Flames (8-14-3) at Panthers (12-10-1)
4pm ET; Scripps, SNW, SNO, SNE
flames projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau – Morgan Frost – Matt Coronato
Yegor Sharangovich – Nazem Kadri – Joel Farabee
Connor Zary – Mikael Backlund – Blake Coleman
Ryan Lomberg – John Beecher – Adam Klapka
Kevin Bahl – Rasmus Andersen
Yan Kuznetsov – Mackenzie Weegar
Joel Hanley – Brayden Pachal
Devin Cooley
dustin wolf
rash: Jake Bean, Dryden Hunt, Sam Morton
Injured: Martin Pospisil (undeclared), Zain Parekh (upper body), Samuel Honzek (upper body)
Panthers projected lineup
Mackie Samoskevich – Anton Lundell – Brad Marchand
Jesper Boqvist – Ivan Rodriguez – Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — AJ Greer
Noah Gregor – Luke Kunin – Jack Devine
Gustav Forsling–Aaron Ekblad
Nico Mikkola – Seth Jones
Uvis Balinskis – Jeff Petrie
Daniel Tarasov
sergey bobrovsky
rash: Donovan Sebrango
Injured: Alexander Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadzovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder), Eetu Luostarinen (lower body), Cole Schwindt (broken arm).
status report
Neither team had a morning skate. … Cooley could start for the Flames after relieving Wolf in the first period of Wednesday’s 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. …Ekblad left Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers after blocking a shot in the final minutes. Coach Paul Morrissey said Thursday that Ekblad will play. …The only lineup change Florida is expected to make is keeping Tarasov (2-3-1) in net. He made 36 saves in an 8-3 loss to the host Nashville Predators on Monday.
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