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RANGERS (16-16-1) at DEVILS (22-11-3)
1 p.m. ET; MSGSN, MSG
Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider -- Filip Chytil -- Will Cuylle
Reilly Smith -- Mika Zibanejad -- Brett Berard
Adam Edstrom -- Sam Carrick -- Jimmy Vesey
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
Braden Schneider -- Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen -- Chad Ruhwedel
Jonathan Quick
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: Jonny Brodzinski, Zac Jones
Injured: K’Andre Miller (upper body)
Suspended: Matt Rempe
Devils projected lineup
Paul Cotter -- Jack Hughes -- Dawson Mercer
Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Stefan Noesen
Ondrej Palat -- Erik Haula -- Jesper Bratt
Tomas Tatar -- Justin Dowling -- Nathan Bastian
Brenden Dillon -- Dougie Hamilton
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Luke Hughes -- Brett Pesce
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Curtis Lazar (knee), Santeri Hatakka (shoulder)
Status report
Rempe, a forward, received an eight-game suspension on Sunday for boarding and elbowing Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen on Dec. 20. ... The Devils assigned defenseman Colton White to Utica of the American Hockey League on Sunday.
JETS (24-10-1) at MAPLE LEAFS (21-11-2)
2 p.m. ET; TSN3, TSN4
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi
Cole Perfetti -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron -- David Gustafsson -- Alex Iafallo
Josh Morrissey -- Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury -- Dylan DeMelo
Ville Heinola -- Colin Miller
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Logan Stanley , Rasmus Kupari
Injured: Dylan Samberg (foot)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matthew Knies -- David Kampf-- Mitch Marner
Max Pacioretty -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Bobby McMann -- Max Domi -- Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz -- Connor Dewar -- Ryan Reaves
Morgan Rielly -- Conor Timmins
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit -- Jake McCabe
Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby
Scratched: Pontus Holmberg, Phillippe Myers
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body), Auston Matthews (upper body)
Status report
Neither team will have a morning skate. This is the final game for each team before the holiday break.
LIGHTNING (18-11-2) at PANTHERS (22-11-2)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, SCRIPPS
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Conor Geekie
Gage Goncalves -- Nick Paul -- Mitchell Chaffee
Zemgus Girgensons -- Luke Glendening -- Michael Eyssimont
Victor Hedman -- Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg -- Nick Perbix
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: Declan Carlile, Cam Atkinson
Injured: J.J. Moser (upper body)
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
Evan Rodrigues -- Sam Bennett -- Mackie Samoskevich
A.J. Greer -- Tomas Nosek -- Rasmus Asplund
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis -- Nate Schmidt
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Adam Boqvist
Injured: Jesper Boqvist (upper body), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Monday following Florida's 4-2 win in the first half of the home-and-home back-to-back at Tampa Bay on Sunday. ... Johansson is expected to start after Vasilevskiy made 22 saves Sunday. … Bobrovsky will start after Knight made 19 saves Sunday. … Florida recalled Asplund from Charlotte of the American Hockey League on Sunday to replace Gadjovich, a forward, on the fourth line. ... Jesper Boqvist, a forward, has missed the past two games.
CAPITALS (23-8-2) at BRUINS (18-13-4)
7 p.m. ET; MNMT, NESN, TVAS
Capitals projected lineup
Andrew Mangiapane -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Aliaksei Protas
Jakub Vrana -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Taylor Raddysh
Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Ivan Miroshnichenko
Rasmus Sandin -- John Carlson
Martin Fehervary -- Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Alexander Alexeyev, Dylan McIlrath, Henrik Rybinski
Injured: Alex Ovechkin (leg), Lars Eller (illness)
Bruins projected lineup
Morgan Geekie -- Pavel Zacha -- David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand -- Elias Lindholm -- Charlie Coyle
Justin Brazeau -- Trent Frederic -- Oliver Wahlstrom
John Beecher -- Mark Kastelic -- Cole Koepke
Nikita Zadorov -- Charlie McAvoy
Jordan Oesterle -- Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei -- Andrew Peeke
Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Parker Wotherspoon, Marc McLaughlin
Injured: Hampus Lindholm (lower body)
Status report
Lindgren is expected to start after Thompson made 25 saves in a 3-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday.
FLYERS (15-15-4) at PENGUINS (15-15-5)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, NBCSP+
Flyers projected lineup
Joel Farabee -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Owen Tippett -- Morgan Frost -- Matvei Michkov
Tyson Foerster -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink
Scott Laughton -- Ryan Poehling -- Garnet Hathaway
Cam York -- Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Egor Zamula -- Jamie Drysdale
Samuel Ersson
Aleksei Kolosov
Scratched: Erik Johnson, Ivan Fedotov
Injured: Nicolas Deslauriers (upper body)
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting -- Evgeni Malkin -- Cody Glass
Anthony Beauvillier -- Drew O’Connor -- Philip Tomasino
Matt Nieto -- Blake Lizotte -- Noel Acciari
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves -- Ryan Shea
Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Kevin Hayes, Jesse Puljujarvi, Nathan Clurman
Injured: Marcus Pettersson (lower body), Owen Pickering (concussion)
Status report
Couturier, a forward, will return after missing a 5-4 overtime win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday for personal reasons. ... Pickering, a defenseman, was injured in the second period of a 3-0 loss at the New Jersey Devils on Saturday and is out indefinitely; Joseph, acquired in a trade from the St. Louis Blues on Dec. 18, could replace the rookie on the top defense pair with Letang.
CANADIENS (14-16-3) at BLUE JACKETS (13-15-6)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook -- Kirby Dach -- Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Lane Hutson -- Mike Matheson
Kaiden Guhle -- Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj -- David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Jayden Struble
Injured: None
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Dmitri Voronkov -- Sean Monahan -- Kirill Marchenko
James van Riemsdyk -- Adam Fantilli -- Zach Aston-Reese
Kent Johnson -- Cole Sillinger -- Mathieu Olivier
Mikael Pyyhtia -- Sean Kuraly -- Kevin Labanc
Zach Werenski -- Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk -- Ivan Provorov
Jake Christiansen -- Jack Johnson
Jet Greaves
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Damon Severson, Jordan Harris
Injured: Yegor Chinakhov (upper body), Justin Danforth (lower body), Elvis Merzlikins (undisclosed)
Status report
Greaves, on emergency recall from Cleveland of the American Hockey League, will start; Merzlikins did not take part in the Blue Jackets morning skate Monday and coach Dean Evason said the goalie was “banged up in some way.” … Evason said there are several game-time decisions concerning the defense but Mateychuk, the No. 12 pick in the 2022 NHL Draft, is expected to make his NHL debut. ... Werenski is likely to play after leaving briefly in the third period of a 5-4 overtime loss at the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturay because of a knee injury. … Fabbro is expected to return after missing two games with a lower-body injury.
BLUES (15-16-4) at RED WINGS (13-16-4)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, FDSNDET
Blues projected lineup
Alexandre Texier -- Robert Thomas -- Pavel Buchnevich
Dylan Holloway -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou
Jake Neighbours -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Zack Bolduc
Alexey Toropchenko -- Mathieu Joseph – Nathan Walker
Cam Fowler -- Colton Parayko
Philip Broberg -- Justin Faulk
Ryan Suter -- Tyler Tucker
Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer
Scratched: Brandon Saad, Scott Perunovich
Injured: Nick Leddy (lower body), Radek Faksa (lower body)
Red Wings projected lineup
Vladimir Tarasenko -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Patrick Kane -- Andrew Copp -- Alex DeBrincat
Christian Fischer -- J.T. Compher -- Michael Rasmussen
Joe Veleno -- Marco Kasper -- Jonatan Berggren
Justin Holl -- Moritz Seider
William Lagesson -- Jeff Petry
Erik Gustafsson -- Albert Johansson
Cam Talbot
Alex Lyon
Scratched: Tyler Motte
Injured: Simon Edvinsson (upper body), Ben Chiarot (upper body)
Status report
Texier and Neighbours are expected to switch lines; Texier played on the third line and Neighbours the top line in a 2-1 overtime loss at the Florida Panthers on Friday. ... Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said he expects Edvinsson to return against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday; the defenseman will miss his third straight game. ... Chiarot will be re-evaluated after the holiday break; the defenseman left after the second period of a 5-1 loss at the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
SABRES (11-19-4) at ISLANDERS (13-14-7)
7:30 p.m. ET, MSGSN, MSG-B
Sabres projected lineup
Jason Zucker -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka -- Dylan Cozens -- Jack Quinn
Peyton Krebs -- Jiri Kulich -- Zach Benson
Beck Malenstyn -- Ryan McLeod -- Sam Lafferty
Rasmus Dahlin -- Bowen Byram
Mattias Samuelsson -- Owen Power
Jacob Bryson -- Connor Clifton
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: Henri Jokiharju, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Dennis Gilbert
Injured: Jordan Greenway (middle body)
Islanders projected lineup
Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Anthony Duclair -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Maxim Tsyplakov -- Bo Horvat -- Simon Holmstrom
Kyle MacLean -- Casey Cizikas -- Hudson Fasching
Alexander Romanov -- Noah Dobson
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Isaiah George -- Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg
Scratched: Matt Martin, Pierre Engvall, Dennis Cholowski
Injured: Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Mike Reilly (heart surgery)
Status report
Dahlin will return after missing a 3-1 loss at the Boston Bruins on Saturday because of back spasms; he had returned from a seven-game absence with the same injury in a 6-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday. ... Quinn is back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch at Boston.
HURRICANES (21-11-1) at PREDATORS (10-17-7)
8 p.m. ET; FDSNSO
Hurricanes projected lineup
Eric Robinson -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- William Carrier
Jack Roslovic -- Tyson Jost -- Jackson Blake
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov -- Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Sean Walker
Dustin Tokarski
Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: Riley Stillman
Injured: Frederik Andersen (knee), Jack Drury (hand)
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Steven Stamkos -- Jonathan Marchessault
Zachary L’Heureux -- Ryan O’Reilly -- Gustav Nyquist
Mark Jankowski -- Tommy Novak -- Luke Evangelista
Cole Smith -- Michael McCarron -- Colton Sissons
Jeremy Lauzon -- Roman Josi
Brady Skjei -- Justin Barron
Adam Wilsby -- Luke Schenn
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Juuso Parssinen, Nick Blankenburg
Injured: None
Status report
The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate Monday following a 3-1 win at the New York Rangers on Sunday. ... Predators coach Andrew Brunette said there was a “pretty good chance” Barron will make his Nashville debut after being acquired in a trade with the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday.
BLACKHAWKS (12-20-2) at WILD (20-10-4)
8 p.m. ET; FDSNWIX, FDSNNOX, CHSN
Blackhawks projected lineup
Taylor Hall -- Connor Bedard -- Tyler Bertuzzi
Nick Foligno -- Frank Nazar -- Ryan Donato
Teuvo Teravainen -- Jason Dickinson -- Ilya Mikheyev
Patrick Maroon -- Lukas Reichel -- Joey Anderson
Alex Vlasic -- Connor Murphy
Nolan Allan -- Seth Jones
Kevin Korchinski -- TJ Brodie
Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Louis Crevier, Philipp Kurashev
Injured: Alec Martinez (neck), Craig Smith (lower back), Laurent Brossoit (knee)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Marco Rossi -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Ryan Hartman
Devin Shore -- Yakov Trenin -- Ben Jones
Jonas Brodin -- Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm -- Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill -- Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Travis Dermott, Brendan Gaunce
Injured: Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Jake Middleton (upper body), Jakub Lauko (upper body)
Status report
The Blackhawks did not conduct a morning skate Monday. ... Gustavsson was first off the ice and is expected to start after missing four games with a lower-body injury. ... Trenin returns after missing five games with an upper-body injury. … Eriksson Ek skated with the Wild on Monday and is nearing a return, but the forward will miss his 10th straight game.
STARS (19-13-0) at UTAH (16-11-6)
9 p.m. ET; Utah16, Victory+
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Mavrik Bourque
Mason Marchment -- Matt Duchene -- Evgenii Dadonov
Jamie Benn -- Wyatt Johnston -- Logan Stankoven
Oskar Back -- Sam Steel -- Colin Blackwell
Miro Heiskanen -- Thomas Harley
Esa Lindell -- Nils Lundkvist
Lian Bichsel -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Casey DeSmith
Jake Oettinger
Scratched: Brendan Smith, Justin Hryckowian
Injured: Tyler Seguin (undisclosed), Matt Dumba (upper body)
Utah projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Barrett Hayton -- Nick Schmaltz
Jack McBain -- Logan Cooley -- Dylan Guenther
Lawson Crouse -- Nick Bjugstad -- Matias Maccelli
Alexander Kerfoot -- Kevin Stenlund -- Michael Carcone
Mikhail Sergachev -- Olli Maatta
Ian Cole -- Michael Kesselring
Juuso Valimaki -- Vladislav Kolyachonok
Karel Vejmelka
Jaxson Stauber
Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Liam O’Brien
Injured: Maveric Lamoureux (undisclosed), Sean Durzi (upper body), John Marino (upper body)
Status report
The Stars are expected to dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 3-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Friday. ... DeSmith will start for the first time since he made 36 saves in a 2-1 win at Utah on Dec. 2. ... Kolyachonok returns after being a healthy scratch for a 5-4 shootout loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.
SHARKS (11-19-6) at CANUCKS (16-10-7)
9 p.m. ET; Prime, NBCSCA
Sharks projected lineup
Mikael Granlund -- Macklin Celebrini -- Tyler Toffoli
William Eklund -- Alex Wennberg -- Will Smith
Nikolai Kovalenko -- Luke Kunin -- Fabian Zetterlund
Barclay Goodrow -- Nico Sturm -- Ty Dellandrea
Henry Thrun -- Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro -- Timothy Liljegren
Shakir Mukhamadullin -- Jan Rutta
Yaroslav Askarov
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Carl Grundstrom
Injured: Vitek Vanecek (head), Jake Walman (lower body)
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Nils Hoglander
Phil Di Giuseppe -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua -- Pius Suter -- Conor Garland
Danton Heinen -- Teddy Blueger -- Kiefer Sherwood
Quinn Hughes -- Tyler Myers
Carson Soucy -- Noah Juulsen
Derek Forbort -- Vincent Desharnais
Thatcher Demko
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Erik Brannstrom, Max Sasson, Linus Karlsson
Injured: Filip Hronek (upper body)
Status report
Walman, a top-pair defenseman, is day to day; Thrun moves up into his place alongside Ceci and Mukhamadullin returns to the lineup after being scratched for a 3-2 overtime loss at the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. … Askarov will make consecutive starts for the first time in the NHL after making 39 saves at Edmonton. … San Jose shook up its forward lines, moving Granlund from center to wing, dropping Goodrow from the first to fourth line, and moving Kunin from wing to center. … The Canucks did not hold a morning skate Monday, but Hoglander will return after two games as a healthy scratch, Karlsson, a forward, comes out of the lineup, and Demko will start after Lankinen started the previous two.
DUCKS (13-15-4) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (22-8-3)
10 p.m. ET; Victory+, SCRIPPS, KCOP-13
Ducks projected lineup
Frank Vatrano -- Ryan Strome -- Troy Terry
Brock McGinn -- Leo Carlsson -- Alex Killorn
Cutter Gauthier -- Mason McTavish -- Robby Fabbri
Ross Johnston -- Isac Lundestrom -- Jansen Harkins
Jackson LaCombe -- Radko Gudas
Jacob Trouba -- Olen Zellweger
Pavel Mintyukov -- Brian Dumoulin
John Gibson
Lukas Dostal
Scratched: Brett Leason, Drew Helleson
Injured: Trevor Zegras (knee)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Victor Olofsson -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone
Tomas Hertl -- William Karlsson -- Keegan Kolesar
Brett Howden -- Tanner Laczynski -- Pavel Dorofeyev
Tanner Pearson -- Cole Schwindt -- Alexander Holtz
Noah Hanifin -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud
Adin Hill
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Ben Hutton, Kaedan Korczak
Injured: Ivan Barbnasev (upper body), Nicolas Roy (upper body)
Status report
The Ducks did not hold a morning skate Monday following a 5-4 shootout win at the Utah Hockey Club on Sunday. … The Golden Knights will shuffle their forward lines; Olofsson will move to the top line alongside Eichel and Stone, Hertl will move from center to Karlsson’s left wing and Dorofeyev will play on Laczynski’s right wing.
