The Vancouver Canucks face the New Jersey Devils at Rogers Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
DEVILS (6-4-2) at CANUCKS (4-1-3)
10:30 p.m. ET; SN1, MSGSN
Devils projected lineup
Timo Meier — Nico Hischier — Dawson Mercer
Ondrej Palat — Jack Hughes — Jesper Bratt
Paul Cotter — Erik Haula — Stefan Noesen
Tomas Tatar — Justin Dowling — Nathan Bastian
Brenden Dillon — Dougie Hamilton
Jonas Siegenthaler — Johnathan Kovacevic
Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
Scratched: Simon Nemec, Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Curtis Lazar (lower body)
Status report
- Lazar, a center, did not travel with the Devils on their three-game western Canada road trip after being injured during a 6-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday and was still being evaluated, according to coach Sheldon Keefe.
- Dowling was called up from Utica of the American Hockey League on Tuesday and will make his season debut in Lazar’s spot.
- Bastian takes the spot of MacDermid, a forward, after being scratched the past two games.
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Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk — J.T. Miller — Brock Boeser
Arshdeep Bains — Elias Pettersson — Conor Garland
Danton Heinen — Teddy Blueger — Kiefer Sherwood
Nils Hoglander — Pius Suter — Daniel Sprong
Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Carson Soucy — Tyler Myers
Erik Brannstrom — Noah Juulsen
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Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Nils Aman, Derek Forbort, Vincent Desharnais
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Dakota Joshua (testicular cancer recovery)Status report
- Juulsen replaces Desharnais, a defenseman, after being scratched the previous five games.
- Bains moves up to the second line in place of Hoglander.
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