The Tampa Bay Lightning travel Amerant Bank Arena for an in-state battle against the Florida Panthers. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
LIGHTNING (8-6-2) at PANTHERS (9-7-1)
5 p.m. ET; The Spot, SCRIPPS
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Yanni Gourde — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Gage Goncalves
Zemgus Girgensons — Jack Finley — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Boris Katchouck — Curtis Douglas — Scott Sabourin
J.J. Moser — Max Crozier
Charle-Edouard D’Astous — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Darren Raddysh
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: None
Injured: Brandon Hagel (upper body), Nick Paul (upper body), Ryan McDonagh (undisclosed), Pontus Holmberg (undisclosed), Dominic James (undisclosed), Victor Hedman (undisclosed)
Status report
A number of players were missing from Lightning practice Friday; coach Jon Cooper said some players who did participate may not play Saturday. … Hedman was on ice for some of the workout after the defenseman missed a 7-3 loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday. … Hagel is not expected to play; the forward left in the first period Wednesday and did not return. … Paul practiced Friday; Cooper said he hopes to have the forward back next week.
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Panthers projected lineup
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Brad Marchand
Carter Verhaeghe — Evan Rodrigues — Sam Reinhart
Jesper Boqvist — Sam Bennett — Mackie Samoskevich
A.J. Greer — Cole Schwindt — Luke Kunin
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Donovan Sebrango — Jeff Petry
Sergei Bobrovsky
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Uvis Balinskis, Noah Gregor
Injured: Aleksander Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder)
Status report
The Panthers are expected to dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 6-3 win against the Washington Capitals on Thursday.
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