Projected lineups, starting goalies for today
Latest line combinations, defense pairs, injury news from NHL.com writers
AVALANCHE (28-20-2) at RANGERS (24-20-4)
1 p.m. ET; MSG, ALT, SN, TVAS
Avalanche projected lineup
Jonathan Drouin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Juuso Parsinen -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Artturi Lehkonen
Ross Colton -- Jack Drury -- Logan O'Connor
Joel Kiviranta -- Parker Kelly -- Chris Wagner
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson
Keaton Middleton -- Sam Malinski
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Calvin de Haan, Jere Innala
Injured: Valeri Nichushkin (lower body), Miles Wood (back), Oliver Kylington (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)
Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle -- Mika Zibanejad -- Reilly Smith
Chris Kreider -- Filip Chytil -- Arthur Kaliyev
Adam Edstrom -- Sam Carrick -- Matt Rempe
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Zac Jones, Jimmy Vesey, Jonny Brodzinski
Injured: None
Status report
Blackwood is expected to start after Wedgewood made 12 saves in a 3-1 loss at the Boston Bruins on Saturday. … Necas and Drury each will be playing his second game with Colorado since being acquired from the Carolina Hurricanes in a trade that also involved the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday; each was held off the score sheet against the Bruins. … Carrick (maintenance) did not practice Saturday but is expected to play. … The Rangers likely will dress the same 18 skaters they've used for the past six games.
UTAH (21-20-7) at SENATORS (25-20-4)
5 p.m. ET; RDS2, TSN5, Utah16
Utah projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Logan Cooley -- Nick Schmaltz
Mattias Maccelli -- Barrett Hayton -- Josh Doan
Jack McBain -- Nick Bjugstad -- Lawson Crouse
Michael Carcone -- Kevin Stenlund -- Alexander Kerfoot
John Marino -- Olli Maatta
Ian Cole -- Michael Kesselring
Juuso Valimaki -- Nick DeSimone
Karel Vejmelka
Connor Ingram
Scratched: Vladislav Kolyachonok, Liam O’Brien
Injured: Mikhail Sergachev (upper body), Dylan Guenther (lower body), Sean Durzi (upper body), Robert Bortuzzo (lower body)
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- David Perron
Claude Giroux -- Ridly Greig -- Drake Batherson
Matthew Highmore -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio
Zack Ostapchuk -- Adam Gaudette
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot -- Travis Hamonic
Tyler Kleven -- Nikolas Matinpalo
Leevi Merilainen
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: None
Injured: Linus Ullmark (back), Jacob Bernard-Docker (high ankle sprain), Noah Gregor (lower body), Josh Norris (upper body), Nick Jensen (undisclosed), Nick Cousins (lower body), Cole Reinhardt (undisclosed)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. … Merilainen could start after Forsberg made 28 saves in a 2-1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. … Cousins, a forward who left in the first period Saturday after a knee-on-knee collision with Jacob Quillan, is “going to be out for a while,” coach Travis Green said. A forward will be recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League. … Jensen, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game. … Norris, a forward, skated with the Senators on Saturday but will miss his third consecutive game.
FLAMES (24-16-7) at JETS (33-14-3)
6 p.m. ET; SNW, TSN3
Flames projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Nazem Kadri -- Jakob Pelletier
Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Matt Coronato
Ryan Lomberg -- Yegor Sharangovich -- Martin Pospisil
Clark Bishop -- Kevin Rooney -- Andrei Kuzmenko
Kevin Bahl -- Rasmus Andersson
MacKenzie Weegar -- Daniil Miromanov
Joel Hanley -- Brayden Pachal
Dan Vladar
Dustin Wolf
Scratched: Jake Bean, Tyson Barrie, Rory Kerins
Injured: Connor Zary (knee)
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Cole Perfetti
Nino Niederreiter -- Rasmus Kupari -- Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron -- David Gustafsson -- Alex Iafallo
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury -- Logan Stanley
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Ville Heinola, Colin Miller
Injured: Adam Lowry (upper body)
Status report
The Flames did not hold a morning skate following a 5-4 win at the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. Vladar is expected to start after Wolf made 21 saves. … The Jets also did not skate and are expected to use the same lineup from a 5-2 win against the Utah Hockey Club on Friday.
WILD (28-17-4) at BLACKHAWKS (15-28-5)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, CHSN, SN1
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Mats Zuccarello
Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Ryan Hartman
Yakov Trenin -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Jakub Lauko
Jake Middleton -- Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm -- Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill -- Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Travis Dermott, Devin Shore
Injured: Jonas Brodin (lower body), Marcus Johansson (upper body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Connor Bedard -- Frank Nazar
Teuvo Teravainen -- Jason Dickinson -- Ilya Mikheyev
Colton Dach -- Lukas Reichel -- Nick Foligno
Patrick Maroon -- Ryan Donato -- Philipp Kurashev
Alec Martinez -- Seth Jones
Alec Vlasic -- Louis Crevier
Nolan Allan -- Ethan Del Mastro
Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: TJ Brodie
Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Connor Murphy (groin), Craig Smith (back)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate … Gustavsson is likely to start after Fleury made 24 saves in a 5-4 loss to the Calgary Flames on Saturday. … Martinez and Jones did not practice for the Blackhawks on Saturday because of illness, but each defenseman could play.
PANTHERS (29-18-3) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (30-15-4)
8 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, SCRIPPS, SN, TVAS
Panthers projected lineup
Matthew Tkachuk -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Eetu Luostarinen -- Sam Bennett -- Mackie Samoskevich
Carter Verhaeghe -- Anton Lundell -- Jesper Boqvist
Evan Rodrigues -- Tomas Nosek -- A.J. Greer
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis -- Nate Schmidt
Spencer Knight
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Adam Boqvist, Tobias Bjornfot
Injured: Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone
Victor Olofsson -- Tomas Hertl -- Pavel Dorofeyev
Tanner Pearson-- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
Jonas Rondbjerg -- Brett Howden -- Alexander Holtz
Noah Hanifin -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud
Adin Hill
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Ben Hutton, Kaedan Korczak
Injured: William Karlsson (lower body), Cole Schwindt (lower body)
Status report
The Panthers did not hold a morning skate following their 7-2 victory against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. … The Golden Knights held an optional morning skate. … Rondbjerg was recalled from Henderson of the American Hockey League on Sunday; forwards Tanner Lazcynski and Brendan Brisson were reassigned to the AHL on Saturday.