Sharks projected lineups at Panthers

SHARKS (24-20-3) at PANTHERS (25-19-3)

6 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, NBCSCA

Sharks projected lineup

Collin Graf – Macklin Celebrini – Will Smith

William Eklund – Alexander Wennberg – Tyler Toffoli

Pavol Regenda – Michael Misa – Igor Tchernyshov

Barclay Goodrow – Zack Ostapchuk – Ryan Reaves

Dmitri Orlov – John Klingberg

Mario Ferraro – Timothy Liljegren

Sam Dickinson – Vincent Iorio

Alex Nedeljkovic

Yaroslav Askarov

Striped: Jeff Skinner, Adam Gaudette, Vincent Desharnais

Hurt: Ty Dellandrea (lower body), Philipp Kurashev (upper body), Shakir Mukhamadullin (upper body)

Panthers Projected Roster

Eetu Luostarinen – Anton Lundell – Sam Reinhart

Carter Verhaeghe – Sam Bennett – AJ Greer

Mackie Samoskevitch — Evan Rodrigues — Matthew Tkachuk

Sandis Vilmanis – Cole Schwindt – Jesper Boqvist

Gustav Forsling – Aaron Ekblad

Niko Mikkola – Uvis Balinskis

Tobias Bjornfot – Jeff Petry

Sergei Bobrovsky

Daniel Tarasov

Striped: Luke Kunin, Jack Studnicka, Donovan Sebrango

Hurt: Brad Marchand (lower body), Seth Jones (upper body), Aleksander Barkov (knee), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder)

Status report

Iorio, who was scratched Friday for a 4-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, is expected to play. … Desharnais was activated from injured reserve. The defender last played on November 26 due to an upper body injury. … The Sharks sent defenseman Nick Leddy to San Jose of the American Hockey League. … Tkachuk will play for the first time this season after having surgery Aug. 22 to repair a sports hernia and torn adductor muscle. … The Panthers assigned forward Noah Gregor to Charlotte of the American Hockey League. … Marchand, a forward, will miss his sixth straight game with a lower-body injury.