The Tampa Bay Lightning take on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
LIGHTNING (47-26-8) at RANGERS (38-36-7)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, MSG
Lightning projected lineup
Yanni Gourde — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Jake Guentzel
Gage Goncalves — Nick Paul — Conor Geekie
Zemgus Girgensons — Cam Atkinson
Victor Hedman — JJ Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Nick Perbix
Darren Raddysh
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: None
Injured: Oliver Bjorkstrand (lower body), Luke Glendening (upper body), Mitchell Chaffee (upper body)
Status report:
Atkinson was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … Chaffee, a forward, was injured during a 5-1 win against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday. … The Lightning could dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen.
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Rangers projected lineup
Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Brennan Othmann
Gabe Perreault — J.T. Miller — Mika Zibanejad
Will Cuylle — Juuso Parssinen — Alexis Lafreniere
Chris Kreider — Jonny Brodzinski — Matt Rempe
Carson Soucy — Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller — Will Borgen
Zac Jones — Matthew Robertson
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Urho Vaakanainen, Brett Berard, Calvin de Haan, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Sam Carrick
Injured: Braden Schneider (upper body)
Status Report:
Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said there could be some game-time lineup decisions.
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