Scott Clemmensen gets the start in goal tonight for Florida as Jacob Markstrom tends to a possible reoccurance of a knee injury he suffered last season. According to Panthers coach, Kevin Dineen:
"He had an MRI yesterday, which was encouraging. Certainly we're leaning more toward the positive than otherwise."
Goaltender Brian Foster was called up for the second time in as many weeks to back up the backup. The starting lineups, as reported by NHL.COM:
Forwards:
Alexandre Burrows - Henrik Sedin - Daniel Sedin
Mason Raymond - Ryan Kesler - Chris Higgins
Cody Hodgson - Maxim Lapierre - Jannik Hansen
Mike Duco - Manny Malhotra - Dale Weise
Defensemen:
Dan Hamhuis - Kevin Bieksa
Alexander Edler - Alexander Sulzer
Keith Ballard - Andrew Alberts
Goalies:
Roberto Luongo
Cory Schneider
Forwards:
Tomas Fleischmann - Stephen Weiss - Kris Versteeg
Tomas Kopecky - Shawn Matthias - Michal Repik
Mikael Samuelsson - Marcel Goc - Matt Bradley
Krystofer Barch - John Madden - Mike Santorelli
Defensemen:
Jason Garrison - Brian Campbell
Dmitry Kulikov - Mike Weaver
Ed Jovanovski - Erik Gudbranson
Goalies:
Scott Clemmensen
Brian Foster