Devils at Lightning

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

DEVILS (44-18-7) at LIGHTNING (42-22-6)

Devils projected lineup
Tomas Tatar -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer
Timo Meier -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt
Ondrej Palat -- Erik Haula -- Jesper Boqvist
Yegor Sharangovich -- Michael McLeod -- Curtis Lazar
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton
Ryan Graves -- John Marino
Kevin Bahl -- Damon Severson
Vitek Vanecek
Akira Schmid
Scratched:Brendan Smith, Nolan Foote
Injured:Jonathan Bernier (hip), Mackenzie Blackwood (lower body), Nathan Bastian (upper body), Miles Wood (undisclosed)
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Tanner Jeannot
Ross Colton -- Steven Stamkos -- Nick Paul
Patrick Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Michael Eyssimont
Victor Hedman -- Nick Perbix
Mikhail Sergachev -- Erik Cernak
Ian Cole -- Darren Raddysh
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched:Haydn Fleury, Zach Bogosian, Corey Perry
Injured:None
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. ... Vanecek and Vasilevskiy are each expected to start the second of a back to back.

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