Projected lineups, starting goalies for today

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CAPITALS (39-14-8) at RANGERS (31-26-4)

7:30 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, MSG

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Aliaksei Protas

Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson

Andrew Mangiapane -- Lars Eller -- Ethen Frank

Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Taylor Raddysh

Rasmus Sandin -- John Carlson

Jakob Chychrun -- Trevor van Riemsdyk

Martin Fehervary -- Matt Roy

Charlie Lindgren

Logan Thompson

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Jakub Vrana

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere

Will Cuylle -- J.T. Miller -- Mika Zibanejad

Brennan Othmann -- Juuso Parssinen -- Jonny Brodzinski

Brett Berard -- Sam Carrick -- Matt Rempe

K'Andre Miller -- Will Borgen

Urho Vaakanainen -- Braden Schneider

Calvin de Haan -- Zac Jones

Igor Shesterkin

Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Reilly Smith, Matthew Robertson, Arthur Kaliyev

Injured: Adam Fox (upper body), Chris Kreider (upper body), Adam Edstrom (lower body)

Status report

Smith, a forward, will be a healthy scratch for the third consecutive game because of roster management purposes; the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline is Friday at 3 p.m. ET. … Kreider, a forward, was on the ice for the Rangers morning skate Wednesday, but remains on injured reserve and will miss his sixth straight game. ... Fox, a defenseman, will miss his fourth game in a row; he's also on injured reserve.

SENATORS (30-25-5) at BLACKHAWKS (19-35-7)

7:30 p.m. ET; CHSN, SN, TVAS

Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux

David Perron -- Josh Norris -- Drake Batherson

Noah Gregor -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio

Angus Crookshank -- Adam Gaudette -- Matthew Highmore

Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub

Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen

Travis Hamonic -- Nikolas Matinpalo

Linus Ullmark

Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Jacob Bernard-Docker

Injured: Nick Cousins (knee), Tyler Kleven (lower body)

Blackhawks projected lineup

Colton Dach -- Connor Bedard -- Frank Nazar

Teuvo Teravainen -- Ryan Donato -- Ilya Mikheyev

Landon Slaggert -- Andreas Athanasiou -- Tyler Bertuzzi

Patrick Maroon -- Lukas Reichel -- Craig Smith

Alex Vlasic -- Louis Crevier

Ethan Del Mastro -- Connor Murphy

Wyatt Kaiser -- Alec Martinez

Arvid Soderblom

Spencer Knight

Scratched: Petr Mrazek, TJ Brodie

Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Jason Dickinson (high ankle sprain), Nick Foligno (back), Philipp Kurashev (hand)

Status report

The Senators will dress the same lineup they used in a 5-4 shootout loss at the Washington Capitals on Monday … Forwards Dickinson, Foligno and Kurashev each took part in the Blackhawks morning skate Wednesday wearing a non-contact jersey. ... Soderblom will start after Knight made 41 saves in his Chicago debut on Monday, a 5-1 victory against the Los Angeles Kings … Mrazek, a goalie, will be scratched for the second straight game.

MAPLE LEAFS (38-20-3) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (36-18-6)

10 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, TSN4, TVAS

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner

Pontus Holmberg -- John Tavares -- William Nylander

Bobby McMann -- Max Domi -- Nicholas Robertson

Steven Lorentz -- David Kampf -- Calle Jarnkrok

Morgan Rielly -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Jake McCabe -- Philippe Myers

Simon Benoit -- Conor Timmins

Joseph Woll

Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Connor Dewar, Dakota Mermis, Ryan Reaves

Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Max Pacioretty (tightness), Chris Tanev (upper body)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Tanner Pearson -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone

Brandon Saad -- Tomas Hertl -- Pavel Dorofeyev

Ivan Barbashev -- Brett Howden -- Keegan Kolesar

Victor Olofsson -- Nicolas Roy -- Raphael Lavoie

Nicolas Hague -- Alex Pietrangelo

Noah Hanifin -- Zach Whitecloud

Brayden McNabb -- Kaedan Korczak

Adin Hill

Ilya Samsonov

Scratched: Ben Hutton

Injured: William Karlsson (lower body), Cole Schwindt (lower body), Shea Theodore (upper body)

Status report

Lorentz, a forward, will return after missing two games with an undisclosed injury. … Tanev, a defenseman, took part in the Maple Leafs morning skate Wednesday, but is expected to miss his fourth straight game. … Pearson will move to the top line, switching places with Olofsson. … Schwindt, a forward, took part in the Golden Knights morning skate as a full participant but will miss his 14th consecutive game.

BLUES (29-27-6) at KINGS (31-20-8)

10:30 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, FDSNW, SNW, SNO, SNE

Blues projected lineup

Jake Neighbours -- Robert Thomas -- Pavel Buchnevich

Dylan Holloway -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou

Mathieu Joseph -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Zack Bolduc

Alexey Toropchenko -- Radek Faksa -- Nathan Walker

Cam Fowler -- Colton Parayko

Philip Broberg -- Justin Faulk

Ryan Suter -- Nick Leddy

Jordan Binnington

Joel Hofer

Scratched: Alexandre Texier, Tyler Tucker

Injured: None

Kings projected lineup

Kevin Fiala -- Quinton Byfield -- Adrian Kempe

Alex Turcotte -- Anze Kopitar -- Alex Laferriere

Warren Foegele -- Phillip Danault -- Trevor Moore

Tanner Jeannot -- Samuel Helenius -- Trevor Lewis

Mikey Anderson -- Vladislav Gavrikov

Joel Edmundson -- Drew Doughty

Jacob Moverare -- Brandt Clarke

Darcy Kuemper

David Rittich

Scratched: Kyle Burroughs, Jordan Spence, Akil Thomas

Injured: None

Status report

The Blues will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 6-3 loss at the Dallas Stars on Sunday. … Helenius was recalled from Ontario of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … Clarke will play after being scratched the past two games and will replace Spence, a defenseman.

DUCKS (27-26-7) at CANUCKS (27-22-11)

10:30 p.m. ET; SNP, KCOP-13, Victory+

Ducks projected lineup

Frank Vatrano -- Ryan Strome -- Troy Terry

Trevor Zegras -- Leo Carlsson -- Alex Killorn

Cutter Gauthier -- Mason McTavish -- Sam Colangelo

Ross Johnston -- Isaac Lundestrom – Jansen Harkins

Jackson Lacombe -- Radko Gudas

Pavel Mintyukov -- Jacob Trouba

Brian Dumoulin -- Drew Helleson

John Gibson

Lukas Dostal

Scratched: Brett Leason, Olen Zellweger

Injured: Robby Fabbri (upper body), Brock McGinn (torn ACL)

Canucks projected lineup

Dakota Joshua -- Elias Pettersson -- Conor Garland

Drew O’Connor -- Filip Chytl -- Jonathan Lekkerimaki

Jake DeBrusk -- Pius Suter -- Brock Boeser

Nils Hoglander -- Teddy Blueger -- Kiefer Sherwood

Elias Nils Pettersson -- Filip Hronek

Marcus Pettersson -- Tyler Myers

Derek Forbort -- Carson Soucy

Kevin Lankinen

Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Nils Aman, Victor Mancini

Injured: Quinn Hughes (lower body), Thatcher Demko (lower body), Noah Juulsen (lower body)

Status report

The Ducks did not hold a morning skate Tuesday, but Gibson, who did go on the ice, is expected to start after Dostal made 32 saves in a 6-2 win at the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. … Zellweger, a defenseman who has been scratched four straight games, could enter the lineup in place of Mintyukov. … Hughes won’t play and is day to day after being injured during a 6-3 loss at the Seattle Kraken on Saturday. … Rookie Elias Nils Pettersson will start the game in Hughes' spot on the top defense pair but could swap situationally with Forbort.