Blackhawks at Panthers

BLACKHAWKS (0-3-0) at PANTHERS (1-0-0)

Blackhawks projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat -- Pius Suter -- Patrick Kane
Dominik Kubalik -- Dylan Strome -- Philipp Kurashev
Mattias Janmark -- Lucas Wallmark -- Andrew Shaw
Brandon Hagel -- David Kampf -- Ryan Carpenter
Duncan Keith -- Connor Murphy
Nikita Zadorov -- Adam Boqvist
Calvin de Haan -- Ian Mitchell
Kevin Lankinen
Collin Delia
Scratched:Brandon Pirri, Matthew Highmore, Malcolm Subban
Injured:Jonathan Toews (illness), Brent Seabrook (back)
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Alex Wennberg -- Patric Hornqvist
Frank Vatrano -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Owen Tippett
Ryan Lomberg -- Noel Acciari -- Brett Connolly
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Riley Stillman -- Anton Stralman
Keith Yandle -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Chris Driedger
Scratched:Vinnie Hinostroza, Gustav Forsling, Noah Juulsen
Injured:None
Status report
Lankinen will make the first start of his NHL career and Hagel replaces Highmore.. ... Bobrovsky will make his first start of the season. He had been unfit to play during most of training camp. With Bobrovsky's addition to the roster, goalie Sam Montembeault was assigned to the taxi squad. … Juulsen, a defenseman claimed on waivers from the Montreal Canadiens on Jan. 11, could make his Panthers debut.