Tampa Bay Lightning center Tyler Johnson won't play because of an undisclosed injury. Johnson was on the ice during the morning skate but did not participate in line rushes. He was injured during Tampa Bay's 5-0 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, according to coach Jon Cooper. "It's tough, we've got these back-to-back games," Cooper said, referring to the second half of the Lightning's back-to-back at the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday. "He's out tonight and we'll make that determination tomorrow, but with such a quick turnaround there's going to have to be some massive healing." Johnson is fourth on Tampa Bay in scoring with 33 points (16 goals, 17 assists) and is one point away from 200 in his NHL career. Forward Ondrej Palat, who missed the past two games with a foot injury, will return and fill in on the top line. Palat has 25 points (10 goals, 15 assists) this season. The Lightning, 5-9-2 in their past 16 games and 2-6-3 in their past 11 on the road, begin a four-game trip, looking for their third consecutive win. Tampa Bay is six points out of the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference. Backup goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy will start after Ben Bishop made 28 saves against the Kings. "We're in back-to-back [game] situations and we've got both our goalies, and they're both good," Cooper said. "Obviously [Bishop] had a shutout [Tuesday] but [Bishop] played a couple in a row and gave us a chance to win games, and we did, and now it's [Vasilievskiy's] turn. We have full confidence it's going to happen."
