Sharks at Lightning

SHARKS (0-5-1) at LIGHTNING (3-2-2)

7 p.m. ET; BSSUN, NBCSCA

Sharks projected lineup

Fabian Zetterlund -- Tomas Hertl -- Anthony Duclair

William Eklund -- Jacob Peterson -- Kevin Labanc

Givani Smith -- Nico Sturm -- Mike Hoffman

Filip Zadina -- Thomas Bordeleau -- Luke Kunin

Mario Ferraro -- Kyle Burroughs

Nikolai Knyzhov -- Jan Rutta

Ty Emberson -- Matt Benning

Mackenzie Blackwood

Kaapo Kahkonen

Scratched: Marc-Edouard Vlasic

Injured: Logan Couture (lower body), Alexander Barabanov (broken finger) Jacob MacDonald (undisclosed), Mikael Granlund (lower body)

Lightning projected lineup

Alex Barre-Boulet -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov

Steven Stamkos -- Nicholas Paul -- Brandon Hagel

Tanner Jeannot -- Anthony Cirelli -- Waltteri Merela

Conor Sheary -- Luke Glendening -- Michael Eyssimont

Victor Hedman -- Erik Cernak

Mikhail Sergachev -- Nick Perbix

Calvin de Haan -- Darren Raddysh

Jonas Johansson

Matt Tomkins

Scratched: Haydn Fleury, Austin Watson

Injured: Andrei Vasilevskiy (back surgery), Tyler Motte (hand)

Status report

Barabanov, a forward, is week to week after taking a shot off his hand during a 3-1 loss at the Florida Panthers. ... Blackwood will start and Kahkonen will start at the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday, Sharks coach David Quinn said. ... Johansson is expected to make his fifth straight start. ... Vasilevskiy, a goalie, has begun some light skating and is on track to return in the final week of November.