Lightning at Panthers

LIGHTNING (9-2-1) at PANTHERS (8-1-2)

Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Tyler Johnson
Alex Killorn -- Yanni Gourde -- Barclay Goodrow
Blake Coleman -- Mathieu Joseph -- Alexander Volkov
Patrick Maroon --
Germel Smith
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Luke Schenn
Cal Foote
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Andreas Borgman
Injured: Mitchell Stephens (upper body), Anthony Cirelli (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Steven Stamkos
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Brett Connolly
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Alex Wennberg -- Patric Hornqvist
Frank Vatrano -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Owen Tippett
Ryan Lomberg -- Juho Lammikko -- Noel Acciari
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Markus Nutivaara -- Anton Stralman
Keith Yandle -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Chris Driedger
Scratched: Noah Juulsen, Vinnie Hinostroza, Anthony Duclair
Injured: Gustav Forsling (upper body)
Status report
The Lightning did not hold a morning skate. … Cirelli missed the final 8:34 of a 5-2 loss to the Panthers on Thursday, and the forward's absence from practice Friday was categorized as a maintenance day. … Panthers coach Joel Quenneville said he likely would use the same lineup as Thursday. ... Duclair, a forward, was removed from COVID-19 protocol Saturday.