CANUCKS (2-6-0) at PANTHERS (3-2-2)
7 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, SNP, TVAS
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Jonathan Lekkerimaki
Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Linus Karlsson
Paul Cotter -- Filip Chytil -- Brock Boeser
Drew O'Connor -- Max Sasson -- Brendan Gallagher
Elias Pettersson -- Filip Hronek
Jamie Oleksiak -- Tom Willander
Zeev Buium -- Victor Mancini
Leevi Merilainen
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Guillaume Brisebois, Luke Schenn, Arshdeep Bains, Aatu Raty
Injured: Thatcher Demko (hip)
Panthers projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Reinhart -- Lars Eller
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Sandis Vilmanis
Bokondji Imama -- Sam Lafferty -- Garnet Hathaway
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Seth Jones
Dmitry Kulikov -- Uvis Balinskis
Akira Schmid
Cooper Black
Scratched: None
Injured: Aleksander Barkov (knee), Brad Marchand (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (neck), Jacob Markstrom (undisclosed), Radko Gudas (lower body)
Status report
Chytil will make his season debut after sustaining a shoulder injury in a preseason game against the Edmonton Oilers on Sept. 24. ... To make space on the roster, the Canucks placed Raty, a forward, on waivers Wednesday. … Gudas will miss his second straight game after the defenseman took a hit to the knee in a 5-3 loss at the Buffalo Sabres on Monday. ... Markstrom also left during that game, but the goalie was on the ice for the Panthers morning skate. ... Florida coach Paul Maurice said there is a possibility each could be available against the Seattle Kraken on Saturday. ... Schmid will make his second straight start.
