LIGHTNING (9-6-5) at HURRICANES (11-7-0)
8 p.m. ET; BSSUN, BSSO
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Steven Stamkos -- Anthony Cirelli -- Michael Easement
Tanner Jeannot -- Nicholas Paul -- Tyler Motte
Cole Koepke -- Luke Glendening -- Austin Watson
Victor Hedman -- Nick Perbix
Mikhail Sergachev -- Erik Cernak
Calvin de Haan -- Darren Raddysh
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Haydn Fleury, Alex Barre-Boulet
Injured: Conor Sheary (upper body)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jesper Kotkaniemi -- Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Michael Bunting -- Jack Drury -- Stefan Noesen
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Dmitry Orlov -- Jalen Chatfield
Antti Raanta
Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: Tony DeAngelo, Brendan Lemieux
Injured: Frederik Andersen (blood clot)
Status report
Vasilevskiy will play his first game of the season following microdiscectomy surgery for a herniated lumbar disk in his back Sept. 28. … Raanta will start after he was replaced following the first period of a 6-3 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday for precautionary reasons.
