The Detroit Red Wings take on the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
RED WINGS (36-34-7) at PANTHERS (45-29-4)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNDET, SCRIPPS
Red Wings projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat — Dylan Larkin — Patrick Kane
Elmer Soderblom — Marco Kasper — Lucas Raymond
Jonatan Berggren — J.T. Compher — Vladimir Tarasenko
Michael Rasmussen — Tyler Motte — Craig Smith
Ben Chiarot — Moritz Seider
Simon Edvinsson — Jeff Petry
Albert Johansson — Justin Holl
Cam Talbot
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: William Lagesson, Austin Watson, Alex Lyon
Injured: Andrew Copp (upper body), Erik Gustafsson (undisclosed)
Status report:
Mrazek will dress and back up Talbot after missing seven games with an upper-body injury. … Red Wings coach Todd McLellan said there may be a game-time decision because of injury with the potential of an emergency recall from Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League.
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Panthers projected lineup
Mackie Samoskevich — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Brad Marchand
Jesper Boqvist — Nico Sturm — Evan Rodrigues
A.J. Greer — Tomas Nosek — Jonah Gadjovich
Gustav Forsling — Nate Schmidt
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Jaycob Megna — Uvis Balinskis
Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Carter Verhaeghe, Jesse Puljujarvi, Rasmus Asplund, Matt Kiersted
Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Dmitry Kulikov (upper body), Sam Bennett (upper body)
Suspended: Aaron Ekblad
Status Report:
Sturm will return after missing four games with an upper-body injury. … Verhaeghe will not play because of maintenance; the center is expected to be available against the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday. … Ekblad joined Florida for its morning skate after being cleared to join team activities; the defenseman was suspended 20 games, without pay, on March 10 for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program. His suspension runs through Game 2 of the Eastern Conference First Round.
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