Canucks at Lightning

CANUCKS (17-20-3) at LIGHTNING (25-13-1)

Canucks projected lineup
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Conor Garland -- Bo Horvat -- J.T. Miller
Dakota Joshua -- Curtis Lazar -- William Lockwood
Ilya Mikheyev -- Lane Pederson -- Jack Studnicka
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Travis Dermott -- Tyler Myers
Riley Stillman -- Ethan Bear
Collin Delia
Spencer Martin
Scratched: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Sheldon Dries, Kyle Burroughs
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Tanner Pearson (hand), Tucker Poolman (undisclosed)
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Anthony Cirelli -- Steven Stamkos -- Alex Killorn
Patrick Maroon -- Nick Paul -- Ross Colton
Vladislav Namestnikov -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Victor Hedman -- Zach Bogosian
Ian Cole -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Nick Perbix
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Haydn Fleury, Cal Foote
Injured: Rudolfs Balcers (upper body)
Status report
Ekman-Larsson, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch for the first time this season. ... Pearson, a forward, is out for the rest of the season following hand surgery. ... The Lightning held an optional morning skate Thursday.