game 2 because of an illness but is expected to play. The Canucks held an optional morning skate.
Latest for THW:
- Canucks Survive Game 3 With 2-1 Win, Take 2-1 Series Lead
- Projected Lineups for the Canucks vs Predators – Game 3
- Nikita Zadorov Is Key to Canucks Achieving Playoff Success
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg — Ryan O’Reilly — Gustav Nyquist
Anthony Beauvillier — Colton Sissons — Jason Zucker
Mark Jankowski — Tommy Novak — Luke Evangelista
Cole Smith — Michael McCarron — Kiefer Sherwood
Ryan McDonagh — Roman Josi
Jeremy Lauzon — Alexandre Carrier
Spencer Stastney — Luke Schenn
Juuse Saros
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Tyson Barrie, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Cody Glass, Dante Fabbro, Gustavs Grigals, Juuso Parssinen
Injured: None
Status report
- Parssinen, a forward, was recalled from the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League on Thursday but is not expected to play. Forsberg did not participate in the morning skate but is expected to play.
Latest for THW:
- Canucks Survive Game 3 With 2-1 Win, Take 2-1 Series Lead
- Projected Lineups for the Canucks vs Predators – Game 3
- Former New York Islanders in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs
(2C) Jets at (3C) Avalanche
Western Conference First Round, Game 3
10 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, ALT, TVAS, CBC
Best-of-7 series tied 1-1
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Gabriel Vilardi
Nikolaj Ehlers — Sean Monahan — Tyler Toffoli
Nino Niederreiter — Adam Lowry — Mason Appleton
David Gustafsson — Vladislav Namestnikov — Alex Iafallo
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Brenden Dillon — Neal Pionk
Nate Schmidt — Dylan Samberg
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: Rasmus Kupari, Cole Perfetti, Colin Miller, Collin Delia, Logan Stanley
Injured: Morgan Barron (lower body)
Status report
- Girard, a defenseman, participated in morning skate and could be a game-time decision. He has missed the first two games of the series while in concussion protocol.
- Annunen, who has missed the past two games due to illness, will backup Georgiev.
- Holm, a goalie, was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Friday.
Avalanche projected lineup
Valeri Nichushkin — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen
Artturi Lehkonen — Casey Mittelstadt — Zach Parise
Miles Wood — Ross Colton — Joel Kiviranta
Andrew Cogliano — Yakov Trenin — Brandon Duhaime
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Sean Walker — Josh Manson
Caleb Jones — Jack Johnson
Alexandar Georgiev
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Arvid Holm
Injured: Jonathan Drouin (lower body), Samuel Girard (concussion)
Status report
- Schmidt, a defenseman, will make his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut, replacing Stanley in the lineup.
(3P) KINGS at (2P) OILERS
Western Conference First Round, Game 3
10:30 p.m. ET; MAX, TBS, BSW, TVAS2, SN
Best-of-7 series tied 1-1
Oilers projected lineup
Adam Henrique — Connor McDavid — Zach Hyman
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Leon Draisaitl — Warren Foegele
Evander Kane — Ryan McLeod — Corey Perry
Dylan Holloway — Sam Carrick — Mattias Janmark
Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Cody Ceci
Brett Kulak — Vincent Desharnais
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Derek Ryan, Connor Brown, Troy Stecher, Sam Gagner
Injured: None
Status report
- The Oilers and Kings will each use the same lineup from Game 2 on Wednesday.
Latest for THW:
- Oilers Pound Kings 6-1 in Game 3 for a 2-1 Series Lead
- Projected Lineups for the Oilers vs Kings – Game 3
- McDavid’s Stirring Locker Room Speech Captures Oilers’ Confidence
Kings projected lineup
Quinton Byfield — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore — Phillip Danault — Viktor Arvidsson
Kevin Fiala — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Alex Laferriere
Carl Grundstrom — Blake Lizotte — Trevor Lewis
Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov — Matt Roy
Andreas Englund — Jordan Spence
Cam Talbot
David Rittich
Scratched: Aaron Dell, Arthur Kaliyev, Jacob Moverare
Injured: None
Status report
- Grundstrom will remain in the lineup for the Kings despite playing one shift and 25 seconds of ice time. “Just playing 11 forwards, we found maybe a better rhythm for our forwards just generally, so I asked him to be patient and ready to play,” Kings interim coach Jim Hiller said.
Latest for THW:
- Oilers Pound Kings 6-1 in Game 3 for a 2-1 Series Lead
- Projected Lineups for the Oilers vs Kings – Game 3
- Oilers & Skinner Need Bounce-Back Performance vs. Kings in Game 3
