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(1M) RANGERS at (2M) HURRICANES

Eastern Conference Second Round, Game 6

7 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SNO, SNE, SN360, TVAS, CBC

New York leads best-of-7 series 3-2

Rangers projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Jack Roslovic

Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere

Will Cuylle -- Alex Wennberg -- Kaapo Kakko

Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Jonny Brodzinski

Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox

K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba

Erik Gustafsson -- Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin

Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Zac Jones, Chad Ruhwedel, Louis Domingue, Adam Edstrom, Filip Chytil, Matt Rempe

Injured: Blake Wheeler (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: Maxime Comtois, Jackson Blake, Brendan Lemieux, Scott Morrow, Bradly Nadeau, Spencer Martin, Dylan Coghlan, Ryan Suzuki, Ronan Seeley

Injured: Jesper Fast (upper body), Brett Pesce (lower body)

Status report

Kreider, who did not practice Wednesday, participated in the Rangers' optional morning skate and confirmed he will play. … The Rangers swapped the second and third defense pairs in practice Wednesday, reuniting Miller with Trouba and Gustafsson with Schneider. … Brodzinski will replace Rempe on the fourth line. … The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate. … Pesce returned to practice Wednesday but will not play.

(2P) OILERS at (1P) CANUCKS

Western Conference Second Round, Game 5

10 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MAX

Best-of-7 series tied 2-2

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman

Dylan Holloway -- Leon Draisaitl -- Evander Kane

Warren Foegele -- Ryan McLeod -- Corey Perry

Mattias Janmark -- Derek Ryan -- Connor Brown

Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard

Darnell Nurse -- Vincent Desharnais

Brett Kulak -- Cody Ceci

Calvin Pickard

Stuart Skinner

Scratched: Philip Broberg, Sam Carrick, Sam Gagner, Troy Stecher

Injured: Adam Henrique (lower body)

Canucks projected lineup

Pius Suter -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser

Nils Hoglander -- Elias Lindholm -- Elias Pettersson

Dakota Joshua -- Teddy Blueger -- Conor Garland

Phillip Di Giuseppe -- Nils Aman -- Vasily Podkilzin

Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek

Carson Soucy -- Tyler Myers

Nikita Zadorov -- Ian Cole

Arturs Silovs

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Mark Friedman, Christian Wolanin, Noah Juulsen, Sam Lafferty, Ilya Mikheyev, Linus Karlsson

Injured: Thatcher Demko (undisclosed)

Status report

The Oilers will dress the same lineup they used in a 3-2 win in Game 4. ... Soucy returns from a one-game suspension for cross-checking McDavid after Game 3. ... Juulsen, a defenseman, comes out of the lineup after filling in for Soucy in Game 4. … The Canucks are making changes to three of their forward lines, taking Karlsson, Lafferty and Mikheyev out; it will be the first scratch of the Stanley Cup Playoffs each for Lafferty and Mikheyev, the latter of whom playing on a line with Pettersson in Game 4. ... Podkolzin will make his postseason debut. ... Hoglander returns after being a healthy scratch the past two games … Di Giuseppe returns after missing Games 3 and 4 for personal reasons.