The Columbus Blue Jackets take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
BLUE JACKETS (30-22-8) at LIGHTNING (35-21-4)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, FDSNSUN
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Dmitri Voronkov — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Yegor Chinakhov — Kent Johnson — Boone Jenner
Zach Aston-Reese — Justin Danforth — Mathieu Olivier
Joseph LaBate — Sean Kuraly — James van Riemsdyk
Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Ivan Provorov
Jake Christiansen — Damon Severson
Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Jack Johnson, Jordan Harris, Mikael Pyythia
Injured: Cole Sillinger (upper body), Erik Gudbranson (upper body), Sean Monahan (wrist)
Status report
Chinakhov will return to the lineup after being out since Nov. 27 because of an upper-body injury. … Sillinger, a forward, has been placed on injured reserve.
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Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Gage Goncalves
Mitchell Chaffee — Nick Paul — Michael Eyssimont
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening
Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Darren Raddysh
Nick Perbix
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: Cam Atkinson
Injured: None
Status report
Johansson is expected to make his first start since Jan. 28. … The Lightning did not hold a morning skate Tuesday; any lineup changes will be announced before pregame warmups. … Tampa Bay could dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen.
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