SHARKS (24-20-3) at PANTHERS (25-19-3)
6 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, NBCSCA
Sharks projected lineup
Collin Graf -- Macklin Celebrini -- Will Smith
William Eklund -- Alexander Wennberg -- Tyler Toffoli
Pavol Regenda -- Michael Misa -- Igor Chernyshov
Barclay Goodrow -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Ryan Reaves
Dmitry Orlov -- John Klingberg
Mario Ferraro -- Timothy Liljegren
Sam Dickinson -- Vincent Iorio
Alex Nedeljkovic
Yaroslav Askarov
Scratched: Jeff Skinner, Adam Gaudette, Nick Leddy
Injured: Ty Dellandrea (lower body), Vincent Desharnais (upper body), Philipp Kurashev (upper body), Shakir Mukhamadullin (upper body)
Panthers projected lineup
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- A.J. Greer
Mackie Samoskevich -- Evan Rodrigues -- Matthew Tkachuk
Sandis Vilmanis -- Cole Schwindt -- Jesper Boqvist
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Uvis Balinskis
Tobias Bjornfot -- Jeff Petry
Sergei Bobrovsky
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Luke Kunin, Jack Studnicka, Donovan Sebrango
Injured: Brad Marchand (lower body), Seth Jones (upper body), Aleksander Barkov (knee), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder)
Status report
Iorio, who was scratched for a 4-2 loss to the Detroit Red wings on Friday, is expected to play in place of Leddy, a defenseman. ... Tkachuk will play for the first time this season after having surgery Aug. 22 to repair a sports hernia and torn adductor. … The Panthers assigned forward Noah Gregor to Charlotte of the American Hockey League. … Marchand, a forward, will miss his sixth straight game because of a lower-body injury.
