Sharks at Lightning

SHARKS (22-20-3) at LIGHTNING (29-10-6)

Sharks projected lineup
Alexander Barabanov -- Tomas Hertl -- Rudolfs Balcers
Jonathan Dahlen -- Logan Couture -- Timo Meier
Matt Nieto -- Nick Bonino -- Noah Gregor
Andrew Cogliano --
Jasper Weatherby
-- Jonah Gadjovich
Mario Ferraro -- Brent Burns
Jaycob Megna -- Nicolas Meloche
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Jake Middleton
James Reimer
Zach Sawchenko
Scratched: Radim Simek, Lane Pederson, Ryan Merkley, Adam Raska , Jeffrey Viel
Injured:Erik Karlsson (upper body), Kevin Labanc (upper body), Adin Hill (lower body)
Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Anthony Cirelli
Alex Killorn -- Steven Stamkos -- Mathieu Joseph
Patrick Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Boris Katchouk -- Ross Colton -- Taylor Raddysh
Victor Hedman -- Cal Foote
Ryan McDonagh -- Mikhail Sergachev
Fredrik Claesson -- Jan Rutta
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: None
Injured: Erik Cernak (lower body), Zach Bogosian (lower body), Gemel Smith (hand)
COVID-19 protocol: Nikita Kucherov
Status report
Ferraro will return after taking a puck to the face during a 5-4 overtime loss at the Florida Panthers on Saturday and missing a 2-1 loss at the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. ... Middleton will also return after missing 11 games with an upper-body injury. ... Kucherov was a participant in the Lighting's optional morning skate Tuesday, but the forward will not play.