Panthers at Lightning

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

PANTHERS (29-26-6) at LIGHTNING (37-18-4)

Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Anthony Duclair
Matthew Tkachuk -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
Ryan Lomberg -- Eric Staal -- Nick Cousins
Colin White -- Zac Dalpe
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Marc Staal -- Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura -- Radko Gudas
Casey Fitzgerald
Sergei Bobrovsky
Alex Lyon
Scratched:Grigori Denisenko
Injured:Patric Hornqvist (concussion), Sam Bennett (lower body), Aleksander Barkov (undisclosed), Givani Smith face)
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Anthony Cirelli -- Steven Stamkos -- Alex Killorn
Tanner Jeannot -- Nick Paul -- Ross Colton
Patrick Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Victor Hedman -- Zach Bogosian
Mikhail Sergachev -- Erik Cernak
Ian Cole -- Nick Perbix
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched:Haydn Fleury, Vladislav Namestnikov
Injured:None
Status report
Panthers coach Paul Maurice said he expects forwards Barkov and Bennett back by the weekend and possibly as early as Thursday. ... Fitzgerald will be making his debut with the Panthers. … The Panthers will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. ...Jeannot, who was acquired in a trade with the Nashville Predators, will play.

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