Lightning at Panthers

LIGHTNING (1-3-0) at PANTHERS (3-1-0)

Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Steven Stamkos -- Vladislav Namestnikov
Ross Colton -- Nick Paul -- Corey Perry
Cole Koepke -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Patrick Maroon
Victor Hedman -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Nick Perbix
Ian Cole -- Philippe Myers
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Haydn Fleury, Cal Foote, Trevor Carrick
Injured: Anthony Cirelli (shoulder), Zach Bogosian (shoulder)
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Matthew Tkachuk -- Sam Bennett -- Rudolfs Balcers
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Colin White
Ryan Lomberg -- Nick Cousins -- Patric Hornqvist
Gustav Forsling -- Brandon Montour
Marc Staal -- Matt Kiersted
Josh Mahura -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Lucas Carlsson, Eric Staal
Injured: Aaron Ekblad (lower body), Anthony Duclair (Achilles surgery), Zac Dalpe (undisclosed)
Status report
Vasilevskiy is expected to start for the fourth time in five games. ... The Lightning assigned forward
Gabriel Fortier
to Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Friday. ... Eric Staal and the Panthers agreed to a one-year contract Friday; the forward is not expected to play. ... He becomes a teammate of younger brother Marc Staal; the two briefly played together with the New York Rangers in 2015-16. ... Bobrovsky will make his fourth start in five games. ... Montour will return after missing two games because of an upper-body injury.