Red Wings at Panthers

RED WINGS (2-8-2) at PANTHERS (6-0-2)

Red Wings projected lineup
Robby Fabbri -- Dylan Larkin -- Bobby Ryan
Filip Zadina -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Anthony Mantha
Frans Nielsen -- Valtteri Filppula -- Sam Gagner
Adam Erne -- Luke Glendening -- Darren Helm
Filip Hronek -- Patrik Nemeth
Marc Staal -- Troy Stecher
Jon Merrill -- Christian Djoos
Thomas Greiss
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Alex Biega, Danny DeKeyser
Injured: Jonathan Bernier (upper body), Tyler Bertuzzi (upper body)
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Patric Hornqvist
Frank Vatrano -- Alex Wennberg -- Owen Tippett
Vinnie Hinostroza -- Juho Lammikko -- Noel Acciari
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Markus Nutivaara -- Anton Stralman
Keith Yandle -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Chris Driedger
Scratched: Brett Connolly, Noah Juulsen
Injured: Gustav Forsling (upper body)
Status report
The Red Wings assigned forward Givani Smith to their taxi squad Saturday. … Gagner practiced Saturday after leaving in the third period of a 3-1 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday because of an apparent upper-body injury.