Panthers at Stars

PANTHERS (26-12-4) at STARS (15-14-11)

Panthers projected lineup
Mason Marchment -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Alex Wennberg -- Patric Hornqvist
Frank Vatrano -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Owen Tippett
Lucas Wallmark -- Juho Lammikko -- Noel Acciari
Gustav Forsling -- MacKenzie Weegar
Keith Yandle -- Radko Gudas
Markus Nutivaara -- Anton Stralman
Chris Driedger
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Ryan Lomberg, Matt Kiersted, Nikita Gusev, Brandon Montour, Lucas Carlsson, Sam Bennett
Injured: Carter Verhaeghe (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol:Brandon Montour
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Jamie Benn -- Radek Faksa -- Denis Gurianov
Andrew Cogliano -- Rhett Gardner -- Blake Comeau
Tanner Kero -- Jason Dickinson -- Joel L'Esperance
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Jamie Oleksiak -- Miro Heiskanen
Andrej Sekera -- Sami Vatanen
Anton Khudobin
Jake Oettinger
Scratched: Justin Dowling, Mark Pysyk, Ty Dellandrea
Injured: Ben Bishop (knee), Joel Hanley (lower body), Stephen Johns (post-traumatic headaches), Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Alexander Radulov (lower body), Tyler Seguin (hip)
Status report
Duclair will return after missing six games with a shoulder injury. … Verhaege, a forward, is week to week. ... The Panthers will go back to using 12 forwards and six defensemen after using 11 forwards and seven defensemen the past 10 games. … Florida will be without four players it recently acquired: forwards Bennett and Gusev and defensemen Montour and Carlsson. … Sekera will be a game-time decision after leaving in the second period of a 3-2 shootout loss at the Nashville Predators on Sunday. … Vatanen is expected to make his Stars debut after being claimed off waivers from the New Jersey Devils on Monday.