Panthers at Wild

PANTHERS (33-10-5) at WILD (30-12-3)

Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Sam Bennett -- Patric Hornqvist
Mason Marchment -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
Ryan Lomberg -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Noel Acciari
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Gustav Forsling -- Radko Gudas
Lucas Carlsson -- Brandon Montour
Sergei Bobrovsky
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Olli Juolevi, Frank Vatrano, Owen Tippett
Injured: Maxim Mamin (undisclosed), Joe Thornton (undisclosed)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno
Matt Boldy -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Kevin Fiala
Connor Dewar -- Nico Sturm -- Brandon Duhaime
Jonas Brodin -- Alex Goligoski
Jordie Benn -- Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill -- Dmitry Kulikov
Cam Talbot
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched: Dakota Mermis, Nick Bjugstad
Injured: Mathew Dumba (lower body)
Status report
Acciari will make his season debut after sustaining a pectoral injury in a preseason game Oct. 5 that required surgery. ... Dumba will miss his third straight game; the defenseman will "probably not" travel with the Wild on a four-game road trip that begins at the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday, coach Dean Evason said. ... Bjugstad has been medically cleared after missing 14 games with an upper-body injury, but the center will not play Friday.