The Anaheim Ducks travel to New Jersey to take on the Devils in a Saturday afternoon game at the Prudential Center. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
DUCKS (19-11-1) at DEVILS (17-13-1)
12:30 p.m. ET; Victory+, NHLN, KCOP-13, MSG, SN
Ducks projected lineup
Chris Kreider — Leo Carlsson — Troy Terry
Cutter Gauthier — Mason McTavish — Beckett Sennecke
Frank Vatrano — Ryan Strome — Alex Killorn
Ross Johnston — Ryan Poehling — Mikael Granlund
Jackson LaCombe — Jacob Trouba
Olen Zellweger — Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov — Drew Helleson
Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso
Scratched:Â Nikita Nesterenko, Jansen Harkins, Ian Moore
Injured:Â Petr Mrazek (lower body)
Status report
Dostal was activated off injured reserve Friday and could start. He has missed the past nine games with an upper-body injury. Vyacheslav Buteyets, a goalie, was assigned to Tulsa, Anaheim’s ECHL affiliate.
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Devils projected lineup
Jesper Bratt — Nico Hischier — Stefan Noesen
Ondrej Palat — Dawson Mercer — Paul Cotter
Juho Lammikko — Cody Glass — Connor Brown
Xavier Parent — Luke Glendening — Angus Crookshank
Jonas Siegenthaler — Dougie Hamilton
Brenden Dillon — Luke Hughes
Colton White — Simon Nemec
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
Scratched:Â Dennis Cholowski, Timo Meier
Injured:Â Jack Hughes (finger), Zack MacEwen (lower body), Brett Pesce (hand), Jonathan Kovacevic (knee), Evgenii Dadonov (wrist), Arseny Gritsyuk (upper body)
Status report:
Gritsyuk, a forward, will be out at least the next two games, per Devils coach Sheldon Keefe. … Meier will miss his second game after taking a personal leave of absence from the Devils; the forward is tending to a family health matter.
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