The Chicago Blackhawks take on the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
BLACKHAWKS (16-30-5) at PANTHERS (30-19-3)
1 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, SN, TVAS
Blackhawks projected lineup
Frank Nazar — Connor Bedard — Tyler Bertuzzi
Teuvo Teravainen — Jason Dickinson — Ilya Mikheyev
Landon Slaggert — Ryan Donato — Nick Foligno
Colton Dach — Lukas Reichel — Patrick Maroon
Alec Martinez — Seth Jones
Alec Vlasic — Louis Crevier
TJ Brodie — Connor Murphy
Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Nolan Allan, Philipp Kurashev, Ethan Del Mastro
Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Craig Smith (back)
Status report
Murphy will return after missing 13 games because of a groin injury. … Teravainen did not practice Friday because of maintenance but will play.
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Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Mackie Samoskevich — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Evan Rodrigues
A.J. Greer — Tomas Nosek — Jesper Boqvist
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis — Nate Schmidt
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: None
Injured: Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)
Status report
The Panthers placed defenseman Adam Boqvist on waivers Thursday; he was claimed by the New York Islanders on Friday.
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