The Tampa Bay Lightning take on the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena tonight for Game 5 of their first-round series. Here are the projected/expected lineups, sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
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(1WC) LIGHTNING at (1A) PANTHERS
Eastern Conference First Round, Game 5
7 p.m. ET; BSSUN, BSFL, ESPN, SN, TVAS
Florida leads best-of-7 series 3-1
Lightning projected lineup
Steven Stamkos — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Anthony Duclair — Anthony Cirelli — Brandon Hagel
Michael Eyssimont — Nicholas Paul — Mitchell Chaffee
Tanner Jeannot — Luke Glendening — Tyler Motte
Victor Hedman — Matt Dumba
Mikhail Sergachev — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Max Crozier
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Matt Tomkins
Scratched: Austin Watson, Conor Sheary, Calvin de Haan, Nick Perbix
Injured: Haydn Fleury (upper body), Jonas Johansson (lower body)
Status report
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Panthers projected lineup
Vladimir Tarasenko — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe — Anton Lundell — Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen — Kevin Stenlund — Evan Rodrigues
Nick Cousins — Steven Lorentz — Kyle Okposo
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Brandon Montour
Oliver Ekman-Larsson — Dmitry Kulikov
Sergei Bobrovsky
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Tobias Bjornfot, Uvis Balinskis, Josh Mahura, Jonah Gadjovich, Evan Cormier
Injured: Sam Bennett (upper body), Ryan Lomberg (Illness)
Status report
- Lomberg, a forward, will miss his third straight game. He has resumed skating, but coach Paul Maurice said he probably needs a few more days before returning to the lineup.
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- Hellebuyck, Demko & Bobrovsky Named Vezina Trophy Finalists
- Panthers’ Adjustments That Are Needed for Game 5
- NHL’s Longest Active Playoff Streaks
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