PANTHERS (5-4-2) at BLACKHAWKS (3-7-0)
3 p.m. ET; CHSN, SCRIPPS, SN, TVAS
Panthers projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk
Sandis Vilmanis — Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Reinhart
Lars Eller — Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell
Bokondji Imama — Cole Schwindt — Garnet Hathaway
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Dmitry Kulikov — Radko Gudas
Akira Schmid
Cooper Black
Scratched: Uvis Balinskis, Cole Reinhardt
Injured: Jacob Markstrom (upper body), Aleksander Barkov (knee), Brad Marchand (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (neck)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Roman Kantserov — Connor Bedard — Patrick Kane
Tyler Bertuzzi — Anton Frondell — Jordan Greenway
Teuvo Teravainen — Frank Nazar — Ryan Donato
Cole Smith — Ryan Greene — Andrew Mangiapane
Alex Vlasic — Ian Cole
Wyatt Kaiser — Artyom Levshunov
Kevin Korchinski — Sam Rinzel
Arvid Soderblom
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Ethan Del Mastro, Oliver Moore
Injured: Bowen Byram (upper body)
Status report
Each team practiced in Chicago on Saturday … Vilmanis and Gudas each are likely to return after being scratched for a 4-0 loss at Pittsburgh on Thursday … Schmid will start after Black made 18 saves against the Penguins in his NHL debut … Mangiapane may play in his first game since the Blackhawks’ season opener; he was activated off injured reserve on Friday and was scratched for a 4-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens … Soderblom could play after Knight started the past five games. … Byram skated in a non-contact jersey on Saturday; the defenseman has missed three consecutive games.
