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HURRICANES (52-22-7) at ISLANDERS (43-33-5)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, MSGSN

Hurricanes projected lineup

Taylor Hall -- Logan Stankoven -- Jackson Blake

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Bradly Nadeau 

William Carrier -- Mark Jankowski -- Nicolas Deslauriers

Eric Robinson -- Skyler Brind'Amour -- Jordan Martinook

K'Andre Miller -- Jalen Chatfield

Alexander Nikishin -- Sean Walker

Mike Reilly -- Charles Alexis Legault

Frederik Andersen

Brandon Bussi

Scratched: Sebastian Aho, Jordan Staal, Andrei Svechnikov, Seth Jarvis, Jaccob Slavin, Shayne Gostisbehere, Felix Unger Sorum, Pyotr Kochetkov

Injured: None

Islanders projected lineup

Simon Holmstrom -- Bo Horvat -- Victor Eklund

Calum Ritchie -- Mathew Barzal -- Brayden Schenn

Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Emil Heineman

Ondrej Palat -- Casey Cizikas -- Liam Foudy

Adam Pelech – Matthew Schaefer

Carson Soucy -- Tony DeAngelo

Isaiah Goerge -- Scott Mayfield

David Rittich

Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Anthony Duclair, Adam Boqvist, Marc Gatcomb

Injured: Ryan Pulock (undisclosed), Maxim Shabanov (upper body), Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Alexander Romanov (upper body)

Status report

The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate following a 3-2 shootout loss at the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday. ... Eklund and Foudy each was recalled from Bridgeport of the American Hockey League on Tuesday; Eklund will make his NHL debut. ... Pulock, a defenseman, did not take part in the Islanders morning skate. ... Goalie Semyon Varlamov, who has not played this season because of a knee injury, was loaned to Bridgeport on a conditioning stint.

CANADIENS (48-23-10) at FLYERS (42-27-12)

7 p.m. ET; NBCSP, TSN2, RDS

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky

Alexandre Texier -- Alex Newhook -- Ivan Demidov

Oliver Kapanen -- Zachary Bolduc -- Kirby Dach

Jake Evans -- Phillip Danault -- Josh Anderson

Mike Matheson -- Lane Hutson

Jayden Struble -- Arber Xhekaj

Kaiden Guhle -- Alexandre Carrier

Jakub Dobes

Jacob Fowler

Scratched: Joe Veleno, Samuel Montembeault, Brendan Gallagher

Injured: Noah Dobson (upper body), Patrik Laine (lower body)

Flyers projected lineup

Tyson Foerster -- Noah Cates -- Matvei Michkov

Alex Bump -- Denver Barkey -- Porter Martone

Garrett Wilson -- Luke Glendening -- Garnet Hathaway

Carl Grundstrom -- Jacob Gaucher -- Anthony Richard

Nick Seeler -- David Jiricek

Emil Andrae -- Noah Juulsen

Hunter McDonald -- Oliver Bonk

Samuel Ersson

Aleksei Kolosov

Scratched: Owen Tippett, Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier, Trevor Zegras, Christian Dvorak, Travis Sanheim, Rasmus Ristolainen, Jamie Drysdale, Cam York, Dan Vladar

Injured: Rodrigo Abols (lower body), Nikita Grebenkin (upper body)

Status report

Guhle did not take part in the morning skate but coach Martin St. Louis said the defenseman is available to play. ... The Flyers did not have a morning skate after their 2-1 shootout win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday. ... Bonk, McDonald, Kolosov, Richard and Gaucher were recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League. Bonk and McDonald each will make his NHL debut. ... Forwards Konecny, Zegras and Tippett, Philadelphia's top three scorers, will not play. Defensemen Sanheim, York, Drysdale and Ristolainen, their top four in ice time, also are out.

CAPITALS (42-30-9) at BLUE JACKETS (40-29-12)

7 p.m. ET; MNMT, ESPN, SN360

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Anthony Beauvillier

Aliaksei Protas -- Ilya Protas -- Tom Wilson

Connor McMichael -- Justin Sourdif -- Ryan Leonard

Brandon Duhaime -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Ivan Miroshnichenko

Martin Fehervary -- Dylan McIlrath

Jakub Chychrun -- Trevor van Riemsdyk

Cole Hutson -- Matt Roy

Clay Stevenson

Logan Thompson

Scratched: Ethen Frank, David Kampf, Declan Chisholm, David Kampf, Timothy Liljegren

Injured: Pierre-Luc Dubois (upper body), Rasmus Sandin (lower body), Charlie Lindgren (upper body)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Isac Lundestrom -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko

Danton Heinen -- Charlie Coyle -- Cole Sillinger

Mason Marchment -- Boone Jenner -- Conor Garland

Kent Johnson -- Sean Monahan -- Miles Wood

Zach Werenski -- Dante Fabbro

Ivan Provorov -- Denton Mateychuk

Jake Christiansen -- Erik Gudbranson

Jet Greaves

Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched: Egor Zamula, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Zach Aston-Reese

Injured: Damon Severson (shoulder surgery), Dmitri Voronkov (hand), Mathieu Olivier (hand)

Status report

Ovechkin will play a complete 82-game schedule for the first time since 2017-18 and fifth time in his 21-year NHL career. ... McIlrath enters the lineup in place of Liljegren, a defenseman. … Christiansen will replace Zamula, a defenseman.

DEVILS (42-36-3) at BRUINS (44-27-10)

7 p.m. ET; NESN, MSG, SNP, TVAS

Devils projected lineup

Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer

Jesper Bratt -- Jack Hughes -- Connor Brown

Evgenii Dadonov -- Cody Glass -- Nick Bjugstad

Paul Cotter -- Marc McLaughlin -- Maxim Tsyplakov

Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton

Brenden Dillon -- Simon Nemec

Topias Vilen -- Johnathan Kovacevic

Nico Daws

Jake Allen

Scratched: Dennis Cholowski

Injured: Luke Hughes (upper body), Arseny Gritsyuk (upper body), Stefan Noesen (knee), Zack MacEwen (upper body), Brett Pesce (lower body), Jacob Markstrom (undisclosed)

Bruins projected lineup

Morgan Geekie -- Elias Lindholm -- David Pastrnak

Casey Mittelstadt -- Pavel Zacha -- Viktor Arvidsson

James Hagens -- Fraser Minten -- Marat Khusnutdinov

Tanner Jeannot -- Sean Kuraly -- Mark Kastelic

Jonathan Aspirot -- Charlie McAvoy

Hampus Lindholm -- Mason Lohrei

Nikita Zadorov -- Andrew Peeke

Jeremy Swayman

Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: Alex Steeves, Jordan Harris, Henri Jokiharju, Lukas Reichel, Michael Eyssimont

Injured: None

Status report

The Devils placed Brian Halonen on waivers Monday with the intention of the forward reporting to Utica of the American Hockey League. ... Forward Lenni Hameenaho was reassigned to Utica on Monday. ... Tsyplakov and Dadonov each return to the lineup. ... Daws will make his second straight start. ... There will be some game-time decisions regarding the Bruins lineup, coach Marco Sturm said. ... Hagens will make his TD Garden debut.

DUCKS (42-32-6) at WILD (45-24-12)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNWIX, FDSNNO, Victory+, KCOP-13, KSTC

Ducks projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- Leo Carlsson -- Troy Terry

Alex Killorn -- Mikael Granlund -- Beckett Sennecke

Jeffrey Viel -- Mason McTavish -- Cutter Gauthier

Tim Washe -- Ryan Poehling -- Ian Moore

Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba

Pavel Mintyukov -- John Carlson

Tyson Hinds -- Radko Gudas

Lukas Dostal

Ville Husso

Scratched: Olen Zellweger, Frank Vatrano, Drew Helleson

Injured: Jansen Harkins (hand surgery), Ross Johnston (lower body)

Wild projected lineup

Yakov Trenin -- Danila Yurov -- Vladimir Tarasenko

Marcus Johansson -- Hunter Haight -- Bobby Brink

Nico Sturm -- Michael McCarron -- Nick Foligno

Robby Fabbri -- Ben Jones -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Viking Gustafsson-Nyberg -- Jared Spurgeon

Jake Middleton -- Brock Faber

Daemon Hunt -- Matt Kiersted

Jesper Wallstedt

Filip Gustavsson

Scratched: Jonas Brodin, Mats Zuccarello, Joel Eriksson Ek, Zach Bogosian, Jeff Petry, Viking Gustafsson-Nyberg, Matt Boldy, Marcus Foligno, Ryan Hartman, Quinn Hughes, Kirill Kaprizov

Injured: None

Status report

The Wild did not hold a morning skate following a 6-3 loss at the St. Louis Blues on Monday. ... Minnesota, locked into third place in the Central Division, is expected to rest several starters for the second straight game.

JETS (35-33-12) at MAMMOTH (42-32-6)

9 p.m. ET; Utah16, TSN3

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi

Cole Perfetti -- Adam Lowry -- Brad Lambert

Cole Koepke -- Jonathan Toews -- Isak Rosen

Nino Niederreiter -- Brayden Yager – Nikita Chibrikov

Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo

Dylan Samberg -- Colin Miller

Haydn Fleury -- Jacob Bryson

Eric Comrie

Connor Hellebuyck

Scratched: Ville Heinola

Injured: Morgan Barron (lower body), Alex Iafallo (undisclosed), Neal Pionk (undisclosed), Vladislav Namestnikov (undisclosed), Gustav Nyquist (undisclosed), Elias Salomonsson (concussion)

Mammoth projected lineup

Clayton Keller -- Nick Schmaltz -- Lawson Crouse

Kailer Yamamoto -- Logan Cooley -- Dylan Guenther

JJ Peterka -- Alexander Kerfoot -- Michael Carcone

Liam O’Brien -- Kevin Stenlund -- Brandon Tanev

Mikhail Sergachev -- MacKenzie Weegar

Nate Schmidt -- Dmitri Simashev

Ian Cole -- Sean Durzi

Karel Vejmelka

Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Nick DeSimone, Kevin Rooney

Injured: Barrett Hayton (upper body), Jack McBain (lower body), John Marino (upper body)

Status report

The Jets, who did not hold a morning skate Tuesday, are expected to dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 6-2 loss at the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday. ... Marino participated in the Mammoth morning skate in a full-contact jersey; the defenseman has missed two games. ... Hayton skated in a noncontact jersey; the forward is week to week and will miss his ninth straight game. ... McBain, a forward, is also week to week. ... Utah will have some game-time lineup decisions, coach Andre Tourigny said. ... The Mammoth assigned goalie Matt Villalta to Tucson of the American Hockey League on Monday.

AVALANCHE (53-16-11) at FLAMES (33-38-9)

9 p.m. ET; SNW, ALT, KTVD, KUSA

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon – Gabriel Landeskog

Valeri Nichushkin -- Brock Nelson -- Martin Necas

Ross Colton -- Nicolas Roy -- Joel Kiviranta

Parker Kelly -- Jack Drury -- Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews -- Sam Malinski

Brett Kulak -- Brent Burns

Nick Blankenburg -- Jack Ahcan

Scott Wedgewood

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Zakhar Bardakov

Injured: Nazem Kadri (finger), Cale Makar (upper body), Josh Manson (upper body)

Flames projected lineup

Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Joel Farabee

Matvei Gridin -- Morgan Frost -- Victor Olofsson

Connor Zary -- Rory Kerins -- Adam Klapka

Yegor Sharangovich -- Tyson Gross -- Aydar Suniev

Zayne Parekh -- Zach Whitecloud

Olli Maatta -- Hunter Brzustewicz

Abram Wiebe -- Brayden Pachal 

Dustin Wolf

Devin Cooley

Scratched: Ryan Lomberg, John Beecher, Martin Pospisil, Ryan Strome

Injured: Jake Bean (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek (upper body), Jonathan Huberdeau (hip surgery), Joel Hanley (upper body), Kevin Bahl (lower body), Matvei Gridin (illness), Yan Kuznetsov (upper body), Matt Coronato (undisclosed)

Status report

The Avalanche did not hold a morning skate following a 2-1 shootout win at the Edmonton Oilers on Monday. … Kadri, a forward, is traveling with the Avalanche and skated by himself, but won’t play in either of Colorado’s final two regular-season games. ... Colorado will be without coach Jared Bednar for the second straight game after he was struck by a puck during a 3-2 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. … Kerins will center the third line in place of Strome, a forward, after being recalled from Calgary of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. ... Gridin will return after missing a 4-1 win against the Utah Mammoth on Sunday due to an illness. … Coronato didn't skate; the forward is day to day after getting “banged up” against Utah, coach Ryan Huska said.

PENGUINS (41-24-16) at BLUES (35-33-12)

9:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, ESPN, TVAS

Penguins projected lineup

Elmer Soderblom -- Ben Kindel -- Anthony Mantha

Ville Koivunen -- Tommy Novak -- Justin Brazeau

Rutger McGroarty -- Kevin Hayes -- Avery Hayes

Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Joona Koppanen -- Noel Acciari

Ryan Shea -- Connor Clifton

Ryan Graves -- Ilya Solovyov

Jake Livanavage -- Jack St. Ivany

Stuart Skinner

Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Evgeni Malkin, Egor Chinakhov, Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell, Parker Wotherspoon, Erik Karlsson, Samuel Girard, Kris Letang

Injured: Connor Dewar (lower body), Filip Hallander (blood clot), Blake Lizotte (upper body)

Blues projected lineup

Dylan Holloway -- Robert Thomas -- Jimmy Snuggerud

Pavel Buchnevich -- Pius Suter -- Jordan Kyrou

Jake Neighbours -- Dalibor Dvorsky -- Jonathan Drouin

Alexey Toropchenko -- Jack Finley -- Oskar Sundqvist

Philip Broberg -- Logan Mailloux

Cam Fowler -- Colton Parayko

Tyler Tucker -- Justin Holl

Jordan Binnington

Joel Hofer

Scratched: Jonatan Berggren, Matthew Kessel, Nathan Walker

Injured: None

Status report

The Penguins are resting a host of regulars, including forwards Crosby, Malkin, Rust, Rakell and Chinakhov and defensemen Letang, Karlsson, Girard and Wotherspoon ahead of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. ... Livanavage will make his NHL debut. ... Harvey-Pinard will play after being recalled from Wilkes-Barre of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. ... The Blues did not hold a morning skate following a 6-3 win against the Minnesota Wild on Monday. ... St. Louis assigned forward Otto Stenberg and defenseman Theo Lindstein to Springfield of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.

KINGS (35-26-19) at CANUCKS (24-48-8)

10 p.m. ET; SNP, FDSNSC

Kings projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe

Trevor Moore -- Quinton Byfield -- Alex Laferriere

Joel Armia -- Scott Laughton -- Jared Wright

Mathieu Joseph -- Samuel Helenius -- Taylor Ward

Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty

Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke

Brian Dumoulin -- Cody Ceci

Darcy Kuemper

Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Jacob Moverare

Injured: Jeff Malott (undisclosed), Alex Turcotte (undisclosed), Andrei Kuzmenko (meniscus)

Canucks projected lineup

Drew O’Connor -- Marco Rossi -- Linus Karlsson

Liam Ohgren -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock Boeser

Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Nils Hoglander

Curtis Douglas -- Ty Mueller -- Aatu Raty

Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek

Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander

Elias Pettersson -- Kirill Kudryavtsev

Kevin Lankinen

Nikita Tolopilo

Scratched: P.O. Joseph, Max Sasson, Victor Mancini

Injured: Evander Kane (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)

Status report

The Kings did not hold a morning skate after a 5-3 win at the Seattle Kraken on Monday. ... Kuemper is expected to start after Forsberg started the previous four games. ... The Canucks will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 4-3 overtime win at the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.