The Nashville Predators 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.
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SCRIPPS
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg — Ryan O’Reilly — Gustav Nyquist
Steven Stamkos — Juuso Parssinen — Jonathan Marchessault
Philip Tomasino — Tommy Novak — Michael McCarron
Zachary L’Heureux — Colton Sissons — Cole Smith
Brady Skjei — Roman Josi
Jeremy Lauzon — Alexandre Carrier
Marc Del Gaizo — Luke Schenn
Scott Wedgewood
Juuse Saros
Scratched: Mark Jankowski, Dante Fabbro, Luke Evangelista
Injured: None
Status report
- The Predators did not conduct a morning skate Thursday following a 3-2 loss at the Washington Capitals on Wednesday.
- Wedgewood is expected to start after Saros made 33 saves Wednesday.
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Panthers projected lineup
Evan Rodrigues — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer — Tomas Nosek — Mackie Samoskevich
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov
Nate Schmidt — Uvis Balinskis
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Jonah Gadjovich, Adam Boqvist
Injured: None
Status report
- Gadjovich is practicing in full after recoving from back spasms but the forward is expected to miss his eighth straight game.
- Adam Boqvist, a defenseman, will be scratched for the fourth consecutive game.
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