Panthers at Coyotes

PANTHERS (17-4-4) at COYOTES (5-18-2)

Panthers projected lines
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Sam Bennett -- Sam Reinhart
Frank Vatrano -- Anton Lundell -- Maxim Mamin
Ryan Lomberg -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Patric Hornqvist
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Olli Juolevi -- Brandon Montour
Gustav Forsling -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Lucas Carlsson, Joe Thornton, Owen Tippett
Injured: Mason Marchment (upper body), Markus Nutivaara (lower body)
Coyotes projected lines
Clayton Keller -- Travis Boyd -- Phil Kessel
Lawson Crouse -- Barrett Hayton -- Nick Schmaltz
Antoine Roussel -- Jay Beagle -- Loui Eriksson
Andrew Ladd -- Ryan Dzingel -- Christian Fischer
Jakob Chychrun -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Dysin Mayo
Kyle Capobianco -- Anton Stralman
Scott Wedgewood
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Cam Dineen, Alex Galchenyuk
Injured: Johan Larsson (lower body), Carter Hutton (lower body)
Status report
Duclair is expected to return after missing six games with a lower-body injury. ... Barkov left during the third period of the Panthers' 4-3 overtime loss at the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday with an apparent upper-body injury, but practiced Thursday and is expected to play; he had missed eight games before that with a knee injury. … Juolevi is expected to make his Florida debut. ... The Coyotes did not hold a morning skate Friday. … Schmaltz and Beagle each is expected to return; Schmaltz has missed 19 games with an upper-body injury and Beagle has missed six with a lower-body injury.