The Vancouver Canucks battle the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center in California tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
Canucks (27-20-11) at Ducks (25-25-7)
10 p.m. ET; Victory+, KCOP-13, SNP, TVAS
Canucks Projected Lineup
Jake DeBrusk — Elias Pettersson — Nils Hoglander
Dakota Joshua — Filip Chytil — Conor Garland
Drew O’Connor — Pius Suter — Brock Boeser
Arshdeep Bains — Teddy Blueger — Kiefer Sherwood
Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson — Tyler Myers
Elias Nils Pettersson — Derek Forbort
Arturs Silovs
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Carson Soucy, Nils Aman, Victor Mancini
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Noah Juulsen (hernia)
Status Report:
The Canucks did not hold a morning skate Thursday following a 3-2 overtime win at the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday. … Myers was hit in the neck with a shot by Kings forward Kevin Fiala during overtime and did not return; Myers had swelling after the game but coach Rick Tocchet did not rule him out Thursday. … Colangelo was recalled from San Diego of the American Hockey League on Thursday to replace Fabbri, a forward, who will be placed on injured reserve.
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Ducks Projected Lineup
Frank Vatrano — Ryan Strome — Troy Terry
Mason McTavish — Leo Carlsson — Alex Killorn
Cutter Gauthier — Isac Lundestrom — Sam Colangelo
Ross Johnston — Jansen Harkins — Brett Leason
Jackson LaCombe — Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov — Jacob Trouba
Brian Dumoulin — Drew Helleson
Lukas Dostal
Oscar Dansk
Scratched: Olen Zellweger
Injured: John Gibson (upper body), Brock McGinn (knee), Robby Fabbri (upper body)
Suspended: Trevor Zegras
Status report:
Gibson, a goalie, will miss his third straight game; he participated in the Ducks morning skate Thursday, but Dansk will back up Dostal for the third time in a row. … Zegras, a forward, will serve the second game of his three-game suspension for interference on Detroit Red Wings forward Michael Rasmussen in a 5-4 overtime loss Sunday.
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