Panthers at Canucks preview

PANTHERS (24-23-6) at CANUCKS (22-28-6)
10 p.m. ET; SN, SN360, FS-F, NHL.TV

Reimer missed six games with a groin injury. He returned to make 27 saves in a 7-5 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday.
Goalie Roberto Luongo was activated off injured reserve and will back up Reimer. Luongo has missed 26 games with a groin injury sustained Dec. 4.
Florida is 5-1-0 in its past six games and nine points behind the Carolina Hurricanes for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.
Goalie Jacob Markstrom starts for the Canucks, who are coming off a 6-0 win against the Dallas Stars on Sunday that ended a four-game losing streak.

Players to watch

Markstrom earned his second NHL shutout Sunday. He is 3-3-0 with a 2.51 goals-against average and .920 save percentage in his past six starts.
Panthers center Vincent Trocheck got his first NHL hat trick Monday. He has 14 points (six goals, eight assists) in his past 12 games.

They said it

"I am 100 percent healthy, just a matter of feeling comfortable with my game. I have been progressing every day and felt good out there this morning so I'm ready to go if need be and if not, I'll be eyeing a return this weekend." -- Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo, who hopes to start against the Calgary Flames on Saturday
"This team has a lot of games left and if things start going sideways here it's going to be a long couple of months." -- Canucks captain Henrik Sedin on the timing of a players-only meeting before the shutout win against Dallas

Panthers projected lineup

Evgenii Dadonov -- Aleksander Barkov -- Nick Bjugstad
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Vincent Trocheck -- Denis Malgin
Jamie McGinn -- Jared McCann -- Maxim Mamin
Micheal Haley -- Derek MacKenzie -- Colton Sceviour
Aaron Ekblad -- Keith Yandle
Mike Matheson -- Mark Pysyk
MacKenzie Weegar -- Alexander Petrovic
James Reimer
Roberto Luongo
Scratched:Ian McCoshen, Connor Brickley, Radim Vrbata, Harri Sateri
Injured:None

Canucks projected lineup

Sven Baertschi -- Bo Horvat -- Brock Boeser
Daniel Sedin -- Henrik Sedin -- Thomas Vanek
Darren Archibald -- Brandon Sutter -- Loui Eriksson
Reid Boucher -- Nic Dowd -- Jake Virtanen
Alexander Edler -- Troy Stecher
Michael Del Zotto -- Erik Gudbranson
Ben Hutton -- Derrick Pouliot

Jacob Markstrom
Anders Nilsson

Scratched:Alex Biega, Philip Holm, Nikolay Goldobin
Injured:Brendan Gaunce (foot), Markus Granlund (ankle), Chris Tanev (lower body), Sam Gagner (upper body)

Status report

Sateri, who is 4-1-0 with a 1.82 GAA and .938 save percentage in his past five starts, remains with the Panthers as a third goalie. … Vancouver called up Holm from Utica of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.

Stat pack

Barkov has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past five games and 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) in his past 15. … The Canucks have scored two or fewer goals in four of their past five games.