PANTHERS (19-11-2) at WILD (20-7-4)
9:30 P.M. ET; TNT, MAX, FDSNNO
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Alexsander Barkov -- Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
Evan Rodrigues -- Jesper Boqvist -- Mackie Samoskevich
A.J. Greer -- Tomas Nosek -- Jonah Gadjovich
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis -- Nate Schmidt
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Adam Boqvist
Injured: Sam Bennett (illness)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Marco Rossi -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Ryan Hartman -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Ben Jones
Brendan Gaunce -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Devin Shore
Jonas Brodin -- Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm -- Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill -- Zach Bogosian
Marc-Andre Fleury
Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Travis Dermott
Injured: Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Jake Middleton (upper body), Jakub Lauko (upper body), Yakov Trenin (upper body), Filip Gustavsson (lower body)
Status report
Barkov will be a game-time decision after missing the past two games because of illness. … Trenin participated in the morning skate but the forward will miss a third straigth game. … Gaunce, recalled from Iowa of the American Hockey League on Monday, will make his Wild debut. ... Gustavsson, a goalie, will miss his second game.