Panthers at Lightning

PANTHERS (8-2-2) at LIGHTNING (10-2-1)

Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Alex Wennberg -- Patric Hornqvist
Frank Vatrano -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Owen Tippett
Ryan Lomberg -- Juho Lammikko -- Brett Connolly
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Markus Nutivaara -- Anton Stralman
Keith Yandle -- Radko Gudas
Chris Driedger
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched:Noah Juulsen, Vinnie Hinostroza
Injured:Noel Acciari (upper body), Gustav Forsling (upper body)
Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Steven Stamkos
Alex Killorn -- Tyler Johnson -- Mathieu Joseph
Barclay Goodrow -- Yanni Gourde -- Blake Coleman
Patrick Maroon -- Gemel Smith -- Alexander Volkov
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Luke Schenn
Curtis McElhinney
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched:Andreas Borgman, Cal Foote
Injured:Mitchell Stephens (upper body), Anthony Cirelli (upper body)
Status Report
Acciari, a forward, is not on the road trip and is expected to miss 7-10 days, Panthers coach Joel Quenneville said. … Stamkos returns after missing two games. He had a lower-body injury and was removed from the NHL COVID-19 protocol list Sunday. ... Lightning coach Jon Cooper said Stephens, a forward, is not close to returning and will miss "months."