PANTHERS (33-31-3) at OILERS (34-26-9)
9 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNO, SNW, SCRIPPS
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell – Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer — Evan Rodrigues — Vinnie Hinostroza
Cole Reinhardt — Tomas Nosek — Luke Kunin
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Dmitry Kulikov — Michael Benning
Sergei Bobrovsky
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Nolan Foote, Mackie Samoskevich, Donovan Sebrango
Injured: Uvis Balinskis (lower body), Aleksander Barkov (lower body), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Brad Marchand (lower body), Sam Reinhart (undisclosed), Cole Schwindt (lower body)
Oilers projected lineup
Matthew Savoie — Connor McDavid — Zach Hyman
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Jason Dickinson — Jack Roslovic
Vasily Podkolzin — Josh Samanski — Kasperi Kapanen
Max Jones — Adam Henrique — Trent Frederic
Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Connor Murphy
Jake Walman — Spencer Stastney
Connor Ingram
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Roby Jarventie
Injured: Colton Dach (undisclosed), Leon Draisaitl (lower body), Ty Emberson (undisclosed), Mattias Janmark (shoulder), Curtis Lazar (undisclosed)
Status report
Luostarinen and Rodrigues each will return after missing a 5-2 loss at the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday for maintenance … Mikkola returns after being a healthy scratch at Vancouver. … Forwards Samoskevich and Foote will come out, as will Sebrango, a defenseman … Kapanen will be a game-time decision; the forward did not attend the Oilers morning skate due to illness. … Edmonton placed Draisaitl, a center, on long-term injured reserve Thursday and called up Jarventie, a forward, from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League.
