Projected Lineup (subject to change)
Forwards
Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Alex Barré-Boulet
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Ross Colton
Barclay Goodrow - Yanni Gourde - Blake Coleman
Pat Maroon - Tyler Johnson - Mathieu Joseph
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Erik Cernak
Ryan McDonagh - David Savard
Mikhail Sergachev - Cal Foote
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Monday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Hurricanes are playing their seventh of eight meetings this season and the third of four at AMALIE Arena...Tampa Bay and Carolina begin a back-to-back set tonight to close out the teams' regular season series...The Lightning are 3-2-1 against Carolina this season but dropped the last meeting March 27 in Raleigh 4-3, a contest that saw the Bolts open up a 2-0 lead in the first period but surrender three goals in the second to fall behind 3-2...Tampa Bay is 2-0-0 at home against Carolina this season, outscoring the Hurricanes 6-1...Victor Hedman has points in three of six meetings with Carolina this season and leads the Bolts for scoring against the Huricanes (1-3--4 pts.)...Curtis McElhinney is undefeated against Carolina this season, making 31-of-32 saves in his lone start Feb. 25 versus the Canes.
Monday's Storylines
The Lightning begin their seventh of a scheduled nine back-to-back sets this season...Tampa Bay is 5-1-0 in the first half of a back-to-back...The Lightning have swept three back-to-backs so far in 2020-21...Tampa Bay enters tonight's contests trailing Carolina by two points for first place in the Central Division (the Hurricanes have a game in hand) and Florida by a point (the Bolts have a game in hand on the Cats)...The Lightning lead the Central Division for wins (T-1st w/ CAR), regulation wins (24), ROW (28), goals (148) and goals per game (3.36).
Injuries
2020-21 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 113
Nikita Kucherov (Hip Surgery Dec. 29; Out) 44 Games
Jan Rutta (Lower-body injury March 30; Week-to-week) 9 Games
Steven Stamkos (Lower-body injury Apr. 8; Out) 4 Games
The Road Ahead
Tuesday, April 20 vs. Carolina Hurricanes
Thursday, April 22 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
Sunday, April 25 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
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