Lightning at Sharks

LIGHTNING (4-4-0) at SHARKS (3-7-0)

Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Steven Stamkos -- Nicholas Paul -- Alex Killorn
Cole Koepke -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Ross Colton
Pat Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Victor Hedman -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Nick Perbix
Ian Cole -- Cal Foote
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched:Philippe Myers, Haydn Fleury
Injured:Anthony Cirelli (shoulder), Zach Bogosian (shoulder)
Sharks projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Tomas Hertl -- Evgeny Svechnikov
Alexander Barabanov -- Logan Couture -- Matt Nieto
Nick Bonino -- Nico Sturm -- Luke Kunin
Oskar Lindblom -- Steven Lorentz -- Kevin Labanc
Jaycob Megna -- Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Matt Benning
Mario Ferraro -- Radim Simek
James Reimer
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched:Jonah Gadjovich, Scott Harrington, Noah Gregor
Injured:Markus Nutivaara (lower body), (upper body)
Status report
Neither team will hold a morning skate Saturday... Vasilevskiy is projected to start after Elliott made 19 saves in a 4-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday... Reimer will start after Kahkonen made 22 saves in a 4-3 overtime win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday... Bonino is expected to play after he has missed the past three games with an upper-body injury.