CANUCKS (13-6-1) at KRAKEN (8-8-5)
10 p.m. ET; ROOT-NW, SNP
Canucks projected lineup
Sam Lafferty -- Elias Pettersson -- Ilya Mikheyev
Anthony Beauvillier -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua -- Teddy Blueger -- Conor Garland
Phillip Di Giuseppe -- Nils Aman -- Nils Hoglander
Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek
Mark Friedman -- Tyler Myers
Ian Cole -- Cole McWard
Thatcher Demko
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Andrei Kuzmenko, Akito Hirose
Injured: Pius Suter (undisclosed), Carson Soucy (foot), Guillaume Brisebois (concussion)
Kraken projected lineup
Jared McCann -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz -- Alexander Wennberg -- Brandon Tanev
Eeli Tolvanen -- Yanni Gourde -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Tye Kartye -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Kailer Yamamoto
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Will Borgen
Brian Dumoulin -- Justin Schultz
Joey Daccord
Chris Driedger
Scratched: Jaycob Megna
Injured: Andre Burakovsky (upper body), Philipp Grubauer (undisclosed)
Status report
Demko is expected to make his fourth straight start. ... Soucy, a defenseman, and Suter, a forward, each was placed on injured reserve by the Canucks on Friday. ... . ... Aman and McWard each was recalled from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Friday. … Friedman and Myers each sustained injuries in a 5-2 loss at the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday, but each participated in morning skate Friday. … Daccord will make his second consecutive start after Grubauer was injured in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Calgary Flames on Monday. ... Burakovsky wore a non-contact jersey during the Kraken morning skate Friday; it was the forward’s first time skating with his teammates since he was injured in a 4-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Oct. 21. … Forward Andrew Poturalski was assigned to Coachella Valley of the AHL on Tuesday.
