Projected lineups, starting goalies for today
Latest line combinations, defense pairs, injury news from NHL.com writers

BLACKHAWKS (13-11-6) at BLUES (11-14-7)
8 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, SN, TVAS
Blackhawks projected lineup
Ryan Greene -- Connor Bedard -- Andre Burakovsky
Oliver Moore -- Frank Nazar -- Tyler Bertuzzi
Teuvo Teravainen -- Jason Dickinson -- Ilya Mikheyev
Colton Dach -- Ryan Donato -- Sam Lafferty
Alex Vlasic -- Louis Crevier
Matt Grzelcyk -- Artyom Levshunov
Wyatt Kaiser -- Connor Murphy
Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Dominic Toninato
Injured: Nick Foligno (hand)
Blues projected lineup
Jake Neighbours -- Robert Thomas -- Pavel Buchnevich
Dylan Holloway -- Brayden Schenn -- Mathieu Joseph
Pius Suter -- Dalibor Dvorsky -- Robby Fabbri
Hugh McGing -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Aleksanteri Kaskimaki
Cam Fowler -- Colton Parayko
Philip Broberg -- Justin Faulk
Tyler Tucker -- Logan Mailloux
Joel Hofer
Jordan Binnington
Scratched: Matt Luff, Matthew Kessel
Injured: Jordan Kyrou (lower body), Jimmy Snuggerud (wrist), Alexey Toropchenko (leg burns), Nathan Walker (upper body), Nick Bjugstad (upper body)
Status report
The Blackhawks will use the same lineup from a 3-0 win against the New York Rangers on Wednesday. ... The Blues did not hold a morning skate after a 7-2 loss to the Nashville Predators on Thursday. ... Hofer could start after replacing Binnington in the third period on Thursday.
KRAKEN (12-10-6) at MAMMOTH (14-15-3)
9 p.m. ET; Utah16, KHN/Prime, KONG
Kraken projected lineup
Mason Marchment -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Eeli Tolvanen -- Chandler Stephenson -- Ryan Winterton
Kaapo Kakko -- Shane Wright -- Jani Nyman
Tye Kartye -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Ben Meyers
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Ryan Lindgren -- Brandon Montour
Ryker Evans -- Josh Mahura
Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: Jamie Oleksiak, Cale Fleury
Injured: Jared McCann (lower body), Matt Murray (lower body), Jaden Schwartz (lower body), Berkly Catton (upper body)
Mammoth projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Nick Schmaltz -- JJ Peterka
Lawson Crouse -- Barrett Hayton -- Dylan Guenther
Michael Carcone -- Jack McBain -- Daniil But
Liam O'Brien -- Kevin Stenlund -- Kailer Yamamoto
Mikhail Sergachev -- John Marino
Nate Schmidt -- Sean Durzi
Ian Cole -- Olli Maatta
Karel Vejmelka
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Nick DeSimone, Brandon Tanev, Kevin Rooney
Injured: Logan Cooley (lower body), Alex Kerfoot (lower body)
Status report
McCann, a forward, will be out three weeks with a lower body injury, the Kraken announced on Friday. When asked about the lineup, coach Lane Lambert said, "We've got some guys that are sick, so we've got options. You may see seven defensemen and 11 forwards. We'll see what happens." … Maatta will return to the lineup after missing 12 games with an upper body injury... Yamamoto replaces Tanev, a forward, in the lineup. ... The Mammoth recalled Rooney, a forward, from Tucson of the American Hockey League on Thursday and reassigned defenseman Maverik Lamoureux there.
SATURDAY
DUCKS (19-11-1) at DEVILS (17-13-1)
12:30 p.m. ET; Victory+, NHLN, KCOP-13, MSG, SN
Ducks projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Leo Carlsson -- Troy Terry
Cutter Gauthier -- Mason McTavish -- Beckett Sennecke
Frank Vatrano -- Ryan Strome -- Alex Killorn
Ross Johnston -- Ryan Poehling -- Mikael Granlund
Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba
Olen Zellweger -- Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov -- Drew Helleson
Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso
Scratched: Nikita Nesterenko, Jansen Harkins, Ian Moore
Injured: Petr Mrazek (lower body)
Devils projected lineup
Jesper Bratt -- Nico Hischier -- Stefan Noesen
Ondrej Palat -- Dawson Mercer -- Paul Cotter
Juho Lammikko -- Cody Glass -- Connor Brown
Xavier Parent -- Luke Glendening -- Angus Crookshank
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton
Brenden Dillon -- Luke Hughes
Colton White -- Simon Nemec
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Timo Meier
Injured: Jack Hughes (finger), Zack MacEwen (lower body), Brett Pesce (hand), Jonathan Kovacevic (knee), Evgenii Dadonov (wrist), Arseny Gritsyuk (upper body)
Status report
Dostal was activated off injured reserve Friday and could start. He has missed the past nine games with an upper-body injury. Vyacheslav Buteyets, a goalie, was assigned to Tulsa, Anaheim’s ECHL affiliate. ... Gritsyuk, a forward, will be out at least the next two games, per Devils coach Sheldon Keefe. ... Meier will miss his second game after taking a personal leave of absence from the Devils; the forward is tending to a family health matter.
SENATORS (14-12-4) at WILD (17-9-5)
2 p.m ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, TSN5, TVAS
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Fabian Zetterlund
David Perron -- Dylan Cozens -- Drake Batherson
Michael Amadio -- Ridly Greig -- Claude Giroux
Kurtis MacDermid -- Stephen Halliday -- Nick Cousins
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Tyler Kleven -- Jordan Spence
Nikolas Matinpalo -- Nick Jensen
Linus Ullmark
Leevi Merilainen
Scratched: Dennis Gilbert
Injured: Thomas Chabot (upper body), Shane Pinto (lower body), Lars Eller (lower body)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Danila Yurov -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Yakov Trenin -- Ryan Hartman -- Liam Ohgren
Ben Jones -- Nico Sturm -- Tyler Pitlick
Jonas Brodin -- Brock Faber
Daemon Hunt -- Jared Spurgeon
Zeev Buium -- Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson
Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Matt Kiersted, Hunter Haight, David Jiricek
Injured: Marcus Foligno (lower body), Vinnie Hinostroza (lower body), Marco Rossi (lower body), Mats Zuccarello (upper body), Jacob Middleton (upper body)
Status report
Eller, a center, will be out “a little while” after blocking a shot in a 6-3 win at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday. … Brodin is questionable to play with an undisclosed injury. Jiricek, a defenseman, was recalled from Iowa of the American Hockey League on Friday as insurance and will slot in if Brodin can’t go. … Rossi, a forward, practiced Friday and will not play against the Senators but is possible for Sunday when the Wild host the Boston Bruins (6 p.m. ET; FDSNNO, FDSNWI).
LIGHTNING (18-11-2) at ISLANDERS (18-11-3)
3 p.m. ET; The Spot, MSGSN
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Nikita Kucherov
Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Pontus Homberg -- Yanni Gourde -- Zemgus Girgensons
Curtis Douglas -- Nick Paul -- Scott Sabourin
J.J. Moser -- Darren Raddysh
Charle-Edouard D'Astous -- Emil Lilleberg
Declan Carlile -- Max Crozier
Jonas Johansson
Brandon Halverson
Scratched: Dominic James, Gage Goncalves
Injured: Ryan McDonagh (undisclosed), Erik Cernak (undisclosed), Andrei Vasilevskiy (undisclosed), Victor Hedman (elbow), Dominic James (undisclosed)
Islanders projected lineup
Emil Heineman -- Mathew Barzal -- Jonathan Drouin
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Maxim Shabanov
Simon Holmstrom -- Calum Ritchie -- Anthony Duclair
Kyle MacLean -- Casey Cizikas -- Marc Gatcomb
Matthew Schaefer -- Ryan Pulock
Adam Pelech -- Adam Boqvist
Travis Mitchell -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
David Rittich
Scratched: Maxim Tsyplakov, Adam Boqvist
Injured: Bo Horvat (lower body), Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body), Semyon Varlamov (knee), Ethan Bear (upper body)
Status report
Hedman, a defenseman, will have a procedure on his elbow on Monday. He is expected to return in early February and play for Team Sween at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026. … Vasilevskiy practiced on Friday but the goalie will not play against the Islanders. He could return Monday against the Florida Panthers. … James, a forward, was a full participant on Friday and could return on Saturday after missing an 8-4 win against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday. ... Defenseman Jack Finley was loaned to Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Friday. … Drouin, a forward, will return to the lineup after missing the past five games with a lower-body injury (back). ... Horvat, a forward, will not play after sustaining a lower-body injury at the 13:08 mark of the second period in their 5-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday…
SHARKS (15-14-3) at PENGUINS (14-8-7)
3 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, NBCSCA, SN1, SN
Sharks projected lineup
Collin Graf -- Macklin Celebrini -- Will Smith
William Eklund -- Alexander Wennberg -- Tyler Toffoli
Jeff Skinner -- Ty Dellandrea -- Philipp Kurashev
Barclay Goodrow -- Adam Gaudette -- Ryan Reaves
Dmitry Orlov -- John Klingberg
Mario Ferraro -- Shakir Mukhamadullin
Sam Dickinson -- Timothy Liljegren
Alex Nedeljkovic
Yaroslav Askarov
Scratched: Vincent Iorio, Nick Leddy, Zack Ostapchuk
Injured: Vincent Desharnais (upper body)
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha -- Kevin Hayes -- Justin Brazeau
Rutger McGroarty -- Ben Kindel -- Ville Koivunen
Tommy Novak -- Danton Heinen -- Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea -- Kris Letang
Ryan Graves -- Connor Clifton
Arturs Silovs
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: Jack St. Ivany, Brett Kulak, Connor Dewar
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (upper body), Caleb Jones (lower body), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Blake Lizotte (undisclosed)
Status report
Dellandrea (lower body), Reaves (upper body) and Mukhamadullin (upper body) will be game-time decisions. ... Stuart Skinner and Kulak, a defenseman, were acquired by Pittsburgh, along with a second-round pick in the 2029 NHL Draft, in a trade from the Edmonton Oilers on Friday for goalie Tristan Jarry and forward Sam Poulin. ... Rakell could return after missing the past 20 games after having surgery on his left hand Oct. 26. ... Penguins forward Mathew Dumba was placed on waivers Friday and will report to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League if he clears.
















