NHL Projected Lineups, Starting Goalies, Injuries, Updates – The Hockey Writers – Column

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.

1 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Connor McDavid — Zach Hyman
Matt Savoie — Leon Draisaitl — Vasily Podkolzin
Jeff Skinner — Mattias Janmark — Corey Perry
Viktor Arvidsson — Adam Henrique — Connor Brown

Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — John Klingberg
Brett Kulak — Ty Emberson

Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner

Scratched: Troy Stecher, Kasperi Kapanen

Injured: Evander Kane (hip/knee), Alec Regula (knee)

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Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael — Aliaksei Protas — Pierre-Luc Dubois
Andrew Mangiapane — Lars Eller — Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh

Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk

Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev, Jakub Vrana

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report:

Wilson left an 8-3 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday midway through the third period after a hit from Ryan Graves. Coach Spencer Carbery said after the game that Wilson was being evaluated and there was some concern about his availability Sunday.

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3:30 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN, TVAS

Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin — J.T. Miller — Reilly Smith
Will Cuylle — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider — Mika Zibanejad — Arthur Kaliyev
Jonny Brodzinski — Sam Carrick — Matt Rempe

Ryan Lindgren — Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller — Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen — Braden Schneider

Jonathan Quick
Igor Shesterkin

Scratched: Matthew Robertson, Jimmy Vesey

Injured: Adam Edstrom (lower body)

Status report

Quick could start after Shesterkin allowed five goals on 16 shots before being pulled late in the first period of an 8-2 loss at the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday. Quick entered to make 14 saves. … New York adjusted its lines early Saturday, most notably elevating Zibanejad to first-line right wing and bumping Smith to left wing on the fourth, before switching back to the lineup from the start of the game.

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Penguins projected lineup

Anthony Beauvillier — Sidney Crosby — Rickard Rakell
Michael Bunting — Evgeni Malkin — Cody Glass
Danton Heinen — Kevin Hayes — Philip Tomasino
Matt Nieto — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari

P.O Joseph — Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Vincent Desharnais

Joel Blomqvist
Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Ryan Shea, Vladislav Kolyachonok

Injured: Bryan Rust (illness), Bokondji Imama (upper body)

Status report:

Rust, a forward, did not play in an 8-3 loss to the Washington Capitals on Saturday after becoming ill Friday. … Blomqvist will likely start. Nedeljkovic allowed five goals on 14 shots before being pulled in the second period Saturday; Blomqvist made 14 saves in relief.

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3 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, SN360, TVAS

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Tom Wilson
Connor McMichael — Aliaksei Protas — Pierre-Luc Dubois
Andrew Mangiapane — Lars Eller — Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh

Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk

Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev, Jakub Vrana

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Status report

Milano has practiced this week in a no-contact jersey; the forward has played three games this season, most recently sustaining an upper-body injury against the Nashville Predators on Nov. 6. 

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Penguins projected lineup

Rickard Rakell — Evgeni Malkin — Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting — Cody Glass — Emil Bemstrom
Anthony Beauvillier — Kevin Hayes — Philip Tomasino
Danton Heinen — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari

P.O Joseph — Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Vincent Desharnais

Alex Nedeljkovic
Joel Blomqvist

Scratched: Ryan Shea, Matt Nieto, Vladislav Kolyachonok

Injured: Sidney Crosby (upper body), Bokondji Imama (upper body)

Status report:

Crosby is expected to be a game-time decision after missing practice Friday, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. The first-line center played four games for Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off after missing the past two for Pittsburgh. … Malkin, a forward, said he will return from a lower-body injury that has held him out the past six games. … Rust, a forward, said he will play after being sidelined with a lower-body injury against the Philadelphia Flyers on Feb. 8.

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