CANUCKS (0-1-2) at PANTHERS (3-2-0)

4 p.m. PDT; SCRIPPS, SNP

Canucks projected lineup

• Danton Heinen — J.T. Miller — Brock Boeser
• Jake DeBrusk — Elias Pettersson — Daniel Sprong
• Nils Hoglander — Teddy Blueger — Conor Garland
• Nils Aman — Pius Suter — Kiefer Sherwood
• Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
• Carson Soucy — Tyler Myers
• Erik Brannstrom — Vincent Desharnais
• Kevin Lankinen
• Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Arshdeep Bains, Derek Forbort, Noah Juulsen

Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Dakota Joshua (testicular cancer recovery)

Panthers projected lineup

• Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Sam Reinhart
• Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — Evan Rodrigues
• A.J. Greer — Jesper Boqvist — Mackie Samoskevich
• Jonah Gadjovich — Patrick Giles — Uvis Balinskis
• Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
• Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov
• Adam Boqvist — Nate Schmidt
• Sergei Bobrovsky
• Spencer Knight

Scratched: None

Injured: Aleksander Barkov (lower body), Matthew Tkachuk (illness), Tomas Nosek (upper body)

Status report

The Canucks did not hold a morning skate Thursday. … Lankinen is expected to start after Silovs made 23 saves in a 4-1 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. … Brannstrom was recalled from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Thursday after forward Aatu Raty was reassigned to the AHL on Wednesday. … Forbort, a defenseman, is away from the team for personal reasons. … Barkov, a center, could be out as long as two weeks, Panthers coach Paul Maurice said. … With Barkov and Tkachuk, a forward, not playing, Florida has had to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen the past three games. … Balinskis, a defenseman, has been playing right wing on the fourth line.

Source: nhl.com