Ducks on Panthers projected lineups

DUCKS (18-21-6) at PANTHERS (26-17-3)

6 p.m. ET; Victory+, SCRIPPS

Ducks expected lineup

Frank Vatrano — Ryan Strome — Troy Terry

Cutter Gauthier — Mason McTavish — Robby Fabbri

Alex Killorn — Leo Carlsson — Sam Colangelo

Jansen Harkins — Isac Lundestrom — Brett Leason

Pavel Mintyukov — Jacob Trouba

Brian Dumoulin — Drew Helleson

Jackson LaCombe — Radko Gudas

John Gibson

Lukas Dostal

Scratched: Olen Zellweger, Nikita Nesterenko, Ross Johnston

Damaged: Trevor Zegras (knee), Brock McGinn (lower body)

Panthers projected lineup

Matthew Tkachuk — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart

Eetu Luostarinen — Sam Bennett — Mackie Samoskevich

Carter Verhaeghe — Anton Lundell — Jesper Boqvist

Evan Rodrigues — Tomas Nosek — AJ Greer

Gustav Forsling — Dmitry Kulikov

Niko Mikkola — Nate Schmidt

Tobias Bjornfot — Uvis Balinskis

Spencer Knight

Sergei Bobrovsky

Scratched: Adam Boqvist

Damaged: Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Aaron Ekblad (upper body)

Status report

The Ducks did not hold a morning skate Saturday. … Ekblad will miss his fifth straight game and sixth in seven games but could return to the Ducks on Tuesday, Panthers coach Paul Maurice said; the defenseman has been skating on his own before the team’s practice. … Knight starts after replacing Bobrovsky in the second period of a 5-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday.