LIGHTNING (6-6-4) at BLACKHAWKS (5-8-0)
8 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, SN360, TVAS
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Steven Stamkos -- Nicholas Paul -- Alex Barre-Boulet
Tanner Jeannot -- Anthony Cirelli -- Michael Eyssimont
Tyler Motte -- Luke Glendening -- Waltteri Merela
Victor Hedman -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Darren Raddysh
Calvin de Haan -- Nick Perbix
Jonas Johansson
Matt Tomkins
Scratched: Austin Watson, Haydn Fleury
Injured: Andrei Vasilevskiy (back), Conor Sheary (upper body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Nick Foligno -- Connor Bedard -- Philipp Kurashev
Tyler Johnson -- Lukas Reichel -- Taylor Raddysh
Boris Katchouk -- Jason Dickinson -- Corey Perry
Reese Jonson -- MacKenzie Entwistle -- Ryan Donato
Alex Vlasic -- Seth Jones
Kevin Korchinski -- Connor Murphy
Wyatt Kaiser -- Isaak Phillips
Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Filip Roos
Injured: Jarred Tinordi (oblique), Andreas Athanasiou (lower body), Taylor Hall (lower body), Colin Blackwell (groin), Samuel Savoie (femur), Luke Philp (Achilles)
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate. … Cernak could play after missing a 5-0 loss at the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday because of an upper-body injury … Tampa Bay assigned defenseman Philippe Myers to Syracuse of the American Hockey League. … The Blackhawks recalled Roos from Rockford of the AHL but the defenseman is unlikely to play. Defenseman Nikita Zaitsev was placed on the non-roster list because of personal reasons. Coach Luke Richardson said he was unsure when Zaitsev would return but that he was unlikely to accompany the team for the game at the Nashville Predators on Saturday … Hall practiced this week but the forward is expected to miss his second straight game. … Tinordi, a defenseman, and Athanasiou, a forward, are each week to week.
