LIGHTNING (8-6-2) at PANTHERS (9-7-1)
5 p.m. ET; The Spot, SCRIPPS
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Gage Goncalves -- Yanni Gourde -- Jakob Pelletier
Zemgus Girgensons -- Jack Finley -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Boris Katchouk -- Curtis Douglas -- Scott Sabourin
J.J. Moser -- Max Crozier
Charle-Edouard D'Astous -- Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg -- Darren Raddysh
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: None
Injured: Brandon Hagel (upper body), Nick Paul (upper body), Ryan McDonagh (undisclosed), Pontus Holmberg (undisclosed), Dominic James (undisclosed), Victor Hedman (undisclosed), Anthony Cirell (upper body)
Panthers projected lineup
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Brad Marchand
Carter Verhaeghe -- Evan Rodrigues -- Sam Reinhart
Jesper Boqvist -- Sam Bennett -- Mackie Samoskevich
A.J. Greer -- Cole Schwindt -- Luke Kunin
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Seth Jones
Donovan Sebrango -- Jeff Petry
Sergei Bobrovsky
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Uvis Balinskis, Noah Gregor
Injured: Aleksander Barkov (knee), Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Tomas Nosek (knee), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Dmitry Kulikov (shoulder)
Status report
Hagel will not play after leaving in the first period of a 7-3 loss to the New York Rangers; Lightning coach Jon Cooper said the forward could return Sunday against the Vancouver Canucks “or a month from tomorrow.’’ … Hedman, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game. ... Pelletier will make his season debut after being called up from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Saturday. ... Paul practiced Friday; Cooper said he hopes to have the forward back next week. ... The Panthers are expected to dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 6-3 win against the Washington Capitals on Thursday.
