Projected Lineups for the Lightning vs Panthers – Game 5

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.

(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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