Lightning at Jets preview

LIGHTNING (34-12-3) at JETS (29-13-8)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, SUN, NHL.TV

Hedman, who took part in the morning skate, has missed five games because of a lower-body injury sustained in a 5-1 loss to the Calgary Flames on Jan. 11. He also sat out the 2018 Honda NHL All-Star Game on Sunday.
Backup goalie Louis Domingue will start for the Lightning, which is playing the fifth of an eight-game road trip. Tampa Bay leads the NHL with 71 points.
The Central Division-leading Jets begin a 10-game homestand and get forward Adam Lowry back after he missed eight games because of an upper-body injury. However, Winnipeg will be without defenseman Jacob Trouba, who is out 6-8 weeks because of a lower-body injury sustained in a 4-3 shootout loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Jan. 25. Trouba was placed on injured reserve Tuesday, retroactive to Jan. 25.
Goalie
Michael Hutchinson
will make his season debut for the Jets after playing in the American Hockey League All-Star Game on Monday. Hutchinson is 15-2-4 with a 1.95 goals-against average and a .942 save percentage with Manitoba.

Players to watch

Lightning forward Steven Stamkos has four points (one goal, three assists) in his past two games and eight points (one goal, seven assists) in his past eight.
Jets forward Mathieu Perreault has eight points (five goals, eight assists) in his past eight games.

They said it

"We will see how he feels after we get off (the ice). We did some battling drills there at the end. It's been encouraging, so we will see what happens." -- Lightning coach Jon Cooper
"We want to come in after the break here making sure we get back to our top level as quick as possible." -- Jets defenseman Tyler Myers

Lightning projected lineup

Chris Kunitz -- Steven Stamkos -- Vladislav Namestnikov

Tyler Johnson -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov

Alex Killorn -- Matthew Peca -- Yanni Gourde

Michael Bournival-- Cedric Paquette -- Ryan Callahan

Anton Stralman -- Jake Dotchin

Slater Koekkoek -- Dan Girardi

Braydon Coburn -- Andrej Sustr

Louis Domingue

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Scratched:Cory Conacher , Mikhail SergachevInjured:Ondrej Palat (lower body), Victor Hedman (lower body), Peter Budaj (lower body)

Jets projected lineup

Jack Roslovic -- Blake Wheeler -- Patrik Laine
Mathieu Perreault -- Bryan Little -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Andrew Copp -- Adam Lowry -- Joel Armia
Brandon Tanev -- Matt Hendricks -- Kyle Connor
Josh Morrissey -- Tyler Myers
Toby Enstrom -- Dustin Byfuglien
Ben Chiarot -- Tucker Poolman
Michael Hutchinson
Connor Hellebuyck
Scratched:Marko Dano
Injured:Mark Scheifele (upper body), Shawn Matthias (upper body), Steve Mason (concussion), Jacob Trouba (lower body), Dmitry Kulikov (upper body)

Status report

Kulikov wore a non-contact jersey during the morning skate. He could play Thursday against the Vegas Golden Knights. Enstrom missed the morning skate but will play. To make room for Hutchinson, goaltender Eric Comrie was sent to Manitoba.

Stat pack

Johnson has three assists in his past five games after having 24 points (12 goals, 12 assists) in his previous 18. Kucherov, who leads the NHL in scoring, has three assists in his past six games after having 20 points (eight goals, 12 assists) in his previous 15. … Wheeler has two assists in his past six games after having 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his previous seven.