The Vancouver Canucks take on the New Jersey Devils today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CANUCKS (32-26-12) at DEVILS (37-28-6)
7:30 p.m. ET; Disney+, HULU, ESPN+, Prime
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk — Pius Suter — Brock Boeser
Jonathan Lekkerimaki — Teddy Bleuger — Conor Garland
Drew O’Connor — Nils Aman — Kiefer Sherwood
Dakota Joshua — Aatu Raty — Linus Karlsson
Quinn Hughes — Tyler Myers
Marcus Pettersson — Filip Hronek
Derek Forbort — Elias Nils Pettersson
Thatcher Demko
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Victor Mancini, Arturs Silovs
Injured: Filip Chytil (concussion), Noah Juulsen (lower body), Elias Pettersson (undisclosed), Nils Hoglander (undisclosed)
Status report:
The Canucks did not hold a morning skate. … Demko practiced in full Sunday for the first time since sustaining a lower-body injury Feb. 8 and could return; Lankinen wasn’t feeling well during a 5-3 loss at the New York Rangers on Saturday, per coach Rick Tocchet. … Pettersson and Hoglander, each a forward, are questionable after each missed the third period Saturday. … Raty was recalled from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Sunday
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Devils projected lineup
Erik Haula — Nico Hischier — Timo Meier
Stefan Noesen — Cody Glass — Jesper Bratt
Ondrej Palat — Dawson Mercer — Tomas Tatar
Nolan Foote — Justin Dowling — Paul Cotter
Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce
Brian Dumoulin — Jonathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon – Dennis Cholowski
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
Scratched: Daniel Sprong, Nathan Bastian, Curtis Lazar, Simon Nemec, Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Dougie Hamilton (lower body)
Status report:
Palat will play after missing two games with a lower-body injury.
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