Lightning at Jets

LIGHTNING (24-12-1) at JETS (24-13-1)

Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Steven Stamkos -- Anthony Cirelli -- Alex Killorn
Patrick Maroon -- Nick Paul -- Ross Colton
Vladislav Namestnikov -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Ian Cole -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Nick Perbix
Haydn Fleury -- Cal Foote
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Victor Hedman
Injured: Rudolfs Balcers (upper body), Zach Bogosian (undisclosed)
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Cole Perfetti -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Morgan Barron -- Adam Lowry -- Karson Kuhlman
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby -- Kevin Stenlund -- Sam Gagner
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk
Brenden Dillon -- Nate Schmidt
Connor Hellebuyck
David Rittich
Scratched: Kyle Capobianco, Ville Heinola, David Gustafsson
Injured: Mason Appleton (wrist), Saku Maenalanen (upper body), Logan Stanley (upper body)
Status report
Hedman will not play; the defenseman returned to Tampa Bay to be with his wife for the birth of their child. … Vasilevskiy will be a game-time decision because of an illness; Ellott started the previous two games. ... Bogosian, a defenseman, is day to day. ... Ehlers, Wheeler, Perfetti and Schmidt each will return; Ehlers missed 36 games because of sports hernia surgery, Wheeler nine games after groin surgery, Perfetti five games with a shoulder injury and Schmidt nine games with an upper-body injury. ... The Jets reassigned forwards Jansen Harkins and Kristian Reichel to Manitoba of the American Hockey League on Wednesday, and placed forward Michael Eyssimont on waivers. … Hellebuyck did not skate during the Jets optional skate Friday, but is expected to make his fifth straight start.