Canucks at Ducks

CANUCKS (14-15-2) at DUCKS (17-9-6)

Canucks projected lineup
Tanner Pearson -- J.T. Miller -- Nils Hoglander
Jason Dickinson -- Bo Horvat -- Conor Garland
Vasily Podkolzin -- Elias Pettersson -- Tyler Motte
Justin Dowling -- Juho Lammikko -- Alex Chiasson
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Kyle Burroughs -- Tucker Poolman
Thatcher Demko
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Brad Hunt
Injured: Guillaume Brisebois (undisclosed), Travis Hamonic (lower body), Matthew Highmore (upper body), Brandon Sutter (illness), Brady Keeper (leg)
COVID-19 protocol: Brock Boeser, Philip Di Giuseppe
Ducks projected lineup
Vinni Lettieri
-- Ryan Getzlaf -- Troy Terry
Sonny Milano -- Isac Lundestrom -- Rickard Rakell
Derek Grant -- Jakob Silfverberg -- Sam Carrick
Nicolas Deslauriers --
Buddy Robinson
Hampus Lindholm -- Jamie Drysdale
Cam Fowler -- Josh Manson
Simon Benoit -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Jacob Larsson
John Gibson
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: None
Injured: Adam Henrique (lower body), Max Jones (upper body), Josh Mahura (undisclosed)
COVID-19 protocol: Trevor Zegras, Sam Steel, Max Comtois
Status report
Boeser and Di Giuseppe were placed in NHL COVID-19 protocol Wednesday. ... Highmore, a forward, returned to practice Tuesday, but has not been cleared to play in games. ... The Ducks did not hold a morning skate Wednesday, but Lettieri and Robinson are expected to come off the taxi squad and enter the lineup. Larsson could also be activated to give Anaheim 11 forwards and seven defensemen, or forward Bryce Kindopp could make his NHL debut after he was added to the taxi squad Tuesday. ... Lundestrom will move from third-line center to the second line, and Lettieri will take Steel's spot on the top line. ... Henrique, a forward, remains out after being injured in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Calgary Flames on Dec. 3. Jones, a forward, and Mahura, a defenseman, have not resumed practice.