Lightning at Blackhawks

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

LIGHTNING (23-11-1) at BLACKHAWKS (8-24-4)

Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Steven Stamkos -- Anthony Cirelli -- Alex Killorn
Patrick Maroon -- Nick Paul -- Ross Colton
Vladislav Namestnikov -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Victor Hedman -- Zach Bogosian
Ian Cole -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Nick Perbix
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Haydn Fleury, Cal Foote
Injured: Rudolfs Balcers (upper body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Andreas Athanasiou -- Max Domi -- Patrick Kane
Tyler Johnson -- Jonathan Toews -- Taylor Raddysh
Philipp Kurashev -- Jason Dickinson -- Sam Lafferty
Boris Katchouk -- Reese Johnson -- Colin Blackwell
Jake McCabe -- Seth Jones
Isaak Phillips -- Connor Murphy
Jack Johnson -- Ian Mitchell
Alex Stalock
Petr Mrazek
Scratched: Caleb Jones
Injured: Jarred Tinordi (facial fracture), Jujhar Khaira (soreness), MacKenzie Entwistle (soreness)
Status report
The Lightning did not hold a morning skate Tuesday. ... Balcers took part in practice Monday, but the forward will miss his 15th straight game. ... Coach Luke Richardson did not attend the Blackhawks morning skate Tuesday because of illness, but is expected to be behind the bench for the game.

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