Predators at Panthers

PREDATORS (12-16-1) at PANTHERS (19-5-4)

Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Ryan Johansen -- Eeli Tolvanen
Calle Jarnkrok -- Mikael Granlund -- Viktor Arvidsson
Nick Cousins -- Erik Haula -- Rocco Grimaldi
Yakov Trenin -- Colton Sissons -- Mathieu Olivier
Mattias Ekholm -- Alexandre Carrier
Ben Harpur -- Dante Fabbro
Jeremy Davies -- Matt Benning
Pekka Rinne
Juuse Saros
Scratched:Michael McCarron, Rem Pitlick, Frederic Allard
Injured: Roman Josi (upper body), Ryan Ellis (upper body), Luke Kunin (lower body), Luca Sbisa (lower body), Matt Duchene (lower body), Brad Richardson (lower body), Mark Borowiecki (upper body)
Panthers projected lineup
Mason Marchment -- Aleksander Barkov -- Carter Verhaeghe
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Alex Wennberg -- Patric Hornqvist
Frank Vatrano -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Owen Tippett
Noel Acciari -- Juho Lammikko -- Anthony Duclair
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Keith Yandle -- Anton Stralman
Gustav Forsling -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Chris Driedger
Scratched: Vinnie Hinostroza, Markus Nutivaara, Ryan Lomberg
Injured: Noah Juulsen (upper body)
Status report
The Predators did not hold a morning skate. … Saros was activated from injured reserve after practice Wednesday and goalie Kasimir Kaskisuo was assigned to the taxi squad. … Juulsen, a defenseman, will miss his ninth straight game but has been skating and is close to returning, Panthers coach Joel Quenneville said.