CANUCKS (9-9-2) at PANTHERS (9-8-1)
7 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, SNP
Canucks projected lineup
Evander Kane — Elias Pettersson — Kiefer Sherwood
Brock Boeser — Max Sasson — Jake DeBrusk
Drew O’Connor — Aatu Raty — Arshdeep Bains
Mackenzie MacEachern — David Kampf — Lukas Reichel
Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson — Tyler Myers
Elias Nils Pettersson — Tom Willander
Kevin Lankinen
Jiri Patera
Scratched: P.O Joseph, Linus Karlsson
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Conor Garland (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower body), Nils Hoglander (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Panthers projected lineup
Mackie Samoskevich — Anton Lundell — Brad Marchand
Carter Verhaeghe — Evan Rodrigues — Sam Reinhart
A.J. Greer — Sam Bennett — Jesper Boqvist
Noah Gregor — Cole Schwindt — Luke Kunin
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Uvis Balinskis — Jeff Petry
Sergei Bobrovsky
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Donovan Sebrango
Injured: Eetu Luostarinen (lower body), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder)
Status report
The Canucks did not hold a morning skate after a 6-2 win at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday. … If Lankinen starts, it would be his second set of back-to-back games this month and his seventh consecutive start. … Garland left the game Sunday during the second period; Canucks coach Adam Foote said the forward tweaked something and was unsure of the severity. … The Canucks sent defensemen Victor Mancini to Abbottsford of the American Hockey League. … Luostarinen will not play and the forward is day to day, according to Panthers coach Paul Maurice. … Balinskis will play for the first time since Oct. 28.
