The Florida Panthers take on the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
PANTHERS (44-28-4) at RED WINGS (35-33-7)
5:30 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN360, SN
Panthers projected lineup
Jesper Boqvist — Sam Bennett — Sam Reinhart
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Brad Marchand
Carter Verhaeghe — Evan Rodrigues — Mackie Samoskevich
A.J. Greer — Tomas Nosek — Jonah Gadjovich
Gustav Forsling — Nate Schmidt
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Jaycob Megna — Uvis Balinskis
Vitek Vanecek
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: None
Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Dmitry Kulikov (upper body), Nico Sturm (upper body), Aleksander Barkov (upper body)
Suspended: Aaron Ekblad
Status report:
Vanecek could start after Bobrovsky made 19 saves in a 3-0 loss at the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
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Red Wings projected lineup
Patrick Kane — Dylan Larkin — Alex DeBrincat
Marco Kasper — Michael Rasmussen — Lucas Raymond
Vladimir Tarasenko — J.T. Compher – Jonatan Berggren
Elmer Soderblom — Tyler Motte — Craig Smith
Ben Chiarot — Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson — Jeff Petry
Justin Holl — Albert Johansson
Cam Talbot
Alex Lyon
Scratched: William Lagesson
Injured: Andrew Copp (upper body), Erik Gustafsson (undisclosed), Petr Mrazek (upper body)
Status report:
Talbot will make his third straight start.
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