Projected Lineups for Lightning vs Red Wings – 11/28/25

The Tampa Bay Lightning take on the Detroit Red Wings at the Little Caesars Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

Noon ET; The Spot, FDSNDET

Lightning projected lineup

Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov
Jake Guentzel — Nick Paul — Gage Goncalves
Zemgus Girgensons — Yanni Gourde — Pontus Holmberg
Dominic James — Curtis Douglas — Oliver Bjorkstrand

J.J. Moser — Darren Raddysh
Charle-Edouard D’Astous — Emil Lilleberg
Declan Carlile — Steven Santini

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Jack Finley

Injured: Brayden Point (undisclosed), Ryan McDonagh (undisclosed), Victor Hedman (undisclosed), Max Crozier (undisclosed), Erik Cernak (undisclosed)

Status report

Neither team practiced on Thanksgiving and there were no morning skates because of the early start. … The game was scheduled for noon to give the Little Caesars Arena staff time to switch over the arena for a 7:30 p.m. Detroit Pistons game.

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Red Wings projected lineup

Emmitt Finnie — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Patrick Kane — Marco Kasper — Alex DeBrincat
Elmer Soderblom — J.T. Compher — Mason Appleton
Nate Danielson — Andrew Copp — James van Riemsdyk

Jacob Bernard-Docker — Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot — Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Travis Hamonic — Albert Johansson

John Gibson
Cam Talbot

Scratched: Jonatan Berggren

Injured: Simon Edvinsson (illness), Michael Rasmussen (undisclosed)

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