Protas (lower body) is set to play Thursday versus Seattle, per Sammi Silber of The Hockey News.
Protas has five goals and 28 points in 62 contests this season. With the 23-year-old drawing back into the lineup following a one-game absence, Nicolas Aube-Kubel is expected to be a healthy scratch.
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