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(3M) RANGERS at (2M) DEVILS

Eastern Conference First Round, Game 1
7 p.m. ET; TBS, SN360, TVAS2, MSG 2, MSGSN2, MSGSN

Rangers projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Patrick Kane

Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Vladimir Tarasenko

Alexis Lafreniere -- Filip Chytil -- Kaapo Kakko

Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Tyler Motte

Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox

K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba

Niko Mikkola -- Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin

Jaroslav Halak

Scratched: Ben Harpur, Jake Leschyshyn, Jonny Brodzinski, Libor Hajek, Louis Domingue

Injured: None

Devils projected lineup

Tomas Tatar -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer

Ondrej Palat -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt

Timo Meier -- Erik Haula -- Jesper Boqvist

Miles Wood -- Michael McLeod -- Nathan Bastian

Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton

Ryan Graves -- John Marino

Kevin Bahl -- Damon Severson

Vitek Vanecek

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Luke Hughes, Yegor Sharangovich, Curtis Lazar, Akira Schmid

Injured: Jonathan Bernier (hip)

 

(3A) LIGHTNING at (2A) MAPLE LEAFS

Eastern Conference First Round, Game 1
7:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, CBC, SNE, SNO, SNP, TVAS, BSSUN

Lightning projected lineup

Steven Stamkos -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov

Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Alex Killorn

Ross Colton -- Nicholas Paul -- Michael Eyssimont

Pat Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry

Victor Hedman -- Nick Perbix

Mikhail Sergachev -- Darren Raddysh

Ian Cole -- Erik Cernak

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Brian Elliott

Scratched: Zach Bogosian, Haydn Fleury

Injured: Tanner Jeannot (leg)

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Michael Bunting -- Auston Matthews -- Mitchell Marner

John Tavares -- Ryan O'Reilly -- William Nylander

Alexander Kerfoot -- Noel Acciari -- Calle Jarnkrok

Zach Aston-Reese -- David Kampf -- Sam Lafferty

Jake McCabe -- TJ Brodie

Mark Giordano -- Justin Holl

Morgan Rielly -- Luke Schenn

Ilya Samsonov

Joseph Woll

Scratched: Erik Gustafsson, Timothy Liljegren, Conor Timmins, Wayne Simmonds, Matthew Knies, Erik Kallgren

Injured: Jake Muzzin (neck), Victor Mete (upper body), Nicholas Robertson (shoulder), Carl Dahlstrom (shoulder), Matt Murray (head)

 

(2WC) Jets at (1P) Golden Knights

Western Conference First Round, Game 1
9:30 p.m. ET: ESPN2, SNW, TVAS2, ATTSN-RM

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Mark Scheifele

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Blake Wheeler

Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton

Morgan Barron -- Kevin Stenlund -- Saku Maenalanen

Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo

Brenden Dillon -- Neal Pionk

Dylan Samberg -- Nate Schmidt

Connor Hellebuyck

David Rittich

Scratched: Logan Stanley, Kyle Capobianco, David Gustafsson, Dominic Toninato, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Karson Kuhlman

Injured: Cole Perfetti (upper body), Sam Gagner (lower body)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev - Jack Eichel -- Jonathan Marchessault

Reilly Smith -- William Karlsson -- Phil Kessel

Michael Amadio -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone

Brett Howden -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar

Alec Martinez -- Alex Pietrangelo

Brayden McNabb - Shea Theodore

Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud

Laurent Brossoit

Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Paul Cotter, Kaedan Korczak, Brayden Pachal, Teddy Blueger, Pavel Dorofeyev, Ben Hutton, Adin Hill

Injured: William Carrier (lower body), Logan Thompson (undisclosed)

 

(WC1) KRAKEN at (1C) AVALANCHE

Western Conference First Round, Game 1
10 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN360, TVAS, ALT, ROOT-NW

Kraken projected lineup

Jared McCann -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle

Jaden Schwartz -- Alex Wennberg -- Morgan Geekie

Eeli Tolvanen -- Yanni Gourde -- Oliver Bjorkstrand

Brandon Tanev -- Ryan Donato -- Daniel Sprong

Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson

Jamie Oleksiak -- Will Borgen

Carson Soucy -- Justin Schultz

Philipp Grubauer

Martin Jones

Scratched: Cale Fleury, Jaycob Megna, Jesper Froden, Tye Kartye

Injured: Andre Burakovsky (lower body), Joonas Donskoi (upper body), John Hayden (lower body)

Avalanche projected lineup

Evan Rodrigues -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen

Artturi Lehkonen -- J.T. Compher -- Valeri Nichushkin

Matt Nieto -- Lars Eller -- Denis Malgin

Alex Newhook -- Andrew Cogliano -- Logan O'Connor

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson

Bowen Byram -- Jack Johnson

Alexandar Georgiev

Pavel Francouz

Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Erik Johnson, Brad Hunt, Darren Helm, Ben Meyers

Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee)

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