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ISLANDERS (37-27-16) at DEVILS (38-38-5)
7 p.m. ET; MSGSN2, MSGSN
Islanders projected lineup
Casey Cizikas -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal
Hudson Fasching -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Pierre Engvall
Matt Martin -- Kyle MacLean -- Cal Clutterbuck
Alexander Romanov -- Sebastian Aho
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Mike Reilly -- Robert Bortuzzo
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Samuel Bolduc, Oliver Wahlstrom, Simon Holmstrom
Injured: Noah Dobson (upper body)
Devils projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Jesper Bratt
Alexander Holtz -- Erik Haula -- Dawson Mercer
Ondrej Palat -- Tomas Nosek -- Shane Bowers
Kurtis MacDermid -- Chris Tierney -- Nolan Foote
Luke Hughes -- John Marino
Kevin Bahl -- Brendan Smith
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Simon Nemec
Jake Allen
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched: Nick DeSimone, Graeme Clarke
Injured: Dougie Hamilton (torn pectoral muscle), Nathan Bastian (lower body), Curtis Lazar (upper body), Jack Hughes (upper body)
Status report
The Islanders did not hold a morning skate. ... Dobson is questionable after he missed a 3-2 shootout loss at the New York Rangers on Saturday. ... Varlamov will make his fourth start in five games. ... MacLean is expected to play after leaving practice early Sunday due to illness. ... Nosek will return after missing the past two games with an upper-body injury.
BRUINS (47-18-15) at CAPITALS (38-31-11)
7 p.m. ET; MNMT, NHLN, NESN
Bruins projected lineup
Danton Heinen -- Pavel Zacha -- David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand -- Charlie Coyle -- Jake DeBrusk
Jakub Lauko -- Morgan Geekie -- Trent Frederic
Pat Maroon -- Jesper Boqvist -- John Beecher
Hampus Lindholm -- Charlie McAvoy
Parker Wotherspoon -- Brandon Carlo
Kevin Shattenkirk -- Andrew Peeke
Jeremy Swayman
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: James van Riemsdyk, Matt Grzelcyk
Injured: Justin Brazeau (upper body), Derek Forbort (lower body)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Connor McMichael -- T.J. Oshie
Aliaksei Protas -- Dylan Strome -- Tom Wilson
Max Pacioretty -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Sonny Milano
Beck Malenstyn -- Nic Dowd -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Vincent Iorio
Alexander Alexeyev -- Dylan McIlrath
Charlie Lindgren
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Ivan Miroshnichenko, Lucas Johansen, Michael Sgarbossa
Injured: Rasmus Sandin (upper body), Nick Jensen (upper body)
Status report
Wotherspoon replaces Grzelcyk, a defenseman. … Sandin, a defenseman who has been ruled out for the final two games of the regular season, skated Monday morning in a noncontact jersey. … Jensen, a defenseman, was taken from the ice on a stretcher in the first period of a 4-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. He was hit into the boards at center ice by Lightning forward Michael Eyssimont and has been ruled out for the final two games. … The Capitals recalled McIlrath from Hershey of the American Hockey League on Sunday.
PREDATORS (47-29-5) at PENGUINS (37-31-12)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT+, BSSO
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Gustav Nyquist
Jason Zucker -- Colton Sissons -- Mark Jankowski
Anthony Beauvillier -- Tommy Novak -- Luke Evangelista
Cole Smith -- Michael McCarron -- Kiefer Sherwood
Ryan McDonagh -- Roman Josi
Jeremy Lauzon -- Dante Fabbro
Spencer Stastney -- Luke Schenn
Juuse Saros
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Tyson Barrie, Dante Fabbro, Alexandre Carrier, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Cody Glass
Injured: None
Penguins projected lineup
Drew O’Connor -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell
Reilly Smith -- Lars Eller -- Valtteri Puustinen
Radim Zohorna -- Jeff Carter -- Emil Bemstrom
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea -- Jack St. Ivany
Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Jesse Puljujarvi, Vinnie Hinostroza, John Ludvig
Injured: Matt Nieto (knee surgery), Jansen Harkins (hand surgery), Noel Acciari (lower body), Ryan Graves (concussion)
Status report
Sissons is expected to play after being sidelined for a 6-4 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday for roster management reasons. ... Carrier, a defenseman, likely will not play after missing the third period Saturday; Nashville coach Andrew Brunette said it was precautionary. ... Nedeljkovic will start a 12th straight game; he was pulled after allowing three goals on 16 shots in a 6-4 loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday. ... Letang and Eller are expected to play after each missed a full morning skate. ... Harkins, a forward, took full contact in the morning skate. He has not played since having surgery March 8.
CANADIENS (30-36-14) at RED WINGS (39-32-9)
7 p.m. ET; BSDETX, SN, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Brendan Gallagher -- Alex Newhook -- Joel Armia
Jesse Ylonen -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta -- Christian Dvorak -- Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Lane Hutson -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Jonathan Kovacevic
Mike Matheson -- Justin Barron
Sam Montembault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Colin White, Tanner Pearson, Jayden Struble
Injured: Kaiden Guhle (upper body), Joshua Roy (upper body)
Red Wings projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
David Perron -- J.T. Compher -- Patrick Kane
Robby Fabbri -- Andrew Copp -- Christian Fischer
Austin Czarnik -- Joe Veleno -- Daniel Sprong
Ben Chiarot -- Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson -- Jeff Petry
Olli Maatta -- Shayne Gostisbehere
Alex Lyon
James Reimer
Scratched: Justin Holl, Zach Aston-Reese, Ville Husso
Injured: Michael Rasmussen (upper body)
Status report
Hutson will make his NHL debut on Montreal’s top defense pair. … Copp (broken cheekbone) will participate in warmups before deciding if he can play with a full cage. … The Red Wings recalled Husso from his conditioning stint with Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League. He could be back the backup Tuesday at Montreal.
SABRES (38-37-6) at LIGHTNING (44-28-8)
7 p.m. ET; BSFL, MSG-B
Sabres projected lineups
JJ Peterka -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Zach Benson -- Dylan Cozens -- Jack Quinn
Jeff Skinner -- Peyton Krebs -- Jordan Greenway
Zemgus Girgensons -- Tyson Jost -- Victor Olofsson
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Bowen Byram -- Owen Power
Jacob Bryson -- Connor Clifton
Eric Comrie
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Scratched: Eric Robinson, Lukas Rousek
Injured: Mattias Samuelsson (upper body)
Lightning projected lineups
Anthony Duclair -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Steven Stamkos
Michael Eyssimont -- Nicholas Paul -- Mitchell Chaffee
Conor Sheary -- Luke Glendening -- Tanner Jeannot
Victor Hedman -- Darren Raddysh
Nick Perbix -- Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg -- Matt Dumba
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Matt Tomkins
Scratched: Austin Watson
Injured: Haydn Fleury (upper body), Jonas Johansson (lower body), Mikhail Sergachev (leg), Tyler Motte (lower body)
Status report
Fleury, a defenseman, and Johansson, a goalie, will not return until the Stanley Cup Playoffs, which begin Saturday. ... Sergachev, a defenseman, participated in the morning skate with a noncontact jersey. ... Comrie will get his first start since March 7.
SENATORS (36-40-4) at RANGERS (54-23-4)
7:30 p.m. ET; MSG, TSN5, RDS2
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Shane Pinto -- Drake Batherson
Mathieu Joseph -- Ridly Greig -- Claude Giroux
Boris Katchouk -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Parker Kelly
Bokondji Imama -- Jiri Smejkal -- Dominik Kubalik
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot -- Erik Brannstrom
Jakob Chychrun -- Jacob Bernard-Docker
Joonas Korpisalo
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Zack MacEwen
Injured: Mark Kastelic (upper body), Matthew Highmore (upper body), Angus Crookshank (lower body), Travis Hamonic (undisclosed), Tim Stutzle (upper body)
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Jack Roslovic
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle -- Alex Wennberg -- Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Matt Rempe
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Braden Schneider
Erik Gustafsson -- Jacob Trouba
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Zac Jones, Chad Ruhwedel, Jonny Brodzinski
Injured: Filip Chytil (upper body)
Status report
Greig did not skate with the Senators on Monday morning because he was sick. He is a game-time decision. … Stutzle, a forward, participated in the morning skate in a noncontact jersey and will miss his sixth straight game. … Ottawa recalled Ostapchuk from Belleville of the American Hockey League on Monday; he is expected to replace Kastelic, who was struck in the head by a puck Saturday. … The Rangers will start with the same forward lines and defense pairs they used in a 3-2 shootout win against the New York Islanders on Saturday.
WILD (38-33-9) at KINGS (43-26-11)
9:30 p.m. ET; ESPN
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson -- Marco Rossi -- Ryan Hartman
Frederick Gaudreau -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Vinni Lettieri
Mason Shaw -- Jacob Lucchini
Jake Middleton -- Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin -- Zach Bogosian
Jon Marrill -- Declan Chisholm
Alex Goligoski
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Adam Beckman, Jesper Wallstedt
Injured: Mats Zuccarello (personal)
Kings projected lineup
Trevor Moore -- Phillip Danault -- Viktor Arvidsson
Quinton Byfield -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala -- Blake Lizotte -- Trevor Lewis
Alex Laferriere -- Akil Thomas
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Matt Roy
Andreas Englund -- Jordan Spence
Jacob Moverare
Cam Talbot
David Rittich
Scratched: Arthur Kaliyev
Injured: Anze Kopitar (undisclosed), Alex Turcotte (upper body), Carl Grundstrom (lower body)
Status report
The Wild will use 11 forwards and seven defensem*n for the second straight game. … Kopitar, a center, participated in an optional practice Monday but is likely to miss his second straight game to rest.
SHARKS (19-52-9) at OILERS (48-25-6)
9:30 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNW, SNOL, NBCSCA
Sharks projected lineup
William Eklund -- Mikael Granlund -- Fabian Zetterlund
Klim Kostin -- Luke Kunin -- Collin Graf
Thomas Bordeleau -- Jack Studnicka -- Givani Smith
Danil Gushkin -- Nico Sturm -- Ryan Carpenter
Mario Ferraro -- Jack Thompson
Henry Thrun -- Kyle Burroughs
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Calen Addison
Devin Cooley
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Justin Bailey, Kevin Labanc, Mike Hoffman, Jan Rutta
Injured: Alexander Barbanov (lower body), Jacob MacDonald (undisclosed), Filip Zadina (lower body)
Oilers projected lineup
Adam Henrique -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Leon Draisaitl -- Warren Foegele
Dylan Holloway -- Ryan McLeod -- Corey Perry
Mattias Janmark -- Sam Carrick -- Connor Brown
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse -- Cody Ceci
Brett Kulak -- Vincent Desharnais
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Derek Ryan, Troy Stecher
Injured: Evander Kane (undisclosed)
Status report
Thompson, who was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League on Sunday, enters for Rutta, a defenseman … Smith replaces Bailey at forward … Gushchin, also recalled Sunday, is in for Labanc, a forward … McDavid returns for the Oilers after missing three games with a lower-body injury. Draisaitl moves back to center the second line … Henrique moves up from the second line to play on McDavid’s wing, and Nugent-Hopkins moves down to play on the second line in place of the injured Kane, a forward. … Skinner will make his second start in a row, ending a trend of Edmonton alternating goalies for the previous eight games.
