Lightning at Blue Jackets

LIGHTNING (3-0-0) at BLUE JACKETS (1-2-2)

Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Steven Stamkos
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Tyler Johnson
Blake Coleman -- Yanni Gourde -- Barclay Goodrow
Patrick Maroon -- Mitchell Stephens -- Alexander Volkov
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Luke Schenn
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Christopher Gibson
Scratched: Mathieu Joseph, Andreas Borgman, Cal Foote
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Curtis McElhinney
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Liam Foudy -- Max Domi -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Mikhail Grigorenko -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Boone Jenner -- Alexandre Texier -- Nick Foligno
Eric Robinson -- Riley Nash - Nathan Gerbe
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Vladislav Gavrikov -- David Savard
Michael Del Zotto -- Dean Kukan
Elvis Merzlikins
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Kevin Stenlund, Gabriel Carlsson, Scott Harrington
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol:Mikko Koivu
Status report
Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella on Friday would not commit to playing Dubois, who was benched after his fifth shift ended with 4:36 left in the first period against the Lightning on Thursday. ... Merzlikins is expected to start; he and Korpisalo have alternated games.