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Check back each day to get the projected lineups, starting goalies, injury news, and roster updates for every game. On weekends, the lineups will be published prior to matinee games.
Sources: NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents and others.
7 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, SNP
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nicholas Paul
Cameron Atkinson — Conor Geekie
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening — Mitchell Chaffee
Victor Hedman — Janis Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Nick Perbix
Darren Raddysh
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Michael Eyssimont, Conor Sheary
Injured: None
Status report
– The Lightning could dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen.
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Hurricanes projected lineup
Seth Jarvis — Sebastian Aho — Jack Roslovic
Andrei Svechnikov — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — William Carrier
Eric Robinson — Jack Drury — Jackson Blake
Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Shayne Gostisbehere — Sean Walker
Dmitry Orlov – Jalen Chatfield
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: None
Injured: Brendan Lemieux (undisclosed)
Status report
– The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate Friday and coach Rod Brind’Amour did not name a starting goalie.
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8 p.m. ET; TSN3, CHSN
Blackhawks projected lineup
Nick Foligno — Connor Bedard — Teuvo Teravainen
Taylor Hall — Philipp Kurashev — Tyler Bertuzzi
Ilya Mikheyev — Jason Dickinson — Joey Anderson
Patrick Maroon — Ryan Donato — Andreas Athanasiou
Alec Martinez — Seth Jones
Alex Vlasic — TJ Brodie
Nolan Allan — Connor Murphy
Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Lukas Reichel, Craig Smith, Wyatt Kaiser
Injured: None
Status report
– Foligno could elevate from third-line left wing to the same spot on the first line, switching places with Mikheyev after a 5-2 season-opening loss at the Utah Hockey Club on Tuesday.
– Kaiser, a defenseman, was activated from injured reserve Thursday after missing the game Tuesday with an illness.
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Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Gabriel Vilardi
Cole Perfetti — Vladislav Namestnikov — Nikolaj Ehlers
Nino Niederreiter — Adam Lowry — Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron — Rasmus Kupari — Alex Iafallo
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg — Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury — Colin Miller
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Dylan Coghlan
Injured: David Gustafsson (lower body)
Status report
– The Jets could dress the same lineup they used in a season-opening 6-0 win at the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.
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10 p.m. ET; SNP, NBCSP
Flyers projected lineup
Matvei Michkov — Sean Couturier — Travis Konecny
Owen Tippett — Morgan Frost — Tyson Foerster
Joel Farabee — Jett Luchanko — Bobby Brink
Scott Laughton — Ryan Poehling — Garnet Hathaway
Cam York — Travis Sanheim
Egor Zamula — Jamie Drysdale
Erik Johnson — Rasmus Ristolainen
Samuel Ersson
Ivan Fedotov
Scratched: Noah Cates, Nicolas Delauriers, Emil Andrae
Injured: Nick Seeler (leg)
Status report
– Seeler was placed on injured reserve Friday, retroactive to Oct. 1. The defenseman was injured blocking a pass during a preseason game against the Boston Bruins on Oct. 1.
– Andrae, a defenseman, was recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League.
– Michkov and Luchanko each will make their NHL debut.
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Canucks projected lineup
Danton Heinen — J.T. Miller — Brock Boeser
Jake DeBrusk — Elias Pettersson — Daniel Sprong
Pius Suter — Aatu Raty — Conor Garland
Nils Hoglander — Teddy Blueger — Kiefer Sherwood
Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Carson Soucy — Tyler Myers
Derek Forbort — Noah Juulsen
Kevin Lankinen
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Vincent Desharnais, Nils Aman, Arshdeep Bains
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Dakota Joshua (testicular cancer recovery)
Status report
– Lankinen will start and make his Canucks debut.
– Juulsen will enter the lineup in place of Desharnais, a defenseman.
– Suter returns after missing a season-opening 6-5 overtime loss to the Calgary Flames on Wednesday with a minor injury and takes the spot of Hoglander, who drops down one line, with Aman, a forward, coming out of the lineup.
– Bains, a forward, was called up from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Thursday but isn’t expected to play.
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10 p.m. SCRIPPS, BSMW, SN360
Blues projected lineup
Dylan Holloway — Robert Thomas — Jake Neighbours
Alexandre Texier — Pavel Buchnevich — Jordan Kyrou
Mathieu Joseph — Brayden Schenn — Kasperi Kapanen
Alexey Toropchenko — Radek Faksa — Nathan Walker
Nick Leddy — Colton Parayko
Philip Broberg — Justin Faulk
Ryan Suter — Matthew Kessel
Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer
Scratched: Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Scott Perunovich, Brandon Saad
Injured: Oskar Sundqvist (torn ACL)
Status report
– The Blues did not hold a morning skate Friday following a 5-4 overtime victory at the San Jose Sharks on Thursday.
– Binnington is expected to start after Hofer made 25 saves Thursday.
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Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Pavel Dorofeyev — Tomas Hertl – Alexander Holtz
Brett Howden — Nicolas Roy – Victor Olofsson
Tanner Pearson — Cole Schwindt — Keegan Kolesar
Alex Pietrangelo — Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague — Noah Hanifin
Brayden McNabb — Zach Whitecloud
Adin Hill
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Brendan Brisson, Ben Hutton, Kaedan Korczak
Injured: William Karlsson (undisclosed)
Status report
– Schwindt will make his NHL debut.
– Brisson, a forward who played 10:48 in a season-opening 8-4 win against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday, will be a healthy scratch.
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