MAMMOTH (27-21-4) at PANTHERS (28-20-3)
7 p.m. ET; Utah 16, SCRIPPS
Mammoth projected lineup
Clayton Keller — Nick Schmaltz — Lawson Crouse
JJ Peterka — Barrett Hayton — Daniil But
Michael Carcone — Jack McBain — Dylan Guenther
Brandon Tanev — Kevin Stenlund — Liam O’Brien
Mikhail Sergachev — Sean Durzi
Nate Schmidt — John Marino
Ian Cole — Nick DeSimone
Vitek Vanecek
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Olli Maatta, Kailer Yamamoto, Kevin Rooney, Dmitri Simashev
Injured: Logan Cooley (lower body), Alexander Kerfoot (upper body)
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe — Evan Rodrigues — Sam Reinhart
Sandis Vilmanis — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Brad Marchand
A.J. Greer — Cole Schwindt — Mackie Samoskevich
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Uvis Balinskis
Tobias Bjornfot — Jeff Petry
Sergei Bobrovsky
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Luke Kunin, Donovan Sebrango, Jesper Boqvist
Injured: Seth Jones (upper body), Aleksander Barkov (knee), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder)
Status report
The Mammoth did not hold a morning skate following a 2-0 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday. … Simashev was recalled from Tucson of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. … Utah reassigned forward Cam Hebig to Tuscon. … Vanecek is expected to start against his former team. … The Panthers will go with the same 18 skaters they used in a 5-1 win at the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.
