Projected Lineups for the Golden Knights vs Lightning – 10/17/24

The Vegas Golden Knights 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.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (3-1-0) at LIGHTNING (2-0-0)

7 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, BSSUN

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Tanner Pearson — Tomas Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Brett Howden — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar
Brendan Brisson — Cole Schwindt — Alexander Holtz

Alex Pietrangelo — Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague — Noah Hanifin
Brayden McNabb — Zach Whitecloud

Adin Hill
Ilya Samsonov

Scratched: Ben Hutton, Kaedan Korczak

Injured: William Karlsson (undisclosed), Victor Olofsson (lower body)

Status report

• Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy did not offer an update on Olofsson, a forward who was injured in the third period of a 4-2 loss at the Washington Capitals on Tuesday and was on crutches after the game.

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Lightning projected lineup

Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nicholas Paul
Cameron Atkinson — Conor Geekie — Michael Eyssimont
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening — Mitchell Chaffee

Victor Hedman — Janis Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Darren Raddysh

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Nick Perbix, Conor Sheary

Injured: None

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