Panthers at Lightning

PANTHERS (2-0-0) at LIGHTNING (2-1-0)

Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Sam Bennett -- Owen Tippett
Frank Vatrano -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
Mason Marchment -- Joe Thornton -- Patric Hornqvist
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Gustav Forsling -- Radko Gudas
Kevin Connauton -- Brandon Montour
Spencer Knight
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched:Eetu Luostarinen, Ryan Lomberg, Olli Juolevi
Injured:Noel Acciari (upper body), Markus Nutivaara (undisclosed)
Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Corey Perry
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Steven Stamkos
Patrick Maroon -- Ross Colton -- Mathieu Joseph
Boris Katchouk -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Taylor Raddysh
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Andrej Sustr
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched:None
Injured:Nikita Kucherov (lower body), Zach Bogosian (lower body), Cal Foote (finger), Gemel Smith (lower body)
Status report
Rutta skated Tuesday and is expected to be in the lineup after missing the third period of a 2-1 overtime win against the Washington Capitals on Saturday because of an undisclosed injury. ... Connauton, who was activated from injured reserve Monday, will make his season debut.