KRAKEN (2-4-2) at PANTHERS (3-3-0)
6 p.m. ET; ROOT-NW, BSFL
Kraken projected lineup
Tye Kartye -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz -- Alex Wennberg -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Eeli Tolvanen -- Yanni Gourde -- Jared McCann
Devin Shore -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Kailer Yamamoto
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Will Borgen
Brian Dumoulin -- Justin Schultz
Philipp Grubauer
Joey Daccord
Scratched: Jaycob Megna
Injured: Brandon Tanev (lower body), Andre Burakovsky (upper body)
Panthers projected lineup
Evan Rodrigues -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Matthew Tkachuk
Nick Cousins -- Anton Lundell -- William Lockwood
Ryan Lomberg -- Kevin Stenlund -- Steven Lorentz
Gustav Forsling -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Niko Mikkola -- Dmitry Kulikov
Josh Mahura -- Uvis Balinskis
Sergei Bobrovsky
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Mike Reilly
Injured: Sam Bennett (lower body), Johan Gadjovich (upper body), Brandon Montour (shoulder), Aaron Ekblad (shoulder)
Status report
Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said Friday he has not decided on a starting goalie Saturday; Daccord has started the past two games, including making 42 saves in a 3-2 overtime loss at the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday. ... Bennett, a center who has not yet played this season, returned to practice Thursday but left the ice early Friday. He skated on Saturday but will not play. ... Kulikov missed practice the past two days but returned Saturday and will be in the lineup. ... Barkov is expected to return after missing a 3-1 win against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday because of an illness.
