Panthers at Lightning

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

PANTHERS (27-12-5) at LIGHTNING (29-12-2)

Panthers projected lineup
Mason Marchment -- Aleksander Barkov -- Nikita Gusev
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Sam Bennett -- Anthony Duclair
Frank Vatrano -- Alex Wennberg -- Owen Tippett
Noel Acciari -- Lucas Wallmark -- Patric Hornqvist
Gustav Forsling -- MacKenzie Weegar
Radko Gudas -- Brandon Montour
Keith Yandle -- Markus Nutivaara
Sergei Bobrovsky
Chris Driedger
Scratched: Ryan Lomberg, Juho Lammikko, Anton Stralman, Eetu Luostarinen
Injured: Noah Juulsen (upper body), Aaron Ekblad (lower body), Carter Verhaeghe (upper body)
Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Alex Barre-Boulet
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Ross Colton
Barclay Goodrow -- Yanni Gourde -- Blake Coleman
Patrick Maroon -- Tyler Johnson -- Mathieu Joseph
Victor Hedman -- Erik Cernak
Ryan McDonagh -- David Savard
Mikhail Sergachev -- Luke Schenn
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Cal Foote, Mitchell Stephens, Gemel Smith
Injured: Jan Rutta (lower body), Steven Stamkos (undisclosed)
Status report
Bennett will make his Panthers debut. ... Bobrovsky will make his first start since April 10. ... Cirelli took a maintenance day Friday but is expected to play.

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