Lightning at Panthers

LIGHTNING (21-6-4) at PANTHERS (19-7-4)

Lightning projected lineup
Alex Killorn -- Brayden Point -- Mathieu Joseph
Ondrej Palat -- Steven Stamkos -- Ross Colton
Patrick Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Boris Katchouk -- Riley Nash --
Alex Barre-Boulet
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh -- Zach Bogosian
Sean Day -- Darren Raddysh
Maxime Lagace
Hugo Alnefelt
Scratched: Gemel Smith, Gabriel Fortier
Injured: Nikita Kucherov (lower body), Erik Cernak (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Cal Foote, Taylor Raddysh, Anthony Cirelli, Mikhail Sergachev, Andrej Sustr, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Brian Elliott
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Sam Bennett -- Sam Reinhart
Mason Marchment -- Anton Lundell -- Maxim Mamin
Ryan Lomberg -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Patric Hornqvist
MacKenzie Weegar -- Aaron Ekblad
Gustav Forsling -- Radko Gudas
Lucas Carlsson -- Brandon Montour
Spencer Knight
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Jonas Johansson, Frank Vatrano, Joe Thornton
Injured: Markus Nutivaara (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Olli Juolevi , Owen Tippett
Status report
Darren Raddysh will make his NHL debut. ...Taylor Raddysh, a forward, and Foote, a defenseman, each entered COVID-19 protocol Thursday. ... Lightning coach Jon Cooper has been cleared from COVID-19 protocol and will be behind the bench. ... Barre-Boulet was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League to the taxi squad and could be in the lineup. ...Knight is expected to start for the first time since Dec. 14.