SHARKS (0-4-1) at PANTHERS (2-3-0)
7:45 p.m. ET; BSFL, NBCSCA
Sharks projected lineup
Alexander Barabanov -- Tomas Hertl -- Anthony Duclair
William Eklund -- Jacob Peterson -- Kevin Labanc
Fabian Zetterlund -- Nico Sturm -- Mike Hoffman
Filip Zadina -- Thomas Bordeleau -- Luke Kunin
Mario Ferraro -- Kyle Burroughs
Nikolai Knyzhov -- Jan Rutta
Ty Emberson -- Matt Benning
Mackenzie Blackwood
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Givani Smith
Injured: Logan Couture (lower body), Jacob MacDonald (undisclosed), Mikael Granlund (lower body)
Panthers projected lineup
Evan Rodrigues -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Matthew Tkachuk
Nick Cousins -- Anton Lundell -- William Lockwood
Ryan Lomberg -- Kevin Stenlund -- Steven Lorentz
Gustav Forsling -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Niko Mikkola -- Dmitry Kulikov
Josh Mahura -- Uvis Balinskis
Anthony Stolarz
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Mike Reilly
Injured: Johan Gadjovich (upper body), Sam Bennett (lower body), Brandon Montour (shoulder), Aaron Ekblad (shoulder)
Status report
Vlasic will be scratched after the defenseman was benched during the second period of a 5-1 loss to the Nashville Predators on Saturday. … Duclair will play against the Panthers for the first time since being traded to the Sharks on July 1. Lorentz was one of the pieces sent to the Panthers. … Stolarz will make his Panthers debut after Bobrovsky started the first five games of the season. … Lockwood will make his Panthers debut after being recalled from Charlotte of the American Hockey League on Oct. 17. … Florida assigned forward Justin Sourdif to Charlotte on Monday.
