Projected Lineups for the Lightning vs Stars – 3/20/25

The Tampa Bay Lightning take on the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

LIGHTNING (39-23-5) at STARS (43-21-3)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, Victory+

Lightning projected lineup

Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Yanni Gourde
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov
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
Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Cam Atkinson, Mitchell Chaffee

Injured: None

Status report:

The Lightning held an optional morning skate. … Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper confirmed there will be no changes, marking the third consecutive game the Lightning will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen.

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• Is the Lightning Defense Strong Enough to Win a Stanley Cup?
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Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Mikko Rantanen
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Mikael Granlund
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Mavrik Bourque
Oskar Back — Sam Steel — Colin Blackwell

Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell — Cody Ceci
Lian Bichsel — Matt Dumba

Casey DeSmith
Jake Oettinger

Scratched: Evgenii Dadonov, Brendan Smith

Injured: Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Tyler Seguin (hip)

Status report:

Seguin took part in the Stars morning skate but is still “a ways off from playing,” according to coach Pete DeBoer; the center has been out since Dec. 1. … DeSmith will start; he has won each of his past six games dating back to Jan. 25.

More from THW:

• Granlund’s 2 Goals Put Stars Over the Top Against Ducks
• Projected Lineps for the Ducks vs Stars – 3/18/25
• Projected Lineups for the Stars vs Avalanche – 3/16/25