Panthers at Lightning

PANTHERS (13-10-4) at LIGHTNING (16-9-1)

Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe - Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen - Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Nick Cousins -- Eric Staal -- Colin White
Ryan Lomberg -- Zac Dalpe -- Chris Tierney
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Marc Staal -- Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura -- Matt Kiersted
Sergei Bobrovsky
Alex Lyon
Scratched: None
Injured: Anthony Duclair (Achilles), Patric Hornqvist (head), Radko Gudas (head), Anton Lundell (illness), Spencer Knight (illness)
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Anthony Cirelli
Nicholas Paul -- Steven Stamkos -- Nikita Kucherov
Pat Maroon -- Ross Colton -- Alex Killorn
Vladislav Namestnikov -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Victor Hedman -- Nick Perbix
Ian Cole -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Cal Foote
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Zach Bogosian, Haydn Fleury
Injured: Rudolfs Balcers (upper body), Haydn Fleury (upper body)
Status report
Lundell, a center, and Knight, a goalie, each missed a 5-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday because of a non-COVID illness. ... Fleury, a defenseman, has missed three games and is day to day.