Here are the projected lineups for the Panthers on Friday night at BB&T Center:



PANTHERS

Sean Bergenheim – Scott Gomez - Brad Boyes

Tomas Fleischmann - Nick Bjugstad – Scottie Upshall

Jonathan Huberdeau - Marcel Goc – Jesse Winchester

Krys Barch– Drew Shore – Shawn Matthias

Brian Campbell - Tom Gilbert

Dmitry Kulikov - Mike Weaver

Ed Jovanovski – Erik Gudbranson

Tim Thomas

Scott Clemmensen

Scratched: Jimmy Hayes

Injured: Dylan Olsen (lower body), Tomas Kopecky (upper body), Aleksander Barkov (lower body), Mike Mottau (lower body), Alex Petrovic (upper body)

Notes: Kopecky will miss his third consecutive game because of an injury sustained in a 3-2 loss against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. Horachek said Kopecky's status was day-to-day. … Gudbranson continues to play with a facemask after undergoing orbital bone surgery on Dec. 23, but Horachek said he was confident it no longer would be necessary around the first week of February.