FLAMES (8-14-3) to PANTHERS (12-10-1)
4 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, SNW, SNO, SNE
Programming projected by the Flames
Jonathan Huberdeau – Morgan Frost – Matt Coronato
Yegor Sharangovich – Nazem Kadri – Joel Farabee
Connor Zary – Mikael Backlund – Blake Coleman
Ryan Lomberg – John Beecher – Adam Klapka
Kevin Bahl – Rasmus Andersson
Yan Kuznetsov – MacKenzie Weegar
Joel Hanley – Brayden Pachal
Devin Cooley
Dustin Wolf
Striped: Jake Bean, Dryden Hunt, Sam Morton
Hurt: Martin Pospisil (undisclosed), Zayne Parekh (upper body), Samuel Honzek (upper body)
Panthers Projected Roster
Mackie Samoskevitch – Anton Lundell – Brad Marchand
Jesper Boqvist — Evan Rodrigues — Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe – Sam Bennett – AJ Greer
Noah Gregor – Luke Kunin – Jack Devine
Gustav Forsling – Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola – Seth Jones
Uvis Balinskis – Jeff Petry
Daniel Tarasov
Sergei Bobrovsky
Striped: Donovan Sebrango
Hurt: Aleksander Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder), Eetu Luostarinen (lower body), Cole Schwindt (broken arm)
Status report
Neither team had a morning practice. … Cooley could start for the Flames after relieving Wolf in the first period of Wednesday’s 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. … Ekblad left Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers after blocking a shot in the final minute. Coach Paul Maurice said Thursday that Ekblad would play. … The only lineup change Florida should make is having Tarasov (2-3-1) in net. He made 36 saves in beating the Nashville Predators 8-3 on Monday.
