Projected Lineups for the Lightning vs Golden Knights – 3/23/25

The Tampa Bay Lightning take on the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

LIGHTNING (40-24-5) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (41-20-8)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, SCRIPPS

Lightning projected lineup

Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Yanni Gourde
Oliver Bjorkstrand — Nick Paul — Gage Goncalves
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening

Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Nick Perbix
Darren Raddysh

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brandon Halverson

Scratched: Mitchell Chaffee, Cam Atkinson, Jonas Johansson

Injured: None

Status report

Neither team will hold a morning skate after each played Saturday. The Lightning lost 6-4 at the Utah Hockey Club; the Golden Knights won 6-3 against the Detroit Red Wings.

More from THW:

• Projected Lineups for the Lightning vs Utah – 03/22/25
• Goncalves the Shootout Hero in Lightning 3-2 Win Over Stars
• Projected Lineups for the Lightning vs Stars – 3/20/25

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Brandon Saad — Tomas Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Brett Howden — William Karlsson – Reilly Smith
Tanner Pearson — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar

Nicolas Hague — Alex Pietrangelo
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Brayden McNabb – Kaedan Korczak

Ilya Samsonov
Adin Hill

Scratched: Ben Hutton, Victor Olofsson, Cole Schwindt

Injured: Raphael Lavoie (upper body), Shea Theodore (upper body)

More from THW:

• Projected Lineups for the Bruins vs Golden Knights – 3/20/25
• Projected Lineups for the Golden Knights vs Red Wings – 3/16/25
• Projected Lineups for the Golden Knights vs Sabres – 3/15/25