Canucks at Ducks

CANUCKS (36-37-7) at DUCKS (23-45-12)

Canucks projected lineup
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Elias Pettersson -- Vitali Kravtsov
Phillip Di Giuseppe -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Anthony Beauvillier -- Sheldon Dries -- Conor Garland
Dakota Joshua -- Nils Aman -- Aidan McDonough
Quinn Hughes -- Kyle Burroughs
Akito Hirose -- Tyler Myers
Ethan Bear -- Cole McWard
Thatcher Demko
Collin Delia
Scratched:Jack Studnicka
Injured:Filip Hronek (shoulder), Vasily Podkolzin (hand), Christian Wolanin (lower body), Travis Dermott (undisclosed).
Ducks projected lineup
Frank Vatrano -- Trevor Zegras -- Ryan Strome
Adam Henrique -- Mason McTavish -- Troy Terry
Max Jones -- Isac Lundestrom -- Jakob Silfverberg
Benoit-Olivier Groulx
-- Derek Grant -- Nikita Nesterenko
Cam Fowler -- Drew Helleson
Jackson LaCombe
-- Kevin Shattenkirk
Simon Benoit -- Nathan Beaulieu
Lukas Dostal
John Gibson
Scratched:Sam Carrick, Brett Leason, Jayson Megna, Colton White
Injured:Scott Harrington (upper body), Brock McGinn (upper body), Max Comtois (upper body)
Status report
The Canucks did not hold a morning skate. Demko is expected to start after Delia made 25 saves in a 3-0 loss at the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. ... McDonough is expected to return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past three games. ... LaCombe will make his NHL debut three days after playing for Minnesota in the NCAA Division I Men's Hockey Championship. A second-round pick of the Ducks in the 2019 NHL Draft, LaCombe signed a two-year, entry-level contract on Monday. ... Dostal will start for the second straight game and fourth in the past five. Gibson was unavailable the past two games because of an illness, but will back up. The Ducks reassigned goalie Olle Eriksson Ek to San Diego of the American Hockey League on Monday. ... Groulx was recalled from San Diego on Tuesday and will make his season debut. He had a goal and two assists in 18 games for Anaheim last season.