Projected lineups, starting goalies for today
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(3A) MAPLE LEAFS at (2A) BRUINS
Eastern Conference First Round, Game 5
7 p.m. ET; ESPN, NESN, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS, CBC
Boston leads best-of-7 series 3-1
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Max Domi -- Mitch Marner
Matthew Knies -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Nicholas Robertson -- Pontus Holmberg -- Calle Jarnkrok
Connor Dewar -- David Kampf -- Ryan Reaves
Morgan Rielly -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Simon Benoit -- Jake McCabe
Joel Edmundson -- TJ Brodie
Joseph Woll
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Martin Jones, Noah Gregor, Timothy Liljegren, Conor Timmins, Mark Giordano, Cade Webber
Injured: Auston Matthews (illness), Bobby McCann (lower body)
Bruins projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk -- Pavel Zacha -- David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand -- Charlie Coyle -- Morgan Geekie
James van Riemsdyk -- Trent Frederic -- Danton Heinen
Pat Maroon -- Jesper Boqvist -- Justin Brazeau
Mason Lohrei -- Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm -- Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk -- Parker Wotherspoon
Jeremy Swayman
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Derek Forbort, Kevin Shattenkirk, Jakub Lauko, John Beecher
Injured: Andrew Peeke (upper body)
Status report
Matthews briefly participated in an optional morning skate Tuesday, but left the ice after a few minutes. He missed the third period of a 3-1 loss in Game 4 on Saturday, but Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said there is "no determination" on his status for Game 5. If he is unable to play, Dewar would enter the lineup after not playing in Game 4. … Samsonov and Jones were the two goalies who participated in the optional skate, indicating Woll will get his first start of the series for Toronto. … Forbort, a defenseman, and Brazeau are both "options" for Boston after recovering from injuries. Forbort has not played since March 2 due to undisclosed injuries and had surgery shortly after; Brazeau has not played since sustaining an upper-body injury in a 3-0 win against the Nashville Predators on April 2. … Grzelcyk is expected to replace Shattenkirk after not playing the past two games. … Heinen participated in the morning skate, but missed the previous few days for maintenance and is expected to play.
(3M) ISLANDERS at (2M) HURRICANES
Eastern Conference First Round, Game 5
7:30 p.m. ET; MAX, MSGSN, TBS, BSSO, TVAS2, SN360
Carolina leads best-of-7 series 3-1
Islanders projected lineup
Casey Cizikas -- Bo Horvat -- Mathew Barzal
Hudson Fasching -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Pierre Engvall
Simon Holmstrom -- Kyle MacLean -- Cal Clutterbuck
Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov -- Noah Dobson
Mike Reilly -- Robert Bortuzzo
Semyon Varlamov
Ilya Sorokin
Scratched: Ruslan Iskhakov, Oliver Wahlstrom, Sebastian Aho, Samuel Bolduc
Injured: Matt Martin (lower body)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sebastian Aho -- Andrei Svechnikov
Jordan Martinook -- Jack Drury -- Martin Necas
Teuvo Teravainen -- Jordan Staal -- Seth Jarvis
Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Stefan Noesen
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Brady Skjei -- Tony DeAngelo
Dmitry Orlov -- Jalen Chatfield
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: Jackson Blake, Brendan Lemieux, Maxime Comtois, Scott Morrow, Bradly Nadeau, Spencer Martin
Injured: Jesper Fast (upper body), Brett Pesce (lower body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. … Martin traveled with the Islanders, but the forward will miss his second straight game. Holmstrom will take his place.
(3C) AVALANCHE at (2C) JETS
Western Conference First Round, Game 5
9:30 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SNW, ALT, ESPN
Colorado leads best-of-7 series 3-1
Avalanche projected lineup
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Artturi Lehkonen -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Zach Parise
Miles Wood -- Ross Colton -- Nikolai Kovalenko
Brandon Duhaime -- Yakov Trenin -- Andrew Cogliano
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson
Jack Johnson -- Sean Walker
Alexandar Georgiev
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Arvid Holm, Caleb Jones, Chris Wagner
Injured: Jonathan Drouin (lower body), Joel Kiviranta (lower body)
Jets projected lineup
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi
Kyle Connor -- Sean Monahan -- Cole Perfetti
Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton
Alex Iafallo -- David Gustafsson -- Tyler Toffoli
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk
Nate Schmidt -- Colin Miller
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: Rasmus Kupari, Collin Delia, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Logan Stanley
Injured: Morgan Barron (lower body), Brenden Dillon (hand), Vladislav Namestnikov (face)
Status report
Kiviranta, a forward, skated Tuesday but is not expected to play. He remains day to day. … Drouin, a forward, did not skate. He is out for the series. … The Avalanche recalled Wagner, a forward, from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Monday. … Namestnikov, a forward, will not play after taking a puck to the face in a 5-1 loss in Game 4. Gustafsson enters in his place. … Dillon, a defenseman, will miss a second straight game after cutting his hand in Game 3. … Perfetti will be making his playoff debut after playing 71 games during the regular season. He will be on the second line, with Toffoli moving to the fourth line. ... Jonsson-Fjallby, a forward, comes out. … Miller enters in place of Stanley, a defenseman.
(1WC) PREDATORS at (1P) CANUCKS
Western Conference First Round, Game 5
10 p.m. ET; SNE, SNO, SNP, TVAS2, BSSO, TBS, MAX
Vancouver leads best-of-7 series 3-1
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Gustav Nyquist
Anthony Beauvillier -- Colton Sissons -- Jason Zucker
Mark Jankowski -- Tommy Novak -- Luke Evangelista
Cole Smith -- Michael McCarron -- Kiefer Sherwood
Roman Josi -- Dante Fabbro
Ryan McDonagh -- Luke Schenn
Jeremy Lauzon -- Alexandre Carrier
Juuse Saros
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Tyson Barrie, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Cody Glass, Gustavs Grigals, Juuso Parssinen
Injured: Spencer Stastney (upper body)
Canucks projected lineup
Pius Suter -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Nils Hoglander -- Elias Pettersson -- Ilya Mikheyev
Dakota Joshua -- Elias Lindholm -- Conor Garland
Phillip Di Giuseppe -- Teddy Blueger -- Sam Lafferty
Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek
Carson Soucy -- Tyler Myers
Ian Cole -- Nikita Zadorov
Arturs Silovs
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Mark Friedman, Nils Aman, Noah Juulsen, Vasily Podkolzin, Nikita Tolopilo
Injured: Thatcher Demko (undisclosed)
Status report
Predators coach Andrew Brunette said he might make "maybe one" change to the lineup but the team used the same lines and defense pairs from a 4-3 overtime loss in Game 4 at the morning skate on Tuesday. … Stastney, a defenseman, is out week to week after getting injured during a 2-1 loss in Game 3 on Friday. Fabbro took his place in the lineup in Game 4. … Canucks coach Rick Tocchet said his starting goalie is a game-time decision after DeSmith played Games 2 and 3 before being a late scratch for Game 4 because of a lower-body injury. Silovs, who made 27 saves in his NHL playoff debut on Sunday, was the first goalie off the ice at morning skate. Tocchet expects DeSmith to at least be the backup if he doesn't start after Tolopilo dressed as the backup for Game 4.
