{coyotes} Projected lineups, starting goalies for today

Marchand skated and is expected to be in the lineup (sports hernia surgery on Sept. 14). ... Smith will be a game-time decision because of a lower-body injury. ... Sharangovich will make his NHL debut.

ISLANDERS (0-0-0) at RANGERS (0-0-0)

7 p.m. ET; NHLN, TVAS, MSG, MSG+2, NHL.TV

Islanders projected lineup

Anders Lee -- Mathew Barzal -- Jordan Eberle

Anthony Beauvillier -- Brock Nelson -- Josh Bailey

Ross Johnston -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Kieffer Bellows

Matt Martin -- Casey Cizikas -- Cal Clutterbuck

Adam Pelech -- Ryan Pulock

Nick Leddy -- Scott Mayfield

Andy Greene -- Noah Dobson

Semyon Varlamov

Ilya Sorokin

Scratched: Leo Komarov, Sebastian Aho, Oliver Wahlstrom

Injured: Michael Dal Colle (undisclosed)

Rangers projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich

Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Kaapo Kakko

Alexis Lafreniere -- Filip Chytil -- Julien Gauthier

Brendan Lemieux -- Brett Howden -- Phillip Di Giuseppe

Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox

K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba

Jack Johnson -- Tony DeAngelo

Igor Shesterkin

Alexandar Georgiev

Scratched: Kevin Rooney, Brendan Smith

Injured: None

Status report

Zibanejad will play with no limitations, Rangers coach David Quinn said. He missed the first week of training camp after testing positive for COVID-19. … Dal Colle, a forward, was placed on injured reserve for an unspecified reason Wednesday. … Lafreniere and Miller each will make his NHL debut. … Sorokin will dress for his first NHL game, but will be the backup to Varlamov.

CAPITALS (0-0-0) at SABRES (0-0-0)

7 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SN360, SNE, SNO, MSG-B, NBCSWA, NHL.TV

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie

Jakub Vrana -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Tom Wilson

Richard Panik -- Lars Eller -- Conor Sheary

Carl Hagelin -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway

Dmitry Orlov -- John Carlson

Brenden Dillon -- Justin Schultz

Zdeno Chara -- Nick Jensen

Ilya Samsonov

Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Daniel Sprong, Jonas Siegenthaler, Trevor van Riemsdyk

Injured: None

Sabres projected lineup

Taylor Hall -- Jack Eichel -- Tage Thompson

Victor Olofsson -- Eric Staal -- Sam Reinhart

Tobias Rieder -- Cody Eakin -- Dylan Cozens

Jeff Skinner -- Curtis Lazar -- Riley Sheahan

Jake McCabe -- Rasmus Ristolainen

Rasmus Dahlin -- Brandon Montour

Colin Miller -- Henri Jokiharju

Carter Hutton

Linus Ullmark

Scratched: Rasmus Asplund, Matt Irwin

Injured: Kyle Okposo (lower body), Zemgus Girgensons (hamstring)

Status report

Chara will play his first game for the Capitals following 14 seasons with the Boston Bruins. ... Cozens will make his NHL debut. ... Okposo did not skate; the forward is day-to-day.

HURRICANES (0-0-0) at RED WINGS (0-0-0)

7:30 pm ET; FS-D, FS-CR

Hurricanes projected lineup

Nino Niederreiter -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen

Andrei Svechnikov -- Jordan Staal -- Martin Necas

Warren Foegele -- Vincent Trocheck -- Jesper Fast

Ryan Dzingel -- Jordan Martinook -- Brock McGinn

Dougie Hamilton -- Jaccob Slavin

Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce

Jake Gardiner -- Haydn Fleury

Petr Mrazek

James Reimer

Scratched: Anton Forsberg

Injured: None

Red Wings projected lineup

Tyler Bertuzzi -- Dylan Larkin -- Anthony Mantha

Vladislav Namestnikov -- Robby Fabbri -- Filip Zadina

Mathias Brome -- Valtteri Filppula -- Sam Gagner

Michael Rasmussen -- Frans Nielsen -- Luke Glendening

Danny DeKeyser -- Filip Hronek

Marc Staal -- Troy Stecher

Patrik Nemeth -- Jon Merrill

Thomas Greiss

Jonathan Bernier

Scratched: None

Injured: Adam Erne, Darren Helm, Bobby Ryan

Status report

Fast will make his Hurricanes debut after playing the first seven seasons of his NHL career with the Rangers. ... Carolina waived Forsberg, a goalie, on Thursday. ... Brome will be making his NHL debut … Greiss will start his first game with the Red Wings following five seasons with the Islanders.

BLUE JACKETS (0-0-0) at PREDATORS (0-0-0)

8 p.m. ET; FS-TN, FS-O, NHL.TV

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Mikhail Grigorenko -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Oliver Bjorkstrand

Nick Foligno -- Max Domi -- Cam Atkinson

Boone Jenner -- Alexandre Texier -- Emil Bemstrom

Liam Foudy -- Riley Nash -- Eric Robinson

Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones

Vladislav Gavrikov -- David Savard

Michael Del Zotto -- Dean Kukan

Joonas Korpisalo

Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched: Scott Harrington, Kevin Stenlund, Gabriel Carlsson

Injured: None

COVID-19 protocol: Mikko Koivu

Predators projected lineup

Filip Forsberg -- Ryan Johansen -- Viktor Arvidsson

Erik Haula -- Matt Duchene -- Luke Kunin

Nick Cousins -- Colton Sissons -- Rocco Grimaldi

Cole Smith -- Brad Richardson -- Calle Jarnkrok

Roman Josi -- Ryan Ellis

Mattias Ekholm -- Dante Fabbro

Mark Borowiecki -- Matt Benning

Juuse Saros

Pekka Rinne

Scratched: Jarred Tinordi, Yakov Trenin

Injured: None

COVID-19 protocol: Mikael Granlund, Luca Sbisa

Status report

Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella confirmed Thursday that Korpisalo would start against the Predators. ... Domi will make his Columbus debut. ... Arvidsson left practice early Tuesday with an undisclosed injury but participated in the morning skate Thursday and is expected to play.

FLAMES (0-0-0) at JETS (0-0-0)

8 p.m. ET; TSN3, SNW, NHL.TV

Flames projected lineup

Matthew Tkachuk -- Elias Lindholm -- Dillon Dube

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Josh Leivo

Andrew Mangiapane -- Mikael Backlund -- Dominik Simon

Milan Lucic -- Sam Bennett -- Joakim Nordstrom

Mark Giordano -- Rasmus Andersson

Noah Hanifin -- Christopher Tanev

Juuso Valimaki -- Nikita Nesterov

Jacob Markstrom

Louis Domingue

Scratched: Derek Ryan, David Rittich

Injured: None

Jets projected lineup

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler

Kyle Connor -- Paul Stastny -- Patrik Laine

Andrew Copp -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton

Mathieu Perreault -- Nate Thompson -- Trevor Lewis

Josh Morrissey -- Tucker Poolman

Derek Forbort -- Neal Pionk

Nathan Beaulieu -- Sami Niku

Connor Hellebuyck

Laurent Brossoit

Scratched: Dylan DeMelo, Logan Stanley, David Gustafsson, Kristian Vesalainen

Injured: Jansen Harkins (lower body)

Status report

Ehlers will be a game-time decision after entering COVID-19 protocol on Tuesday. If he is unable to play, Vesalainen will enter the lineup. ... DeMelo, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch after he became a father. ... Thompson, Lewis, and Forbort will each make his Jets debut. ... Markstrom, Tanev, Nesterov, Leivo, Simon, and Nordstrom will each play his first game for the Flames. ... Rittich will not play because of a family issue; Domingue will back up Markstrom.

SHARKS (0-0-0) at COYOTES (0-0-0)

9 p.m. ET; FS-A, NBCSCA, NHL.TV

Sharks projected lineup

Timo Meier -- Logan Couture -- Kevin Labanc

John Leonard -- Tomas Hertl -- Evander Kane

Ryan Donato -- Noah Gregor -- Matt Nieto

Patrick Marleau -- Joel Kellman -- Marcus Sorensen

Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Erik Karlsson

Mario Ferraro -- Brent Burns

Nikolai Knyzhov -- Nicolas Meloche

Martin Jones

Devan Dubnyk

Scratched: Dylan Gambrell, Stefan Noesen, Jacob Middleton

Injured: Radim Simek (knee)

COVID-19 protocol: Maxim Letunov

Coyotes projected lineup

Barrett Hayton -- Nick Schmaltz -- Conor Garland

Clayton Keller -- Derick Brassard -- Tyler Pitlick

Drake Caggiula -- Christian Dvorak -- Phil Kessel

John Hayden -- Johan Larsson -- Christian Fischer

Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jason Demers

Jordan Oesterle - - Niklas Hjalmarsson

Jakob Chychrun -- Alex Goligoski

Darcy Kuemper

Antti Raanta

Scratched: Adin Hill, Kyle Capobianco

COVID-19 protocol: Lawson Crouse

Status report: Simek, a defenseman, is day-to-day. ... Leonard and Meloche each will make his NHL debut. ... If Crouse is cleared to play, the forward would replace Hayden, Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said.

CANUCKS (1-0-0) at OILERS (0-1-0)

9 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SN1, SNP, NHL.TV

Canucks projected lineup

Jake Virtanen -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser

Tanner Pearson -- Bo Horvat -- Nils Hoglander

Antoine Roussel -- Adam Gaudette -- Zack MacEwen

Tyler Motte -- Jay Beagle -- Brandon Sutter

Alexander Edler -- Nate Schmidt

Quinn Hughes -- Travis Hamonic

Olli Juolevi -- Tyler Myers

Thatcher Demko

Braden Holtby

Scratched: Loui Eriksson, Jalen Chatfield

Injured: Jayce Hawryluk (undisclosed)

COVID-19 protocol: J.T. Miller, Jordie Benn

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zack Kassian

Dominik Kahun -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kailer Yamamoto

Josh Archibald -- Kyle Turris -- Jesse Puljujarvi

Tyler Ennis -- Jujhar Khaira -- Alex Chiasson

Darnell Nurse -- Ethan Bear

Caleb Jones -- Adam Larsson

Slater Koekkoek -- Tyson Barrie

Mike Smith

Mikko Koskinen

Scratched: Evan Bouchard, William Lagesson, Kris Russell, Devin Shore

Injured: Oscar Klefbom (shoulder)

COVID-19 protocol: James Neal, Gaetan Haas

Status report

Demko will start for the Canucks and Smith for the Oilers in the second half of a season-opening back-to-back.

DUCKS (0-0-0) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (0-0-0)

10 p.m. ET; NHLN, ATTSN-RM, PRIME, FS-SD

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Adam Henrique -- Jakob Silfverberg

Isac Lundestrom -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Danton Heinen

Max Comtois -- Sam Steel -- Troy Terry

Nicolas Deslauriers -- Derek Grant -- Carter Rowney

Cam Fowler -- Josh Manson

Hampus Lindholm -- Kevin Shattenkirk

Jacob Larsson -- Jani Hakanpaa

John Gibson

Ryan Miller

Scratched: Sonny Milano

Injured: Brendan Guhle, Max Jones

Golden Knights projected lineup

Max Pacioretty -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith

Alex Tuch -- Cody Glass -- Nicolas Roy

William Carrier -- Tomas Nosek -- Ryan Reaves

Keegan Kolesar -- Brayden McNabb -- Alex Pietrangelo

Alec Martinez -- Shea Theodore

Zach Whitecloud

Robin Lehner

Marc-Andre Fleury

Scratched: None

Injured: None

Status report

Vegas will start the season with 13 forwards, five defensemen and two goalies. ... Pietrangelo will make his Golden Knights debut after playing the first 12 seasons of his NHL career with the St. Louis Blues. Vegas coach Peter DeBoer did not announce a starting goalie. … Shattenkirk will play his first game with the Ducks.