The Tampa Bay Lightning take on the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
LIGHTNING (9-6-1) at PENGUINS (7-10-3)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, SN-PIT, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nick Paul
Gage Goncalves — Conor Geekie — Mitchell Chaffee
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening — Michael Eyssimont
Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Darren Raddysh
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Cam Atkinson, Nick Perbix
Injured: None
Status report
- Point will return from missing four games with a lower-body injury.
- Goncalves could play after being recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League.
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Penguins projected lineup
Anthony Beauvillier — Sidney Crosby — Rickard Rakell
Michael Bunting — Evgeni Malkin — Bryan Rust
Jesse Puljujarvi — Drew O’Connor — Sam Poulin
Matt Nieto — Noel Acciari — Vasily Ponomarev
Marcus Pettersson — Erik Karlsson
Matt Grzelcyk — Jack St. Ivany
Owen Pickering — Ryan Shea
Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Ryan Graves, Valtteri Puustinen
Injured: Kevin Hayes (upper body), Cody Glass (concussion), Blake Lizotte (concussion), Kris Letang (illness)
Status report
- Letang, a defenseman, will be out a third straight game. He skated on an individual basis before practice Monday and participated in an optional morning skate Tuesday.
- Hayes, a forward also took part in the morning skate but will miss a seventh consecutive game.
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