Projected lineups, starting goalies for today

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DUCKS (10-13-4) at MAPLE LEAFS (17-9-2)

7 p.m. ET; SNO, Victory+

Ducks projected lineup

Cutter Gauthier -- Mason McTavish -- Alex Killorn

Frank Vatrano -- Ryan Strome -- Troy Terry

Brock McGinn -- Isac Lundestrom -- Leo Carlsson

Ross Johnston -- Jansen Harkins -- Brett Leason

Cam Fowler -- Jacob Trouba

Brian Dumoulin -- Radko Gudas

Jackson LaCombe -- Olen Zellweger

Lukas Dostal

John Gibson

Scratched: Pavel Mintyukov, Drew Helleson, Sam Colangelo

Injured: Robby Fabbri (lower body), Trevor Zegras (lower body)

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matthew Knies-- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner

Max Pacioretty -- John Tavares -- William Nylander

Pontus Holmberg -- Fraser Minten -- Max Domi

Steven Lorentz -- Connor Dewar -- Ryan Reaves

Morgan Rielly -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Jake McCabe -- Chris Tanev

Simon Benoit -- Conor Timmins

Anthony Stolarz

Joseph Woll

Scratched: Alex Nylander, Nikita Grebenkin, Nicholas Robertson, Phillippe Myers

Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Bobby McMann (lower body), David Kampf (lower body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body)

Status report

The Ducks did not hold a morning skate after a 5-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday. ... McCabe will return after missing the past five games after taking a puck to the head on November 30 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. … Defenseman Marshal Rifai was assigned to Toronto of the American Hockey League on Thursday. Forward Nikita Grebenkin was recalled.

PENGUINS (12-14-4) at CANADIENS (11-14-3)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, SN-PIT

Penguins projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust

Cody Glass -- Evgeni Malkin -- Philip Tomasino

Michael Bunting -- Blake Lizotte -- Drew O'Connor

Matt Nieto -- Noel Acciari -- Anthony Beauvillier

Owen Pickering -- Kris Letang

Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson

Ryan Graves -- Matt Grzelcyk

Tristan Jarry

Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Kevin Hayes, Jesse Puljujarvi, Ryan Shea

Injured: None

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Alex Newhook

Juraj Slafkovsky -- Kirby Dach -- Patrik Laine

Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher

Emil Heineman -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia

Lane Hutson -- Mike Matheson

Kaiden Guhle -- Justin Barron

Arber Xhekaj -- David Savard

Sam Montembeault

Cayden Primeau

Scratched: Jayden Struble, Michael Pezzetta

Injured: None

Status report

Nieto will likely play after being a healthy scratch the past three games. He took part in the optional morning skate. … Hayes, a forward, remained on the ice with the extras and is expected to be scratched. … The Canadiens will use the same lineup from a 3-2 shootout win against the Anaheim Ducks on Monday.

RED WINGS (11-13-4) at FLYERS (13-12-4)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNDET, NBCSP, SNP

Red Wings projected lineup

Alex DeBrincat -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond

Michael Rasmussen -- Marco Kasper -- Patrick Kane

Andrew Copp -- J.T. Compher -- Vladimir Tarasenko

Jonatan Berggren -- Joe Veleno -- Christian Fischer

Simon Edvinsson -- Moritz Seider

Ben Chiarot -- Jeff Petry

Erik Gustafsson -- Albert Johansson

Cam Talbot

Ville Husso

Scratched: Justin Holl, Tyler Motte

Injured: Alex Lyon (lower body)

Flyers projected lineup

Joel Farabee -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny

Owen Tippett -- Morgan Frost -- Matvei Michkov

Tyson Foerster -- Noah Cates -- Bobby Brink

Scott Laughton -- Ryan Poehling -- Garnet Hathaway

Cam York -- Travis Sanheim

Nick Seeler -- Jamie Drysdale

Egor Zamula -- Rasmus Ristolainen

Aleksei Kolosov

Samuel Ersson

Scratched: Erik Johnson, Ivan Fedotov, Emil Andrae

Injured: Nicolas Deslauriers (upper body)

Status report

Talbot could start after missing four games because of a lower-body injury. Coach Derek Lalonde said a decision would be made based on how Talbot felt after warmups. ... Fischer and Johansson will play after each had been scratched the previous two games. Motte, a forward, and Holl, a defenseman, are out. ... Lyon is traveling with the team and Lalonde said the goalie could be ready to play as soon as Dec. 18; he'll miss his eighth straight game Thursday. ... The Red Wings sent goalie Sebastian Cossa to Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. ... Zamula will play after being scratched the past two games. He'll replace Andrae, a defenseman.

CAPITALS (19-6-2) at BLUE JACKETS (12-13-3)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, MNMT

Capitals projected lineup

Aliaksei Protas -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson

Connor McMichael -- Dylan Strome -- Taylor Raddysh

Hendrix Lapierre -- Lars Eller -- Andrew Mangiapane

Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Ivan Miroshnichenko

Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson

Rasmus Sandin -- Matt Roy

Jakob Chychrun -- Trevor van Riemsdyk

Charlie Lindgren

Logan Thompson

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev, Jakub Vrana

Injured: Alex Ovechkin (lower body), Sonny Milano (upper body)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

James Van Riemsdyk -- Sean Monahan -- Kent Johnson

Dmitri Voronkov -- Cole Sillinger -- Kirill Marchenko

Zachary Aston-Reese -- Adam Fantilli -- Mathieu Olivier

Mikael Pyyhtia -- Sean Kuraly -- Kevin Labanc

Zach Werenski -- Dante Fabbro

Ivan Provorov -- Damon Severson

Jake Christiansen -- Jordan Harris

Jet Greaves

Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched: Jack Johnson, Daniil Tarasov

Injured: Yegor Chinakhov (upper body), Justin Danforth (lower body)

Status report

The Capitals will use the same lineup from a 4-2 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday with Lindgren replacing Thompson in goal. … Greaves will make his season debut after being recalled from Cleveland of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … Danforth, a forward, was injured during a 5-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. Pyyhtia will replace him.

KINGS (17-8-3) at DEVILS (18-10-3)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNW, MSG

Kings projected lineup

Trevor Moore -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe

Warren Foegele -- Quinton Byfield -- Tanner Jeannot

Kevin Fiala -- Phillip Danault -- Alex Laferriere

Alex Turcotte -- Samuel Helenius

Mikey Anderson -- Vladislav Gavrikov

Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke

Jacob Moverare -- Jordan Spence

Kyle Burroughs

David Rittich

Darcy Kuemper

Scratched: Andreas Englund, Akil Thomas

Injured: Trevor Lewis (lower body), Drew Doughty (ankle)

Devils projected lineup

Ondrej Palat -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt

Timo Meier - Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer

Paul Cotter -- Erik Haula -- Stefan Noesen

Tomas Tatar -- Justin Dowling -- Nathan Bastian

Brenden Dillon -- Dougie Hamilton

Jonas Siegenthaler -- Johnathan Kovacevic

Luke Hughes -- Brett Pesce

Jacob Markstrom

Isaac Poulter

Scratched: Nick DeSimone, Kurtis MacDermid, Colton White

Injured: Curtis Lazar (knee), Jake Allen (upper body)

Status report

The Kings held an optional skate on Thursday, but are likely to use 11 forwards and seven defensemen. ... Haula did not participate in the skate but is expected to play. ... Allen will miss his second straight game, but the goalie did skate on his own Thursday. "We'll see where he's at going into practice [Friday] and make a determination from there," New Jersey coach Sheldon Keefe said of Allen's injury. ... White, a defenseman, was recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League but will not play.

BLACKHAWKS (9-17-2) at ISLANDERS (11-12-7)

7:30 p.m. ET, CHSN, MSGSN

Blackhawks projected lineup

Ilya Mikheyev -- Connor Bedard -- Philipp Kurashev

Taylor Hall -- Ryan Donato -- Tyler Bertuzzi

Nick Foligno -- Jason Dickinson -- Teuvo Teravainen

Patrick Maroon -- Lukas Reichel -- Craig Smith

Alex Vlasic -- Connor Murphy

Nolan Allan -- Kevin Korchinski

Wyatt Kaiser -- TJ Brodie

Arvid Soderblom

Drew Commesso

Scratched: Joey Anderson, Louis Crevier

Injured: Seth Jones (foot), Laurent Brossoit (knee), Petr Mrazek (groin), Alec Martinez (neck)

Islanders projected lineup

Maxim Tsyplakov -- Bo Horvat -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau

Anders Lee -- Brock Nelson -- Kyle Palmieri

Simon Holmstrom -- Casey Cizikas -- Pierre Engvall

Matt Martin -- Kyle MacLean -- Oliver Wahlstrom

Dennis Cholowski -- Noah Dobson

Alexander Romanov -- Ryan Pulock

Isaiah George -- Scott Mayfield

Ilya Sorokin

Marcus Hogberg

Scratched: Hudson Fasching, Grant Hutton

Injuries: Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Anthony Duclair (lower body), Mathew Barzal (lower body), Adam Pelech (upper body), Mike Reilly (heart surgery)

Status report

The Blackhawks did not hold a morning skate. … Martinez, a defenseman who missed a 2-1 win against the New York Rangers on Monday, left practice early Wednesday and went back to Chicago for further evaluation. … Jones, a defenseman, skated four or five days ago and will hopefully do so again in the next few days, Chicago interim coach Anders Sorensen said. … Smith will play after not playing Tuesday. … Mayfield (illness) will play after he missed a 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. … Lee (illness) is a game-time decision.

SHARKS (10-16-5) at BLUES (14-13-2)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, NBCSCA

Sharks projected lineup

Nikolai Kovalenko -- Macklin Celebrini -- Tyler Toffoli

Klim Kostin -- Mikael Granlund -- Fabian Zetterlund

Barclay Goodrow -- Alexander Wennberg -- Luke Kunin

William Eklund -- Nico Sturm -- Ty Dellandrea

Jake Walman -- Cody Ceci

Mario Ferraro -- Timothy Liljegren

Shakir Mukhamadullin -- Jan Rutta

Alexandar Georgiev

Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Carl Grundstrom, Henry Thrun

Injured: Logan Couture (groin), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body), Will Smith (upper body)

Blues projected lineup

Pavel Buchnevich -- Robert Thomas -- Jordan Kyrou

Brandon Saad -- Brayden Schenn -- Jake Neighbours

Dylan Holloway -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Zack Bolduc

Alexey Toropchenko -- Nathan Walker -- Mathieu Joseph

Philip Broberg -- Colton Parayko

Ryan Suter -- Justin Faulk

Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Matthew Kessel

Jordan Binnington

Joel Hofer

Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Alexandre Texier

Injured: Nick Leddy (lower body), Radek Faksa (lower body)

Status report

Georviev will make his San Jose debut after being acquired in a trade from the Colorado Avalanche on Monday. ... Mukhamadullin will play and replace Thrun, a defenseman. ... Faksa will not play after a skate blade cut in the third period of a 4-3 overtime win against the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, but coach Jim Montgomery said the forward is likely to play Saturday against the Dallas Stars. ... Mathieu Joseph will replace Faksa in the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past three games.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (18-7-3) at JETS (21-9-0)

8 p.m. ET; TSN3, SCRIPPS

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone

Brett Howden -- William Karlsson -- Pavel Dorofeyev

Victor Olofsson -- Tomas Hertl -- Alexander Hotlz

Tanner Pearson -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar

Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore

Noah Hanifin -- Alex Pietrangelo

Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud

Adin Hill

Ilya Samsonov

Scratched: Cole Schwindt, Kaedan Korczak

Injured: Ben Hutton (upper body)

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi

Cole Perfetti -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Nikita Chibrikov

Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton

Morgan Barron -- Rasmus Kupari -- Alex Iafallo

Josh Morrissey -- Neal Pionk

Haydn Fleury -- Dylan DeMelo

Logan Stanley -- Ville Heinola

Connor Hellebuyck

Eric Comrie

Scratched: Dylan Coghlan, Colin Miller, David Gustafsson

Injured: Nikolaj Ehlers (ankle), Dylan Samberg (foot)

Status report

Whitecloud, a defenseman, will return to the lineup after missing the past seven games with an upper-body injury. Korczak, a defenseman, comes out. … The Jets held an optional skate Thursday. … Winnipeg coach Scott Arniel said Kupari would play and Gustafsson would not. Gustafsson, a forward, left an 8-1 win against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday following a fight with forward Trent Frederic in the third period.

PREDATORS (7-16-6) at STARS (17-10-0)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, Victory+

Predators projected lineup

Filip Forsberg -- Steven Stamkos -- Gustav Nyquist

Zachary L’Heureux -- Fedor Svechkov -- Jonathan Marchessault

Mark Jankowski -- Tommy Novak -- Luke Evangelista

Jeremy Lauzon -- Ryan O’Reilly -- Colton Sissons

Adam Wilsby -- Kevin Gravel

Brady Skjei -- Nick Blankenburg

Marc Del Gaizo -- Luke Schenn

Juuse Saros

Justus Annunen

Scratched: Michael McCarron, Juuso Parssinen, Cole Smith

Injured: Alexandre Carrier (upper body), Roman Josi (lower body)

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Wyatt Johnston

Mason Marchment -- Matt Duchene -- Logan Stankoven

Jamie Benn -- Sam Steel -- Evgenii Dadonov

Oskar Back -- Mavrik Bourque -- Colin Blackwell

Miro Heiskanen -- Ilya Lyubushkin

Nils Lundkvist -- Esa Lindell

Thomas Harley -- Lian Bichsel

Jake Oettinger

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Brendan Smith

Injured: Mathew Dumba (upper body), Tyler Seguin (hip)

Status report

Nashville recalled Gravel from Milwaukee of the American Hockey League on Thursday. … O'Reilly and Lauzon will return to the lineup for the first time since being injured on Dec. 4 and Nov. 25 respectively. … Josi, a defenseman, is day to day after he was injured on Tuesday. ... Dallas held an optional morning skate. … Dumba, a defenseman, was injured on Dec. 8 and is undergoing additional testing to understand the extent of the injury, per Dallas coach Pete DeBoer. … Bichsel, selected No. 18 by the Stars in the 2022 NHL Draft, was recalled from Texas of the American Hockey League on Thursday and will make his NHL debut.

OILERS (16-10-2) at WILD (19-5-4)

8:30 ET; ESPN+, HULU, SNW

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman

Vasily Podkolzin -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kasperi Kapanen

Jeff Skinner -- Adam Henrique -- Mattias Janmark

Corey Perry -- Derek Ryan -- Connor Brown

Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard

Darnell Nurse -- Troy Stecher

Brett Kulak -- Ty Emberson

Calvin Pickard

Stuart Skinner

Scratched: Travis Dermott, Alec Regula

Injured: None

Wild projected lineup

Kirill Kaprizov -- Marco Rossi -- Matt Boldy

Marcus Foligno -- Ryan Hartman -- Marcus Johansson

Jakub Lauko -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Yakov Trenin

Devin Shore -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Ben Jones

Jake Middleton -- Brock Faber

Declan Chisholm -- Jared Spurgeon

Jon Merrill -- Zach Bogosian

Filip Gustavsson

Marc-Andre Fleury

Scratched: Reece Johnson, Cameron Crotty

Injured: Mats Zuccarello (lower body), Jonas Brodin (upper body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body)

Status report

Edmonton claimed Regula, a defenseman, off of waivers from the Boston Bruins on Wednesday. ... Zuccarello, a forward, and Brodin, a defenseman, each skated with the group for the first time but neither will play. ... Eriksson Ek, a forward, has not started skating.

UTAH (12-11-5) at AVALANCHE (17-13-0)

9 p.m. ET; Utah16, KTVD, ALT

Utah projected lineup

Clayton Keller -- Barrett Hayton -- Nick Schmaltz

Jack McBain -- Logan Cooley -- Dylan Guenther

Lawson Crouse -- Nick Bjugstad -- Matias Maccelli

Alexander Kerfoot -- Kevin Stenlund -- Michael Carcone

Mikhail Sergachev -- Olli Maatta

Ian Cole -- Michael Kesselring

Vladislav Kolyachonok -- Juuso Valimaki

Karel Vejmelka

Jaxson Stauber

Scratched: Liam O'Brien, Kevin Connauton

Injured: Robert Bortuzzo (lower body), Maveric Lamoureux (undisclosed), Sean Durzi (upper body), John Marino (upper body), Connor Ingram (upper body)

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen

Ross Colton -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Valeri Nichushkin

Joel Kiviranta -- Parker Kelly -- Logan O'Connor

Givani Smith -- Ivan Ivan -- Chris Wagner

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Samuel Girard -- Sam Malinski

Keaton Middleton -- Calvin de Haan

Scott Wedgewood

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: John Ludvig

Injured: Josh Manson (upper body), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Oliver Kylington (undisclosed), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head), Miles Wood (upper body)

Status report

Bortuzzo, a defenseman, is not on the two-game road trip and will miss "quite a bit of time," Utah coach Andre Tourigny said. … Connauton, a defenseman, was recalled from Tucson of the American Hockey League on Thursday. … Ingram, a goalie who is on injured reserve with an upper-body injury, was on the ice for morning skate but Tourigny said he won't be available this week. … The Avalanche held an optional morning skate. … Blackwood, who was acquired in a trade with the San Jose Sharks on Monday, is still sick but is expected to back up Wedgewood.

LIGHTNING (14-10-2) at FLAMES (14-10-5)

9 p.m. ET; SN1, FDSNSUN

Lightning projected lineup

Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov

Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Nick Paul

Gage Goncalves -- Conor Geekie -- Mitchell Chaffee

Zemgus Girgensons -- Luke Glendening -- Michael Eyssimont

Victor Hedman -- Darren Raddysh

Ryan McDonagh -- J.J. Moser

Emil Lilleberg -- Nick Perbix

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Cam Atkinson, Steven Santini

Injured: Erik Cernak (lower body)

Flames projected lineup

Jonathan Huberdeau -- Nazem Kadri -- Martin Pospisil

Yegor Sharangovich -- Mikael Backlund -- Matt Coronato

Blake Coleman -- Connor Zary -- Andrei Kuzmenko

Ryan Lomberg -- Kevin Rooney -- Walker Duehr

Kevin Bahl -- Rasmus Andersson

MacKenzie Weegar -- Daniil Miromanov

Jake Bean -- Brayden Pachal

Dan Vladar

Dustin Wolf

Scratched: Jakob Pelletier, Tyson Barrie, Joel Hanley

Injured: None

Status report

Cirelli, who missed a 2-1 loss at the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday because of an upper-body injury, could play. ... Lomberg will return to the lineup after missing Calgary's two-game road trip for the birth of his third child.

BRUINS (15-12-3) at KRAKEN (14-14-2)

10 p.m. KHN, KONG, NESN, SNO, SNE

Bruins projected lineup

Morgan Geekie -- Pavel Zacha -- Tyler Johnson

Brad Marchand -- Elias Lindholm -- Justin Brazeau

Trent Frederic -- Charlie Coyle -- Mark Kastelic

Cole Koepke -- John Beecher -- Marc McLaughlin

Jordan Oesterle -- Charlie McAvoy

Nikita Zadorov -- Brandon Carlo

Parker Wotherspoon -- Andrew Peeke

Joonas Korpisalo

Jeremy Swayman

Scratched: Marc McLaughlin, Mason Lohrei

Injured: Hampus Lindholm (lower body)

Kraken projected lineup

Jaden Schwartz -- Matty Beniers -- Brandon Tanev

Jared McCann -- Chandler Stephenson -- Andre Burakovsky

Eeli Tolvanen -- Shane Wright -- Oliver Bjorkstrand

Tye Kartye -- Mitchell Stephens -- Ryan Winterton

Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson

Jamie Oleksiak -- Brandon Montour

Ryker Evans -- Will Borgen

Joey Daccord

Philipp Grubauer

Scratched: Daniel Sprong

Injured: Jordan Eberle (pelvis), Yanni Gourde (lower body)

Status report

Johnson, a forward, and Wotherspoon, a defenseman, will replace McLaughlin and Lohrei in the lineup after being healthy scratches in a 8-1 loss at the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday. … Seattle held an optional morning skate on Thursday. … Gourde, a forward, left a 2-1 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers on Tuesday after one shift in the third period. He is day to day and Seattle coach Dan Bylsma said it is a "lingering" issue that needs to be monitored. … Winterton was recalled from Coachella Valley of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.

PANTHERS (18-9-2) at CANUCKS (14-8-5)

10 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNP, SCRIPPS

Panthers projected lineup

Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart

Jesper Boqvist -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk

Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Evan Rodrigues

A.J. Greer -- Tomas Nosek -- Mackie Samoskevich

Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola -- Dmitry Kulikov

Nate Schmidt -- Uvis Balinskis

Sergei Bobrovsky

Spencer Knight

Scratched: Adam Boqvist, Jonah Gadjovich

Injured: None

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Kiefer Sherwood

Nils Hoglander -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser

Dakota Joshua -- Pius Suter -- Conor Garland

Max Sasson -- Teddy Blueger -- Danton Heinen

Quinn Hughes -- Tyler Myers

Carson Soucy -- Noah Juulsen

Derek Forbort -- Mark Friedman

Kevin Lankinen

Thatcher Demko

Scratched: Erik Brannstrom, Aatu Raty

Injured: Vincent Desharnais (illness), Filip Hronek (upper body)

Status report

The Panthers won't make any lineup changes from a 2-1 shootout win at the Seattle Kraken on Friday. … Miller returns after missing 10 games on a personal leave of absence that began Nov. 19. … Forbort returns after missing 17 games with a lower body injury sustained during a Nov. 4 practice. … Brannstrom, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch for the second straight game.