Flames at Lightning

FLAMES (17-8-6) at LIGHTNING (22-8-5)

Flames projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Elias Lindholm -- Matthew Tkachuk
Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Tyler Pitlick
Andrew Mangiapane -- Dillon Dube -- Milan Lucic
Brett Ritchie -- Sean Monahan -- Trevor Lewis
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
Oliver Kylington -- Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov -- Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Markstrom
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Byron Froese, Michael Stone, Brad Richardson
Injured: None
Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Mathieu Joseph
Patrick Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Boris Katchouk -- Riley Nash -- Taylor Raddysh
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Cal Foote -- Mikhail Sergachev
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Gemel Smith
Injured: Steven Stamkos (undisclosed), Zach Bogosian (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Ross Colton
Status report
The Flames are expected to dress the same lineup they used in a 6-2 loss at the Florida Panthers on Tuesday. ... Kucherov is expected to return after missing 32 games with a lower-body injury; he has not played since Oct. 16. ... Stamkos did not participate in the morning skate; the forward will be a game-time decision. ... Nash was placed on waivers and likely will play if he clears by game time; if not, then Andrej Sustr, a defenseman, will be elevated from the taxi squad and the Lightning will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen.