Lightning at Blue Jackets

LIGHTNING (50-22-8) at BLUE JACKETS (36-37-7)

Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Steven Stamkos -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Brandon Hagel
Nick Paul -- Brayden Point -- Ross Colton
Patrick Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Victor Hedman -- Erik Cernak
Ryan McDonagh -- Cal Foote
Mikhail Sergachev -- Zach Bogosian
Brian Elliott
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: None
Injured: Jan Rutta (upper body)
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Gustav Nyquist -- Jack Roslovic -- Jakub Voracek
Yegor Chinakhov -- Cole Sillinger -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Eric Robinson -- Justin Danforth -- Emil Bemstrom
Kent Johnson -- Brendan Gaunce -- Carson Meyer
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Andrew Peeke
Dean Kukan -- Jake Bean
Gavin Bayreuther -- Gabriel Carlsson
Elvis Merzlikins
J-F Berube
Scratched: None
Injured: Patrik Laine (upper body), Alexandre Texier (hand), Boone Jenner (back), Adam Boqvist (lower body), Sean Kuraly (broken toe), Zach Werenski (broken nose), Nick Blankenburg (upper body)
Status report
Elliott will start Thursday and Vasilevskiy will start at the New York Islanders on Friday, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. … Cernak will play after sustaining an upper-body injury during a 4-1 win against the Blue Jackets on Tuesday. ... Werenski and Blankenburg each will not play Thursday or Friday at the Pittsburgh Penguins in the regular season finale. Each defenseman was injured Tuesday, which was Werenski's first game since missing three games with a head injury. ... Carlsson and Bayreuther replace them. ... Merzlikins will make his 16th start in 17 games.