LIGHTNING (4-1-0) at RANGERS (5-2-0)
7:15 p.m. ET; The Spot, MSG
Lightning projected lineup
Gage Goncalves -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Jake Guentzel
Ilya Mikheyev -- Zemgus Girgensons -- Pontus Holmberg
Jeff Viel -- Conor Geekie
J.J. Moser -- John Carlson
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Charle-Edouard D'Astous -- Max Crozier
Victor Hedman
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Dennis Hildeby
Scratched: Scott Sabourin, Mads Sogaard
Injured: Yanni Gourde (hip), Emil Lilleberg (upper body)
Rangers projected lineup
Gabe Perreault -- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Dorofeyev
Tye Kartye -- J.T. Miller -- Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle -- Noah Laba -- Eeli Tolvanen
Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Cole Beaudoin -- Matt Rempe
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Adam Fox
Marcus Pettersson -- Sean Durzi
Alberts Smits -- Braden Schneider
Dylan Garand
Spencer Martin
Scratched: Scott Morrow, Jaroslav Chmelar
Injured: Igor Shesterkin (lower body), Joonas Korpisalo (lower body), Joseph Veleno (lower body)
Status report: Sogaard was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Tuesday but the goalie is not expected to dress. … Viel will replace Sabourin, a forward, in Tampa Bay's lineup. ... Rempe will replace Chmelar on the Rangers' fourth line and play his second game of the season. He has been a healthy scratch for the past six. ... Garand will start consecutive games for the first time in the NHL.
