Sharks at Panthers

SHARKS (16-25-11) at PANTHERS (25-22-6)

Sharks projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Tomas Hertl -- Kevin Labanc
Michael Eyssimont -- Logan Couture -- Alexander Barabanov
Nick Bonino -- Nico Sturm -- Oskar Lindblom
Evgeny Svechnikov -- Steven Lorentz -- Jonah Gadjovich
Scott Harrington -- Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Matt Benning
Jacob MacDonald -- Mario Ferraro
Kaapo Kahkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: Noah Gregor
Injured: Luke Kunin (knee), Markus Nutivaara (lower body), Radim Simek (upper body)
Panthers projected lineup
Sam Reinhart -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell
Matthew Tkachuk -- Sam Bennett -- Carter Verhaeghe
Ryan Lomberg -- Eric Staal -- Nick Cousins
Givani Smith -- Chris Tierney -- Colin White
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Marc Staal -- Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Casey Fitzgerald
Injured: Aleksander Barkov (undisclosed), Anthony Duclair (Achilles), Patric Hornqvist (concussion)
Status report
The Sharks held an optional morning skate Thursday. ... San Jose will dress the same lineup they used in a 4-3 win at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. … Kahkonen will start for the third consecutive game after Reimer started the previous three games. ... Simek, a defenseman, practiced Wednesday and is day to day. ... Barkov will not play after the center was injured blocking a shot in the second period of a 7-1 win against the Lightning on Monday. … Bobrovsky will make his second straight start after missing five games with a lower-body injury.