Joe Thornton -- Owen Tippett Gustav Forsling -- Olli Juolevi Lucas Carlsson -- Matt Kiersted MacKenzie Weegar Sergei Bobrovsky Jonas Johansson Scratched:Chase Priskie Injured:Aleksander Barkov (upper body), Mason Marchment (upper body), Markus Nutivaara (lower body), Maxim Mamin (undisclosed) COVID-19 protocol:Ryan Lomberg, Sam Bennett,Radko Gudas, Brandon Montour, Carter Verhaeghe, Aaron Ekblad,Frank Vatrano Status report The Panthers will use 11 skaters and seven defensemen. ... Athanasiou was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Tuesday. The forward was injured during a 3-2 overtime loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. … Doughty, a defenseman, was placed in NHL COVID-19 protocol Thursday. ... Lizotte is expected to return after missing five games while in COVID-19 protocol. … Anderson is expected to play after missing the game against the Lightning because of an illness. … Denisenko, Kiersted and Priskie were recalled from Charlotte of the American Hockey League, and goalie Spencer Knight was assigned there … Ekblad and Vatrano were not allowed to take part in the morning skate and were later added to protocol. … Marchment took part in the morning skate and Brunette said the forward should be ready to play next week. Marchment was injured during a 4-3 loss at the New York Rangers on Nov. 8.
