The Florida Panthers take on the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals matchup at Lenovo Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
Eastern Conference Final, Game 1
8 p.m. ET; MAX, TNT, SN, TVAS, CB
Panthers projected lineup
Evan Rodrigues — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Brad Marchand
A.J. Greer — Tomas Nosek — Jonah Gadjovich
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Nate Schmidt — Dmitry Kulikov
Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Jesper Boqvist, Jaycob Megna, Uvis Balinskis, Mackie Samoskevich, Nico Sturm
Injured: None
Status report
Tkachuk, Lundell, Reinhart and Bennett were not on the ice for the Panthers morning skate but all will play in Game 1, Florida coach Paul Maurice said.
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Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall — Jack Roslovic — Logan Stankoven
Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — William Carrier
Eric Robinson — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Jackson Blake
Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov — Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere — Scott Morrow
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: Tyson Jost, Riley Stillman, Juha Jaaska, Alexander Nikishin, Ty Smith, Spencer Martin
Injured: Jalen Chatfield (undisclosed), Mark Jankowski (undisclosed)
Status report
Andersen was not on the ice for the Hurricanes morning skate but will start, Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. … Chatfield, a defenseman, could miss his second straight game; Morrow skated with Gostisbehere during the morning skate and will be making his Stanley Cup Playoff debut if he plays. … Martinook will play; the forward did not practice Monday after leaving practice early Sunday.
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