Panthers at Canucks

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

PANTHERS (27-8-5) at CANUCKS (18-18-3)

Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Sam Bennett -- Anthony Duclair
Maxim Mamin -- Anton Lundell -- Owen Tippett
Ryan Lomberg -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Joe Thornton
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Lucas Carlsson -- Radko Gudas
Olli Juolevi -- Brandon Montour
Spencer Knight
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Frank Vatrano, Mason Marchment
Injured: Patric Hornqvist (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Gustav Forsling
Canucks projected lineup
Nils Hoglander -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Tanner Pearson -- Jason Dickinson -- Alex Chiasson
Tyler Motte -- Juho Lammikko -- Matthew Highmore
Vasily Podkolzin --
Sheldon Dries
--
Justin Bailey
Quinn Hughes -- Tucker Poolman
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Kyle Burroughs -- Luke Schenn
Spencer Martin
Michael DiPietro
Scratched: Brad Hunt, Justin Dowling
Injured: Guillaume Brisebois (undisclosed), Travis Hamonic (lower body), Brady Keeper (leg), Brandon Sutter (illness)
COVID-19 protocol: Thatcher Demko, J.T. Miller, Jaroslav Halak , Conor Garland, Bo Horvat
Status report
The Panthers did not hold a morning skate Friday following a 6-0 win at the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. ... Knight is expected to start after Bobrovsky made 40 saves Friday. ... Hornqvist, a forward, is expected to miss his second straight game and is day to day. … Miller, the Canucks' top center, and Demko, their No. 1 goalie, each entered COVID-19 protocol Thursday. ... Martin will make his first NHL start since playing three games with the Colorado Avalanche in 2016-17.

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