Projected lineups for Panthers–Hurricanes matchup

The Florida Panthers face the Carolina Hurricanes in the evening’s projected matchup, starting at 5:00 p.m. ET and airing on ESPN. Both teams enter the matchup with a 0-0-0 record for the season.

As nhl reports, below are the projected lineups for both clubs, along with information on scratched and injured players.

Florida Panthers (projected) — Forwards: Brady Tkachuk – Aleksander Barkov – Sam Reinhart; Carter Verhaeghe – Sam Bennett – Matthew Tkachuk; Eetu Luostarinen – Anton Lundell – Sandis Vilmanis; Bokondji Imama – Lars Eller – Garnet Hathaway. Defense: Gustav Forsling – Aaron Ekblad; Niko Mikkola – Seth Jones; Dmitry Kulikov – Radko Gudas. Goalies: Jacob Markström, Akira Schmid. Scratched: Uvis Balinskis. Injured: Brad Marchand (lower body), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body).

Carolina Hurricanes (projected) — Forwards: Andrei Svechnikov – Sebastian Aho – Eric Robinson; Taylor Hall – Logan Stankoven – Jackson Blake; Nikolaj Ehlers – Jordan Staal – Jordan Martinook; Nicolas Deslauriers – Mark Jankowski – William Carrier. Defense: Jaccob Slavin – Jalen Chatfield; K’Andre Miller – Sean Walker; Shayne Gostisbehere – Charles Alexis Legault. Goalies: Brandon Bussi, Pyotr Kochetkov. Scratched: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Mike Reilly, Cayden Primeau. Injured: Seth Jarvis (shoulder).

According to nhl, Marchand underwent surgery in August; he returned to practice during training camp but is expected to miss about a month at the start of the season. Gadjovich had surgery and remains out indefinitely, while Jarvis is recovering from June shoulder surgery and, although he trained with the Hurricanes during camp, is not expected back before the end of October.