Rangers at Lightning

RANGERS (19-8-4) at LIGHTNING (21-7-4)

Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Dryden Hunt
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Filip Chytil -- Julien Gauthier
Barclay Goodrow -- Greg McKegg -- Ryan Reaves
Libor Hajek -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Patrik Nemeth -- Nils Lundkvist
Igor Shesterkin
Keith Kinkaid
Scratched: Zac Jones, Tim Gettinger
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Kevin Rooney , Ryan Lindgren, Alexandar Georgiev, Jarred Tinordi
Lightning projected lineup
Alex Killorn -- Brayden Point -- Mathieu Joseph
Ondrej Palat -- Steven Stamkos -- Ross Colton
Patrick Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Boris Katchouk -- Riley Nash -- Remi Elie
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh -- Zach Bogosian
Mikhail Sergachev --
Sean Day
Maxime Lagace
Hugo Alnefelt
Scratched: Gemel Smith, Gabriel Fortier, Darren Raddysh
Injured: Nikita Kucherov (lower body), Erik Cernak (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Cal Foote, Taylor Raddysh, Anthony Cirelli, Andrej Sustr, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Brian Elliott
Status report
Chytil missed practice Thursday for a maintenance day but should be in the lineup. ... Sergachev has been cleared from COVID-19 protocol and will play. ... Cernak, a defenseman, participated in the Lightning's optional morning skate Friday and said he is close to returning. ... Other Tampa Bay players could be removed from COVID-19 protocol before game time.