LIGHTNING (6-2-0) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (8-2-0)
10:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN+
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Nikita Kucherov
Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Gage Goncalves
Ilya Mikheyev -- Zemgus Girgensons -- Pontus Holmberg
Dominic James -- Conor Geekie -- Jeffrey Viel
J.J. Moser -- John Carlson
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Victor Hedman -- Max Crozier
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Dennis Hildeby
Scratched: Scott Sabourin, Charle-Edouard D'Astous, Emil Lilleberg
Injured: Yanni Gourde (hip)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone
Brett Howden -- William Karlsson -- Mitch Marner
Trevor Connelly -- Tomas Hertl -- Raphael Lavoie
Marc Gatcomb -- Nic Dowd -- Braeden Bowman
Shea Theodore -- Brayden McNabb
Jeremy Lauzon -- Rasmus Andersson
Dylan Coghlan -- Noah Hanifin
Carter Hart
Adin Hill
Scratched: Ville Heinola
Injured: Victor Olofsson (lower body), Parker Wotherspoon (upper body)
Status report
Viel is expected to return to the lineup after the Lightning dressed 11 forwards and seven defensemen in a 4-2 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday; if Viel does not play and Tampa Bay goes 11 and seven, D’Astous likely would play as the seventh defenseman. … The Golden Knights, who held an optional morning skate, are expected to dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 6-2 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.
