LIGHTNING (8-6-2) at PANTHERS (9-7-1)
5 p.m. ET; The Spot, SCRIPPS
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Gage Goncalves — Yanni Gourde — Jakob Pelletier
Zemgus Girgensons — Jack Finley — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Boris Katchouk — 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), Anthony Cirell (upper body)
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
Hagel will not play after leaving in the first period of a 7-3 loss to the New York Rangers; Lightning coach Jon Cooper said the forward could return Sunday against the Vancouver Canucks “or a month from tomorrow.’’ … Hedman, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game. … Pelletier will make his season debut after being called up from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Saturday. … Paul practiced Friday; Cooper said he hopes to have the forward back next week. … The Panthers are expected to dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 6-3 win against the Washington Capitals on Thursday.
