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PENGUINS (11-10-2) at FLYERS (12-10-2)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, NBCSP
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Reilly Smith -- Evgeni Malkin -- Drew O'Connor
Radim Zohorna -- Lars Eller -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Jansen Harkins -- Joona Koppanen -- Jeff Carter
Ryan Graves -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea -- John Ludvig
Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Dmitri Samorukov, Alex Nylander
Injured: Rickard Rakell (upper body), Chad Ruhwedel (lower body), Pierre-Olivier Joseph (lower body), Noel Acciari (lower body), Matt Nieto (lower body)
Flyers projected lineup
Tyson Foerster -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Owen Tippett -- Morgan Frost -- Bobby Brink
Joel Farabee -- Scott Laughton -- Cam Atkinson
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Ryan Poehling -- Garnet Hathaway
Cam York -- Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler -- Sean Walker
Marc Staal -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Carter Hart
Samuel Ersson
Scratched: Egor Zamula
Injured: Noah Cates (foot)
Status report
Joseph was one of three skaters to take part in an optional morning skate but the defenseman is expected to miss his 14th consecutive game. ... Acciari is traveling with the Penguins but the forward is not expected to play during their three-game road trip, which starts Monday. ... Ruhwedel, a defenseman, and Rakell, a forward, each is beginning to skate and is with the Penguins on the road trip. ... Nylander was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Sunday but the forward is not expected to play. ... Hart will start after Ersson made 29 saves in the Flyers' 4-3 shootout win against the Penguins on Saturday. ... The Flyers placed defenseman Louie Belpedio on waivers.
STARS (14-5-3) at LIGHTNING (10-10-5)
7 p.m. ET; BSSUN, BSSW
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Jamie Benn -- Wyatt Johnston -- Ty Dellandrea
Mason Marchment -- Matt Duchene -- Tyler Seguin
Craig Smith -- Radek Faksa – Sam Steel
Ryan Suter -- Miro Heiskanen
Esa Lindell -- Joel Hanley
Thomas Harley -- Jani Hakanpaa
Jake Oettinger
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Evgenii Dadonov, Nils Lundkvist
Injured: None
Lightning projected lineup
Steven Stamkos -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Alex Barre-Boulet
Tanner Jeannot -- Nicholas Paul -- Michael Eyssimont
Austin Watson -- Luke Glendening -- Tyler Motte
Victor Hedman -- Nick Perbix
Mikhail Sergachev -- Erik Cernak
Calvin de Haan -- Darren Raddysh
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Haydn Fleury, Cole Koepke
Injured: Conor Sheary (upper body)
Status report
The Lightning held a light optional skate after a full practice Sunday. ...The Stars will go with the same lineup from their 8-1 win against the Lightning on Saturday. ... Vasilevskiy will make his third consecutive start.
KRAKEN (8-11-6) AT CANADIENS (10-11-3)
7:30 p.m. ET; RDS, SN1, SNE, SNO, SNP, ROOT-NW
Kraken projected lineup
Tye Kartye -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Jared McCann -- Alex Wennberg -- Brandon Tanev
Eli Tolvanen -- Yanni Gourde -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Max McCormick -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Kailer Yamamoto
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Will Borgen
Brian Dumoulin -- Justin Schultz
Philipp Grubauer
Joey Daccord
Scratched: Jacob Megna, Marian Studenic
Injured: Andre Burakovsky (upper body), Jaden Schwartz (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Nick Suzuki -- Cole Caufield
Sean Monahan -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson
Tanner Pearson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Joel Armia -- Mitchell Stephens -- Jesse Ylonen
Mike Matheson -- Gustav Lindstrom
Jaiden Guhle -- Justin Barron
Jayden Struble -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Cayden Primeau, Michael Pezzetta, Mattias Norlinder
Injured: Alex Newhook (high ankle sprain), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower body), Jordan Harris (lower body), David Savard (broken hand)
Status report
Burakovsky, a forward, took part in the morning skate without a no-contact jersey. .. Defensemen Savard and Arber Xhekaj took part in the morning skate. Xhekaj was activated from injured reserve and assigned to Laval of the American Hockey League.
HURRICANES (14-8-1) at JETS (13-8-2)
7:30 p.m. ET; SNW, BSSO
Hurricanes projected lineup
Michael Bunting -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Teuvo Teravainen
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Stefan Noesen -- Jack Drury -- Martin Necas
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Dmitry Orlov -- Jalen Chatfield
Antti Raanta
Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: Tony DeAngelo, Brendan Lemieux
Injured: Frederik Andersen (blood clot)
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Alex Iafallo
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Cole Perfetti -- Gabriel Vilardi
Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron -- David Gustafsson -- Axel Jonsson-Fjallby
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Brenden Dillon -- Neal Pionk
Dylan Samberg -- Declan Chisholm
Laurent Brossoit
Connor Hellebuyck
Scratched: Logan Stanley, Nate Schmidt
Injured: Ville Heinola (ankle), Rasmus Kupari (shoulder), Vladislav Namestnikov (lower body)
Status report
Raanta is expected to make his first start since Nov. 24. … Brossoit will make his sixth start of the season and first since Nov. 26. … Namestnikov, a forward, skated Monday and remains day to day. Winnipeg coach Rick Bowness says he could return to the lineup on their upcoming four-game road trip.
CAPITALS (12-7-2) at COYOTES (12-9-2)
9 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, MNMT
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Aliaksei Protas -- Connor McMichael -- Anthony Mantha
Sonny Milano -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Matthew Phillips
Beck Malenstyn -- Nic Dowd -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Joel Edmundson -- Nick Jansen
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Alexander Alexeyev, Lucas Johansen, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Hunter Shepard
Injured: T.J. Oshie (upper body), Max Pacioretty (Achilles)
Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Logan Cooley -- Nick Schmaltz
Matias Maccelli -- Nick Bjugstad -- Lawson Crouse
Michael Carcone -- Alex Kerfoot -- Jason Zucker
Milos Kelemen -- Liam O'Brien
J.J. Moser -- Sean Durzi
Matt Dumba -- Josh Brown
Troy Stecher -- Michael Kesselring
Juuso Valimaki
Connor Ingram
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Ryan McGregor
Injured: Jack McBain (lower body), Barrett Hayton (upper body), Vladislav Kolyachonok (lower body), Travis Dermott (upper body), Travis Boyd (upper body)
Status report
Kuznetsov will be a healthy scratch for the first time since May 3, 2021, because Capitals coach Spencer Carbery thinks he needs a night off mentally. The forward has one goal in his past seven games. … With Kuznetsov out, Philipps will go back into the lineup. … The Capitals held an optional morning skate. … Ingram will make his fifth straight start, Kuemper his third straight. … The Coyotes will go with 11 forwards and seven defensemen for the third consecutive game.
BLUES (12-10-1) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (16-5-4)
10 p.m., SCRIPPS, BSMW, SN1, TVAS
Blues projected lineup
Pavel Buchnevich -- Robert Thomas -- Jake Neighbours
Kevin Hayes -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou
Brandon Saad -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Kasperi Kapanen
Alexy Toropchenko -- Nikita Alexandrov -- Sammy Blais
Nick Leddy -- Colton Parayko
Torey Krug -- Justin Faulk
Marco Scandella -- Scott Perunovich
Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer
Scratched: Robert Bortuzzo, Tyler Tucker, Jakub Vrana
Injured: None
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone
Paul Cotter -- William Karlsson -- Jonathan Marchessault
Brett Howden – Chandler Stephenson -- Michael Amadio
William Carrier -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
Ben Hutton -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Kaedan Korczak
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud
Logan Thompson
Jiri Patera
Scratched: Pavel Dorofeyev, Brayden Pachal
Injured: Adin Hill (lower body), Alec Martinez (lower body), Shea Theodore (upper body)
Status report
The Blues will use the same 18 skaters from a 4-1 loss to the Arizona Coyotes on Dec. 2. … The Golden Knights made no lineup changes.
