LIGHTNING (28-13-3) at PENGUINS (21-14-9)
7 p.m. ET; The Spot, SN-PIT
Lightning projected lineup
Gage Goncalves — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Yanni Gourde — Jake Guentzel
Zemgus Girgensons — Dominic James — Pontus Holmberg
Nick Paul — Jack Finley — Oliver Bjorkstrand
J.J. Moser — Darren Raddysh
Charle-Edouard D’Astous — Erik Cernak
Declan Carlile — Max Crozier
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Simon Lundmark
Injured: Ryan McDonagh (lower body), Victor Hedman (elbow), Emil Lilleberg (undisclosed), Scott Sabourin (undisclosed), Brayden Point (undisclosed)
Penguins projected lineup
Rickard Rakell — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust
Evgeni Malkin — Tommy Novak — Egor Chinakhov
Anthony Mantha — Ben Kindel — Justin Brazeau
Connor Dewar — Blake Lizotte — Noel Acciari
Brett Kulak — Kris Letang
Parker Wotherspoon — Jack St. Ivany
Ryan Shea — Connor Clifton
Arturs Silovs
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: Kevin Hayes, Tristan Broz, Ryan Graves
Injured: Erik Karlsson (lower body), Rutger McGroarty (concussion), Caleb Jones (lower body), Filip Hallander (blood clot)
Status report
Point is week to week after he was injured after scoring on a power play at 4:29 of the second period during a 5-1 win at the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday, when he was helped off the ice after Flyers defenseman Cam York fell on his right leg. … Finley, a forward, could replace Point in the lineup. … Vasilevskiy likely will likely start after Johansson made 20 saves Monday. … Karlsson was placed on injured reserve Tuesday with a lower-body injury; the defenseman will be re-evaluated in two weeks. … Rust is expected to play after missing two games with a lower-body injury. … Broz, a forward, and Graves, a defenseman, each was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Tuesday, but neither is expected to play.
