The Vegas Golden Knights take on the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
6 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Brandon Saad
Pavel Dorofeyev — Tomas Hertl — Mitch Marner
Reilly Smith — William Karlsson — Alexander Holtz
Brett Howden — Colton Sissons — Keegan Kolesar
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Ben Hutton — Zach Whitecloud
Jeremy Lauzon — Kaedan Korczak
Akira Schmid
Carl Lindbom
Scratched:Â Cole Reinhardt, Jaycob Megna
Injured:Â Noah Hanifin (undisclosed), Mark Stone (upper body), Adin Hill (lower body)
Status report
The Golden Knights did not hold a morning skate. … Hill did not travel with Vegas on its three-game road trip; the goalie left in the first period of a 4-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday. … Lindbom is expected to make his NHL debut either Saturday or at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday. … Howden is expected to return after missing four games with a lower-body injury. … The Golden Knights signed Carter Hart to a two-year, $4 million contract Friday; the goalie will be eligible to play NHL games Dec. 1.
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Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe — Evan Rodrigues –Sam Reinhart
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Brad Marchand
Mackie Samoskevich –Sam Bennett — Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer — Cole Schwindt — Jonah Gadjovich
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Uvis Balinskis — Jeff Petry
Sergei Bobrovsky
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched:Â Noah Gregor, Luke Kunin, Tobias Bjornfot, Donovan Sebrango
Injured:Â Aleksander Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder)
Status report
The Panthers made a line change during a 5-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday, with Rodrigues and Bennett switching spots. … Schwindt will make his season debut; he was picked up by Florida after being waived by Vegas before the season began.
