Red Wings at Panthers

RED WINGS (30-37-10) at PANTHERS (55-15-6)

Red Wings projected lineup
Filip Zadina -- Pius Suter -- Jakub Vrana
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Joe Veleno -- Lucas Raymond
Adam Erne -- Michael Rasmussen -- Oskar Sundqvist
Riley Barber
-- Mitchell Stephens -- Sam Gagner
Danny DeKeyser -- Moritz Seider
Marc Staal -- Filip Hronek
Gustav Lindstrom -- Jake Walman
Alex Nedeljkovic
Thomas Greiss
Scratched: Givani Smith, Jordan Oesterle, Olli Juolevi
Injured: Robby Fabbri (knee), Calvin Pickard (lower body)
Panthers projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Anthony Duclair -- Sam Bennett -- Claude Giroux
Mason Marchment -- Anton Lundell -- Patric Hornqvist
Joe Thornton -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Noel Acciari
Ben Chiarot -- MacKenzie Weegar
Gustav Forsling -- Brandon Montour
Lucas Carlsson -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Petteri Lindbohm, Maxim Mamin, Robert Hagg
Injured: Ryan Lomberg (undisclosed), Markus Nutivaara (undisclosed), Aaron Ekblad (lower body), Jonas Johansson (undisclosed), Carter Verhaeghe (undisclosed)
Status report
Nedeljkovic will start after missing a 4-3 win at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday because of an illness. … Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said there could be lineup changes because of illnesses. ... Thornton will play after being a healthy scratch the past seven games. … Acciari will return after missing 10 games with an undisclosed injury. … Verhaeghe, a forward, will not play because of maintenance, Panthers coach Andrew Brunette said.