The Tampa Bay Lightning takes on the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
LIGHTNING (44-25-5) at SENATORS (39-29-6)
7 p.m. ET; RDS2, TSN5, FDSNSUN
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nick Paul
Oliver Bjorkstrand — Yanni Gourde — Gage Goncalves
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening — Mitchell Chafee
Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Nick Perbix
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Cam Atkinson, Darren Raddysh
Injured: None
Status report:
Glendening will return after missing a 4-1 win at the New York Islanders on Tuesday for the birth of his second child. … Raddysh, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch for the first time since March 13.
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Senators projected lineup
Claude Giroux — Tim Stutzle — Fabian Zetterlund
David Perron — Dylan Cozens — Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio
Matthew Highmore — Adam Gaudette — Angus Crookshank
Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo
Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Travis Hamonic
Injured: Nick Cousins (knee), Brady Tkachuk (upper body)
Status report:
Tkachuk will miss his second straight game; Senators coach Travis Green, who had initially been “hopeful” Tkachuk would only miss one game, did not have an update on the forward’s status after Ottawa’s morning skate. … Jensen did not take part in the morning skate but will play. … Cousins, who had knee surgery Feb. 1, skated in a no-contact jersey Thursday; there is no timeline for the forward’s return.
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