PANTHERS (17-9-2) at CANUCKS (19-9-1)
10 p.m. ET; SNP, BSFL
Panthers projected lineup
Evan Rodrigues -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Nick Cousins -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Ryan Lomberg
Jonah Gadjovich -- Kevin Stenlund -- Steven Lorentz
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Brandon Montour
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Dmitry Kulikov
Sergei Bobrovsky
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Josh Mahura, Uvis Balinskis
Injured: Anton Lundell (illness)
Canucks projected lineup
Ilya Mikheyev -- Elias Pettersson -- Sam Lafferty
Nils Hoglander -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua -- Teddy Blueger -- Conor Garland
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Pius Suter -- Phillip Di Giuseppe
Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek
Nikita Zadorov -- Tyler Myers
Ian Cole -- Noah Juulsen
Thatcher Demko
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Mark Friedman, Nils Aman
Injured: Carson Soucy (foot), Guillaume Brisebois (concussion)
Status report
Lundell, a forward, will miss his first game of the season. … Kulikov is back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past two games for Balinskis, a defenseman who played the past two games after sitting out the previous six. … Bobrovsky will make his fourth start in five games. ... Suter returns after missing 14 games with a lower-body injury in place of Aman, a forward.
