Lightning at Panthers

LIGHTNING (36-14-3) AT PANTHERS (35-14-5)

Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Brayden Point -- Alex Barre-Boulet
Tyler Johnson -- Anthony Cirelli -- Alex Killorn
Barclay Goodrow -- Yanni Gourde -- Blake Coleman
Patrick Maroon -- Ross Colton -- Mathieu Joseph
Victor Hedman -- Erik Cernak
Ryan McDonagh -- David Savard
Mikhail Sergachev -- Jan Rutta
Curtis McElhinney
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched:Christopher Gibson, Luke Schenn, Fredrik Claesson, Gemel Smith, Ben Thomas, Mitchell Stephens, Daniel Walcott
Injured:Steven Stamkos (lower body), Nikita Kucherov (hip)
Panthers projected lineup
Mason Marchment -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Sam Bennett -- Owen Tippett
Frank Vatrano -- Alex Wennberg -- Aleksi Heponiemi
Ryan Lomberg -- Noel Acciari -- Nikita Gusev
Gustav Forsling -- MacKenzie Weegar
Markus Nutivaara -- Brandon Montour
Keith Yandle -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched:Kevin Connauton, Noah Juulsen, Grigori Denisenko, Juho Lammikko, Matt Kiersted, Eetu Luostarinen, Anton Stralman, Lucas Wallmark
Injured:Chris Driedger (lower body), Patric Hornqvist (upper body), Carter Verhaeghe (upper body)
Status report
The Lightning did not have a morning skate. … Bennett will return to the lineup after missing one game. … Panthers coach Joel Quenneville said that forwards Verhaeghe and Hornqvist would have been in the lineup had this been a playoff game and each is expected to play against the Lightning on Monday.