SHARKS (24-20-3) at PANTHERS (25-19-3)
6 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, NBCSCA
Sharks projected lineup
Collin Graf — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Alexander Wennberg — Tyler Toffoli
Pavol Regenda — Michael Misa — Igor Chernyshov
Barclay Goodrow — Zack Ostapchuk — Ryan Reaves
Dmitry Orlov — John Klingberg
Mario Ferraro — Timothy Liljegren
Sam Dickinson — Vincent Iorio
Alex Nedeljkovic
Yaroslav Askarov
Scratched: Jeff Skinner, Adam Gaudette, Vincent Desharnais
Injured: Ty Dellandrea (lower body), Philipp Kurashev (upper body), Shakir Mukhamadullin (upper body)
Panthers projected lineup
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — A.J. Greer
Mackie Samoskevich — Evan Rodrigues — Matthew Tkachuk
Sandis Vilmanis — Cole Schwindt — Jesper Boqvist
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Uvis Balinskis
Tobias Bjornfot — Jeff Petry
Sergei Bobrovsky
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Luke Kunin, Jack Studnicka, Donovan Sebrango
Injured: Brad Marchand (lower body), Seth Jones (upper body), Aleksander Barkov (knee), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder)
Status report
Iorio, who was scratched for a 4-2 loss to the Detroit Red wings on Friday, is expected to play. … Desharnais was activated from injured reserve. The defenseman last played Nov. 26 because of an upper-body injury. … The Sharks sent defenseman Nick Leddy to San Jose of the American Hockey League. … Tkachuk will play for the first time this season after having surgery Aug. 22 to repair a sports hernia and torn adductor. … The Panthers assigned forward Noah Gregor to Charlotte of the American Hockey League. … Marchand, a forward, will miss his sixth straight game because of a lower-body injury.
