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MAPLE LEAFS (46-25-10) at LIGHTNING (44-29-8)
7 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, TVAS2, SN
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Matthew Knies -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Nicholas Robertson -- Pontus Holmberg -- Noah Gregor
Connor Dewar -- David Kampf -- Ryan Reaves
Morgan Rielly -- Ilya Lybushkin
Simon Benoit -- Jake McCabe
Joel Edmundson -- Timothy Liljegren
Ilya Samsonov
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Max Domi, Bobby McCann, Martin Jones, Conor Timmins
Injured: Calle Jarnkrok (hand), Matt Murray (hip)
Lightning projected lineup
Anthony Duclair -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Steven Stamkos
Michael Eyssimont -- Nicholas Paul -- Mitchell Chaffee
Conor Sheary -- Tanner Jeannot
Victor Hedman -- Darren Raddysh
Nick Perbix -- Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg -- Matt Dumba
Calvin de Haan
Matt Tomkins
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: Austin Watson
Injured: Haydn Fleury (upper body), Jonas Johansson (lower body), Mikhail Sergachev (leg), Tyler Motte (lower body), Luke Glendening (upper body)
Status report
The Maple Leafs did not hold a morning skate following a 5-2 loss at the Florida Panthers on Tuesday. ... The Lightning held an optional morning skate. ... Glendening will not play after the forward was injured during the first period of a 4-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Monday.
PENGUINS (38-31-12) at ISLANDERS (38-27-16)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MSGSN, TVAS
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 -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea -- Jack St. Ivany
Alex Nedeljkovic
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Emil Bemstrom, Vinnie Hinostroza, John Ludvig
Injured: Matt Nieto (knee surgery), Jansen Harkins (hand surgery), Noel Acciari (lower body), Ryan Graves (concussion)
Islanders projected lineup
Casey Cizikas -- Bo Horvat -- Oliver Wahlstrom
Simon Holmstrom -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Ruslan Iskhakov
Matt Martin -- Kyle MacLean -- Cal Clutterbuck
Alexander Romanov -- Samuel Bolduc
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Mike Reilly -- Robert Bortuzzo
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Mathew Barzal, Pierre Engvall, Hudson Fasching, Sebastian Aho
Injured: Noah Dobson (upper body)
Status report
Nedeljkovic will finish the season with 13 straight starts. ... Dobson, a defenseman, skated on his own Wednesday morning but remains day to day. ... Iskhakov, a forward, was recalled from Bridgeport of the American Hockey League on Wednesday and is expected to make his NHL debut with forwards Barzal, Engvall and Fasching each not in the lineup for maintenance reasons. ... Sorokin will start after Varlamov made 23 saves in a 4-1 win at the New Jersey Devils on Monday.
BLUES (43-33-5) at STARS (51-21-9)
9:30 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT
Blues projected lineup
Brayden Schenn -- Robert Thomas -- Zack Bolduc
Brandon Saad -- Pavel Buchnevich -- Jordan Kyrou
Alexey Toropchenko -- Kevin Hayes -- Kasperi Kapanen
Nathan Walker -- Zach Dean -- Sammy Blais
Scott Perunovich -- Colton Parayko
Nick Leddy -- Matthew Kessel
Marco Scandella -- Tyler Tucker
Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer
Scratched: Nikita Alexandrov
Injured: Torey Krug (upper body), Justin Faulk (upper body), Jake Neighbours (upper body)
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Mason Marchment -- Matt duch*ene -- Evgenii Dadonov
Jamie Benn -- Wyatt Johnston -- Logan Stankoven
Craig Smith -- Radek Faksa -- Sam Steel
Thomas Harley -- Miro Heiskanen
Esa Lindell -- Chris Tanev
Ryan Suter -- Nils Lundkvist
Jake Oettinger
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Ty Dellandrea, Tyler Seguin
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body)
Status report
The Blues will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 4-1 win against the Seattle Kraken on Sunday. … Binnington will finish the season alternating starts with Hofer for the seventh straight game. ... Dadonov will return after missing 29 games with a lower-body injury. ... Seguin, a forward, will be scratched to get Dadonov a game before the beginning of the Stanley Cup Playoffs; the Stars have been managing Seguin's ice time since he missed 11 games with a lower-body injury from Feb. 24-March 16.
OILERS (49-25-6) at COYOTES (35-41-5)
10 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, SN, TVAS
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
Brett Kulak -- Vincent Desharnais
Philip Broberg -- Troy Stecher
Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: Derek Ryan, Cody Ceci, Darnell Nurse
Injured: Evander Kane (undisclosed)
Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Alex Kerfoot -- Nick Schmaltz
Lawson Crouse -- Logan Cooley -- Dylan Guenther
Matias Maccelli -- Jack McBain -- Josh Doan
Liam O’Brien -- Aku Raty -- Michael Carcone
J.J. Moser -- Sean Durzi
Juuso Valimaki -- Michael Kesselring
Vladislav Kolyachonok-- Josh Brown
Karel Vejmelka
Connor Ingram
Scratched: None
Injured: Nick Bjugstad (upper body), Travis Dermott (upper body), Barrett Hayton (lower body)
Status report
Pickard will start for the first of a back-to-back that concludes at the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday. … With the Oilers locked into second place in the Pacific Division, coach Kris Knoblauch said Ceci and Nurse, both defensem*n, will be healthy scratches. Broberg was recalled from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … Kane, a forward, will miss a second straight game. … The Coyotes held an optional morning skate. … Raty was recalled from Tucson of the AHL and is expected to make his NHL debut. He was a fifth-round pick (No. 151) by Arizona in the 2019 NHL Draft.
