Lightning at Senators

LIGHTNING (42-24-6) at SENATORS (34-32-5)

Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Steven Stamkos -- Anthony Cirelli -- Alex Killorn
Ross Colton -- Nick Paul -- Patrick Maroon
Tanner Jeannot -- Michael Eyssimont -- Corey Perry
Victor Hedman -- Nick Perbix
Mikhail Sergachev -- Darren Raddysh
Ian Cole -- Erik Cernak
Brian Elliott
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: Haydn Fleury, Zach Bogosian, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Injured: None
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk --
Tim Stutzle
-- Claude Giroux
Alex DeBrincat -- Shane Pinto -- Drake Batherson
Derick Brassard -- Dylan Gambrell -- Ridly Greig
Patrick Brown -- Mark Kastelic -- Austin Watson
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Jakob Chychrun -- Travis Hamonic
Thomas Chabot -- Erik Brannstrom
Mads Sogaard
Dylan Ferguson
Scratched: Julien Gauthier, Nick Holden
Injured: Anton Forsberg (knee), Cam Talbot (lower body), Josh Norris (shoulder), Mathieu Joseph (lower body), Parker Kelly (undisclosed)
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate Thursday after practicing Wednesday. ... Elliott is expected to start after Vasilevskiy started the past two games. ... Sogaard is expected to make his eighth start in 10 games. ... The Senators reassigned Kevin Mandolese, a goalie, to Belleville of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.