Lightning at Ducks

LIGHTNING (27-9-5) at DUCKS (19-16-7)

Lightning projected lineup
Mathieu Joseph -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Steven Stamkos
Patrick Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Boris Katchouk -- Ross Colton -- Taylor Raddysh
Victor Hedman -- Cal Foote
Ryan McDonagh -- Mikhail Sergachev
Fredrik Claesson
-- Andrej Sustr
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: None
Injured: Zach Bogosian (lower body), Erik Cernak (lower body), Ondrej Palat (lower body), Jan Rutta (lower body)
Ducks projected lineup
Trevor Zegras -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Rickard Rakell
Derek Grant -- Isac Lundestrom -- Jakob Silfverberg
Max Comtois -- Sam Steel --
Vinni Lettieri
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Sam Carrick -- Buddy Robinson
Hampus Lindholm -- Jamie Drysdale
Jacob Larsson
-- Kevin Shattenkirk
Josh Mahura --
Greg Pateryn
John Gibson
Lukas Dostal
Scratched: Brendan Guhle, Simon Benoit
Injured: Adam Henrique (lower body), Max Jones (upper body), Sonny Milano (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Troy Terry, Josh Manson, Anthony Stolarz, Cam Fowler
Status report
Palat, a forward, practiced Thursday, but will miss his fourth straight game and is day to day. ... Defensemen Cernak and Rutta each is day to day as well. ... Claesson will play after the Lightning recalled him from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Thursday. ... Elliot will start at the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. ... Ducks coach Dallas Eakins entered COVID-19 protocol on Friday, joining assistants Geoff Ward and Joe Piscotty. Assistant Mike Stothers will coach Friday. ... Mahura will return after missing 13 games with a lower-body injury ... Benoit, a defenseman, was removed from COVID-19 protocol Thursday and returned to practice, but will miss his fourth straight game.