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KRAKEN (33-35-13) at WILD (39-33-9)

7 p.m. ET; ESPN

Kraken projected lineup

Andre Burakovsky -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle

Jaden Schwartz -- Kailer Yamamoto -- Jared McCann

Tye Kartye -- Yanni Gourde -- Oliver Bjorkstrand

Tomas Tatar -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Brandon Tanev

Ryker Evans -- Adam Larsson

Jamie Oleksiak -- Will Borgen

Brian Dumoulin -- Justin Schultz

Philipp Grubauer

Joey Daccord

Scratched: Cale Fleury, Eeli Tolvanen

Injured: Vince Dunn (upper body)

Wild projected lineup

Kirill Kaprizov -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy

Marcus Johansson -- Marco Rossi – Mats Zuccarello

Frederick Gaudreau -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Ryan Hartman

Mason Shaw -- Jacob Lucchini

Jake Middleton -- Brock Faber

Jonas Brodin -- Zach Bogosian

Jon Merrill -- Declan Chisholm

Alex Goligoski

Marc-Andre Fleury

Filip Gustavsson

Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Adam Beckman, Vinni Lettieri

Injured: None

Status report

The Kraken held an optional morning skate Thursday. ... Grubauer is expected to make his seventh start in nine games. ... The Wild did not hold a morning skate Thursday. ... Zuccarello will return after missing three games for personal reasons. ... Fleury will start. ... Minnesota is expected to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen for the third straight game.

CANUCKS (50-22-9) at JETS (51-24-6)

8 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNP, TSN3

Canucks projected lineup

Nils Hoglander -- Elias Pettersson -- Ilya Mikheyev

Dakota Joshua -- Elias Lindholm -- Conor Garland

Vasily Podkolzin -- Teddy Blueger -- Sam Lafferty

Pius Suter -- Nils Aman -- Phillip Di Giuseppe

Quinn Hughes -- Noah Juulsen

Carson Soucy -- Tyler Myers

Nikita Zadorov -- Mark Friedman

Thatcher Demko

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: J.T. Miller, Brock Boeser, Ian Cole, Filip Hronek

Injured: None

Jets projected lineup

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Sean Monahan -- Tyler Toffoli

Alex Iafallo -- Brad Lambert -- Gabriel Vilardi

Nino Niederreiter -- David Gustafsson -- Nikita Chibrikov

Cole Perfetti -- Rasmus Kupari -- Mason Appleton

Nate Schmidt -- Dylan DeMelo

Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk

Logan Stanley -- Colin Miller

Laurent Brossoit

Collin Delia

Scratched: Parker Ford, Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele, Adam Lowry, Morgan Barron, Vladislav Namestnikov, Josh Morrissey, Brenden Dillon, Connor Hellebuyck

Injured: None

Status report

Boeser, a forward, and J.T. Miller, a center, will not play due to maintenance. ... Forwards Aman and Di Giuseppe enter the lineup. … Defensemen Juulsen and Friedman will play in place of Hronek and Cole. … Demko will make his second straight start after missing 14 games with a knee injury. ... The Jets recalled forwards Nikita Chibrikov, Parker Ford, and Brad Lambert and goalie Collin Delia from Manitoba of the American Hockey League on Thursday; Chibrikov and Lambert each will make his NHL debut and Delia will back up Brossoit. ... Winnipeg will rest several players, including centers Scheifele, Lowry and Namestnikov, forwards Connor and Barron, defensemen Morrissey and Dillon and goalie Hellebuyck. ... Schmidt and Colin Miller enter the lineup.

SHARKS (19-53-9) at FLAMES (37-39-5)

9 p.m. ET; SNW, NBCSCA

Sharks projected lineup

William Eklund -- Mikael Granlund -- Fabian Zetterlund

Klim Kostin -- Luke Kunin -- Collin Graf

Ryan Carpenter -- Jack Studnicka -- Givani Smith

Danil Gushkin -- Nico Sturm -- Thomas Bordeleau

Mario Ferraro -- Kyle Burroughs

Henry Thrun -- Calen Addison

Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Jack Thompson

Devin Cooley

Georgi Romanov

Scratched: Justin Bailey

Injured: Alexander Barabanov (lower body), Jacob MacDonald (undisclosed), Filip Zadina (lower body), Mackenzie Blackwood (undisclosed), Kevin Labanc (undisclosed), Jan Rutta (undisclosed), Mike Hoffman (undisclosed)

Flames projected lineup

Martin Pospisil -- Nazem Kadri -- Andrei Kuzmenko

Yegor Sharangovich -- Mikael Backlund -- Blake Coleman

Jonathan Huberdeau -- Connor Zary -- Andrew Mangiapane

Matt Coronato -- Kevin Rooney -- Dryden Hunt

MacKenzie Weegar -- Daniil Miromanov

Oliver Kylington -- Rasmus Andersson

Ilya Solovyov -- Brayden Pachal

Dustin Wolf

Jacob Markstrom

Scratched: Adam Klapka, A.J. Greer, Walker Duehr, Dennis Gilbert, Nikita Okhotiuk

Injured: Joel Hanley (undisclosed)

Status report

Each team held an optional morning skate Thursday. ... Cooley will make his third start in four games to finish the season. ... Coleman will return after missing four games because of an upper-body injury. ... Wolf will start for the third time in four games.

OILERS (49-26-6) at AVALANCHE (49-25-7)

9:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, SNO, SNE, SN1

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

Philip Broberg -- Vincent Desharnais

Brett Kulak -- Troy Stecher

Stuart Skinner

Calvin Pickard

Scratched: Derek Ryan, Cody Ceci, Darnell Nurse

Injured: Evander Kane (undisclosed)

Avalanche projected lineup

Jonathan Drouin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen

Artturi Lehkonen -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Valeri Nichushkin

Miles Wood -- Ross Colton -- Zach Parise

Andrew Cogliano -- Yakov Trenin -- Brandon Duhaime

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Sean Walker -- Josh Manson

Jack Johnson -- Caleb Jones

Justus Annunen

Alexandar Georgiev

Scratched: Joel Kiviranta

Injured: Samuel Girard (concussion)

Status report

The Oilers did not hold a morning skate Thursday following a 5-2 loss at the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday. ... Broberg was recalled from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … Skinner is expected to make his third start in four games. ... The Avalanche held an optional morning skate Thursday. … Annunen will start. ... Girard, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game in concussion protocol. … Coach Jared Bednar said he gave certain top players the option to rest Thursday, but all of them declined.

DUCKS (26-50-5) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (45-28-8) 

10 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, BSSD, BSSC

Ducks projected lineup

Cutter Gauthier -- Leo Carlsson -- Alex Killorn

Frank Vetrano -- Trevor Zegras -- Ryan Strome

Sam Colangelo -- Isac Lundestrom -- Troy Terry

Brett Leason -- Bo Groulx -- Jakob Silfverberg

Cam Fowler -- Olen Zellweger

Jackson Lacolmbe -- Radko Gudas

WIlliam Lagesson -- Gustva Lindstrom

John Gibson

Lukas Dostal

Scratched: Ross Johnston, Ben Meyers, Urho Vaakanainen

Injured: Max Jones (upper body), Pavel Mintyukov (lower body), Mason McTavish (lower body)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Jonathan Marchessault

Paul Cotter -- Tomas Hertl -- Pavel Dorofeyev

Brett Howden -- William Karlsson -- Michael Amadio

Jonas Rondbjerg -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar

Noah Hanifin -- Nicolas Hague

Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore

Zach Whitecloud -- Alec Martinez

Adin Hill

Logan Thompson

Scratched: Ben Hutton

Injured: William Carrier (undisclosed), Anthony Mantha (undisclosed), Alex Pietrangelo (illness), Chandler Stephenson (undisclosed), Mark Stone (lacerated spleen)

Status report

Gauthier will make his NHL debut. ... Lagesson enters the lineup on the third defense pair. …  The Golden Knights held an optional morning skate Thursday. … Carrier, a forward, skated in a blue noncontact jersey and will miss his 11th straight game. ... Hill will alternate starts with Thompson for the sixth consecutive game.

BLACKHAWKS (23-53-5) at KINGS (43-27-11)

10:30 p.m. ET; BSW, NBCSCH, SN360

Blackhawks projected lineup

Nick Foligno -- Connor Bedard -- Philipp Kurashev

Lukas Reichel -- Andreas Athanasiou -- Ryan Donato

Jason Dickinson -- Frank Nazar -- Joey Anderson

Landon Slaggert -- Tyler Johnson -- Taylor Raddysh

Alex Vlasic -- Seth Jones

Jaycob Megna -- Kevin Korchinski

Jarred Tinordi -- Connor Murphy

Arvid Soderblom

Petr Mrazek

Scratched: Nikita Zaitsev, Colin Blackwell, MacKenzie Entwistle

Injured: Reese Johnson (concussion)

Kings projected lineup

Alex Laferriere -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe

Trevor Moore -- Phillip Danault -- Viktor Arvidsson

Kevin Fiala -- Blake Lizotte -- Trevor Lewis

Quinton Byfield -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Alex Turcotte

Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty

Vladislav Gavrikov -- Matt Roy

Andreas Englund -- Jordan Spence

Cam Talbot

David Rittich

Scratched: Arthur Kaliyev, Jacob Moverare

Injured: Carl Grundstrom (lower body) 

Status report

Soderblom will start after Mrazek started the previous two games. ... Forward Taylor Hall, who had season-ending ACL surgery on his right knee in November, worked out during the Blackhawks’ morning skate; he is not cleared for contact and will not play. ... Turcotte will return after missing 13 games because of an upper-body injury.