PANTHERS (5-4-2) at BLACKHAWKS (3-7-0)
3 p.m. ET; CHSN, SCRIPPS, SN, TVAS
Panthers projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Sandis Vilmanis -- Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Reinhart
Lars Eller -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell
Bokondji Imama -- Cole Schwindt -- Garnet Hathaway
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Seth Jones
Dmitry Kulikov -- Radko Gudas
Akira Schmid
Cooper Black
Scratched: Uvis Balinskis, Cole Reinhardt
Injured: Jacob Markstrom (upper body), Aleksander Barkov (knee), Brad Marchand (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (neck)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Roman Kantserov -- Connor Bedard -- Patrick Kane
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Anton Frondell -- Jordan Greenway
Teuvo Teravainen -- Frank Nazar -- Ryan Donato
Cole Smith -- Ryan Greene -- Andrew Mangiapane
Alex Vlasic -- Ian Cole
Wyatt Kaiser -- Artyom Levshunov
Kevin Korchinski -- Sam Rinzel
Arvid Soderblom
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Ethan Del Mastro, Oliver Moore
Injured: Bowen Byram (upper body)
Status report
Each team practiced in Chicago on Saturday … Vilmanis and Gudas each are likely to return after being scratched for a 4-0 loss at Pittsburgh on Thursday … Schmid will start after Black made 18 saves against the Penguins in his NHL debut … Mangiapane may play in his first game since the Blackhawks’ season opener; he was activated off injured reserve on Friday and was scratched for a 4-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens … Soderblom could play after Knight started the past five games. … Byram skated in a non-contact jersey on Saturday; the defenseman has missed three consecutive games.
