The Philadelphia Flyers host the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Wells Fargo Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
LIGHTNING (37-23-4) at FLYERS (27-31-8)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, NBCSP
Lightning Projected Lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nick Paul
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Zemgus Girgensons
Gage Goncalves — Yanni Gourde — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Cam Atkinson — Luke Glendening — Mitchell Chaffee
Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Nick Perbix
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: Darren Raddysh
Injured: Nikita Kucherov (illness)
Status Report:
Kucherov will be a game-time decision. The forward did not participate in the morning skate Thursday after missing the third period of a 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday. … Atkinson was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … Coach Jon Cooper said Kucherov’s availability would determine if the Lightning used a lineup with 12 forwards and six defensemen or 11 forwards and seven defensemen, which he opted for Tuesday.
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Flyers Projected Lineup
Tyson Foerster — Noah Cates — Travis Konecny
Owen Tippett — Sean Couturier — Matvei Michkov
Olle Lycksell — Ryan Poehling — Bobby Brink
Nicolas Deslauriers — Rodrigo Abols — Jakob Pelletier
Cam York — Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler — Jamie Drysdale
Emil Andrae — Egor Zamula
Samuel Ersson
Ivan Fedotov
Scratched: None
Injured: Garnett Hathaway (upper body), Rasmus Ristolainen (undisclosed)
Status report:
Ristolainen is “banged up,” coach John Tortorella said. With the defenseman out, Zamula will play after being scratched from a 5-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.
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