PANTHERS (1-0-0) at SHARKS (0-0-0)
10 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, NBCSCA, TVAS
Panthers projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Sandis Vilmanis
Bokondji Imama -- Lars Eller -- Garnet Hathaway
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Seth Jones
Dmitry Kulikov -- Radko Gudas
Akira Schmid
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Uvis Balinskis
Injured: Brad Marchand (lower body), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)
Sharks projected lineup
Mason Marchment -- Macklin Celebrini -- Will Smith
Ivar Stenberg -- Alexander Wennberg -- Collin Graf
Igor Chernyshov -- Michael Misa -- Tyler Toffoli
Barclay Goodrow -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Kiefer Sherwood
Darnell Nurse -- Michael Kesselring
Nolan Allan -- Jacob Trouba
Dmitry Orlov -- Luca Cagnoni
Yaroslav Askarov
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Ty Dellandrea, Brett Leason, Sam Dickinson
Injured: Adam Gaudette (upper body)
Status report
The Panthers held an optional morning skate. ... Brady Tkachuk did not practice Wednesday but is expected to play. ... Marchand participated in practice Wednesday; Panthers coach Paul Maurice said Wednesday the forward could return sometime "closer than the end of the month." ... Stenberg will make his NHL debut. ... Gaudette hasn't skated fully with the team since Sept. 18 but the forward joined the extras after the official portion of the morning skate ended.
