The Florida Panthers take on the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
PANTHERS (44-27-4) at SENATORS (40-29-6)
2 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN5, SCRIPPS
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 — Seth Jones
Niko Mikkola — Nate Schmidt
Jaycob Megna — Uvis Balinskis
Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: None
Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Dmitry Kulikov (upper body), Nico Sturm (upper body), Aleksander Barkov (upper body)
Suspended: Aaron Ekblad
Status report:
Barkov will not play Saturday or at the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday after the forward was injured during a 3-2 overtime loss at the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday. “It’s not serious, but he’s not playing this weekend,” coach Paul Maurice said Friday. … Maurice made changes to each forward line during practice Friday. … Sturm, a forward who also was injured Tuesday, is expected to return by the middle of next week.
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Senators projected lineup
Claude Giroux — Tim Stutzle — Fabian Zetterlund
David Perron — Dylan Cozens — Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio
Matthew Highmore — Adam Gaudette — Angus Crookshank
Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo
Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Travis Hamonic
Injured: Nick Cousins (knee), Brady Tkachuk (upper body)
Status report:
Brady Tkachuk, who has missed two games, is questionable for Saturday and at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday; the forward has not resumed skating since taking a hit from Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ryan Graves during a 1-0 overtime loss Sunday.
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