NHL Daily Lineups: Lines & Starting Goalies
NHL RESEARCH
NHL Daily Lineups for October 5, 2026
Projected forward lines, defense pairs and goalie order for today’s NHL games. Line combinations remain projected unless the source explicitly confirms them.
JetsAWAY
VS
Red WingsHOME
PROJECTED LINEUPS
Jets
Forward Lines
L1Kyle Connor • Mark Scheifele • Cole Perfetti
L2Isak Rosén • Viggo Björck • Gabriel Vilardi
L3Morgan Barron • Adam Lowry • Brad Lambert
L4Nino Niederreiter • Vladislav Namestnikov • Alex Iafallo
Defense Pairs
D1Josh Morrissey • Dylan DeMelo
D2Dylan Samberg • Neal Pionk
D3Mario Ferraro • Tyrel Bauer
Goalies
G1Stuart SkinnerProjected starter
G2Clay StevensonBackup / alternate
Red Wings
Forward Lines
L1Alex DeBrincat • Andrew Copp • Lucas Raymond
L2Michael Brandsegg-Nygard • Emmitt Finnie • Viktor Arvidsson
L3Michael Rasmussen • J.T. Compher • Keegan Kolesar
L4Mason Appleton • Nate Danielson • Carter Mazur
Defense Pairs
D1Albert Johansson • Moritz Seider
D2Anton Johansson • Justin Faulk
D3Ben Chiarot • Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Goalies
G1John GibsonProjected starter
G2Daniil TarasovBackup / alternate
MammothAWAY
VS
RangersHOME
PROJECTED LINEUPS
Mammoth
Forward Lines
L1Clayton Keller • Nick Schmaltz • Vincent Trocheck
L2Anders Lee • Logan Cooley • Dylan Guenther
L3Jack McBain • Barrett Hayton • Lawson Crouse
L4Michael Carcone • Kevin Stenlund • Daniil But
Defense Pairs
D1Mikhail Sergachev • MacKenzie Weegar
D2Nate Schmidt • John Marino
D3Dmitri Simashev • Andrew Peeke
Goalies
G1Karel VejmelkaProjected starter
G2Sebastian CossaBackup / alternate
Rangers
Forward Lines
L1Gabe Perreault • Mika Zibanejad • Alexis Lafreniere
L2Tye Kartye • J.T. Miller • Pavel Dorofeyev
L3Will Cuylle • Noah Laba • Eeli Tolvanen
L4Oliver Bjorkstrand • Joseph Veleno • Jaroslav Chmelar
Defense Pairs
D1Vladislav Gavrikov • Adam Fox
D2Marcus Pettersson • Sean Durzi
D3Alberts Smits • Braden Schneider
Goalies
G1Igor ShesterkinProjected starter
G2Dylan GarandBackup / alternate
PanthersAWAY
VS
DucksHOME
PROJECTED LINEUPS
Panthers
Forward Lines
L1Brady Tkachuk • Lars Eller • Sam Reinhart
L2Carter Verhaeghe • Sam Bennett • Matthew Tkachuk
L3Eetu Luostarinen • Anton Lundell • Sandis Vilmanis
L4Bokondji Imama • Sam Lafferty • Garnet Hathaway
Defense Pairs
D1Uvis Balinskis • Aaron Ekblad
D2Niko Mikkola • Seth Jones
D3Dmitry Kulikov • Radko Gudas
Goalies
G1Akira SchmidProjected starter
G2Jacob MarkstromBackup / alternate
Ducks
Forward Lines
L1A.J. Greer • Leo Carlsson • Cutter Gauthier
L2Beckett Sennecke • Mikael Granlund • Alex Killorn
L3Nikita Nesterenko • Ryan Poehling • Sam Colangelo
L4Jeff Malott • Tim Washe • Judd Caulfield
Defense Pairs
D1Jackson LaCombe • Tristan Luneau
D2Pavel Mintyukov • Travis Mitchell
D3Tyson Hinds • Noah Warren
Goalies
G1Lukas DostalProjected starter
G2Ville HussoBackup / alternate
FlamesAWAY
VS
KrakenHOME
PROJECTED LINEUPS
Flames
Forward Lines
L1Matvei Gridin • Morgan Frost • Matt Coronato
L2Samuel Honzek • Mikael Backlund • Joel Farabee
L3Brennan Othmann • Ryan Strome • Yegor Sharangovich
L4Maksim Tsyplakov • Martin Pospisil • Adam Klapka
Defense Pairs
D1Joel Hanley • Simon Nemec
D2Kevin Bahl • Zach Whitecloud
D3Jake Middleton • Zayne Parekh
Goalies
G1Dustin WolfProjected starter
G2Devin CooleyBackup / alternate
Kraken
Forward Lines
L1Jared McCann • Matty Beniers • Kaapo Kakko
L2Bobby McMann • Chandler Stephenson • Jordan Eberle
L3Ryan Winterton • Berkly Catton • Shane Wright
L4Mackie Samoskevich • Frederick Gaudreau • Ben Meyers
Defense Pairs
D1Vince Dunn • Adam Larsson
D2Ryker Evans • Brandon Montour
D3Ryan Lindgren • Josh Mahura
Goalies
G1Joey DaccordProjected starter
G2Philipp GrubauerBackup / alternate
Golden KnightsAWAY
VS
CanucksHOME
PROJECTED LINEUPS
Golden Knights
Forward Lines
L1Ivan Barbashev • Jack Eichel • Mark Stone
L2Brett Howden • William Karlsson • Mitch Marner
L3Trevor Connelly • Tomas Hertl • Victor Olofsson
L4Marc Gatcomb • Nic Dowd • Braeden Bowman
Defense Pairs
D1Shea Theodore • Brayden McNabb
D2Parker Wotherspoon • Rasmus Andersson
D3Jeremy Lauzon • Noah Hanifin
Goalies
G1Adin HillProjected starter
G2Carter HartBackup / alternate
Canucks
Forward Lines
L1Marco Rossi • Elias Pettersson • Linus Karlsson
L2Liam Ohgren • Paul Cotter • Brock Boeser
L3Arshdeep Bains • Max Sasson • Jonathan Lekkerimaki
L4Drew O'Connor • Aatu Raty • Brendan Gallagher
Defense Pairs
D1Zeev Buium • Filip Hronek
D2Jamie Oleksiak • Tom Willander
D3Elias Nils Pettersson • Luke Schenn
Goalies
G1Kevin LankinenProjected starter
G2Leevi MerilainenBackup / alternate