LIGHTNING (38-16-4) at WILD (35-16-10)
9:30 p.m. ET: The Spot, HBO MAX, truTV, TNT
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Conor Geekie — Anthony Cirelli — Brandon Hagel
Zemgus Girgensons — Yanni Gourde — Pontus Holmberg
Oliver Bjorkstrand — Curtis Douglas
J.J. Moser — Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Charle-Edouard D’Astous — Declan Carlile
Victor Hedman
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Scott Sabourin, Emil Lilleberg
Injured: Gage Goncalves (undisclosed), Dominic James (lower body), Nick Paul (lower body), Max Crozier (core muscle)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov — Ryan Hartman — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson — Joel Eriksson Ek — Matt Boldy
Yakov Trenin — Danila Yurov — Vladimir Tarasenko
Vinnie Hinostroza — Nico Sturm – Robby Fabbri
Quinn Hughes — Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin — Jared Spurgeon
Jake Middleton — Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson
Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Ben Jones, Matt Kiersted, Daemon Hunt
Injured: Marcus Foligno (lower body)
Status report
The Lightning will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. … Geekie was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Tuesday after James, a forward, was placed on injured reserve; the forward left in the third period of a 6-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday following a hit by defensman Michael Kesselring. … Goncalves, who left in the second period Saturday, will miss a minimum of two games, but could be out longer, Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. … Brodin will return after missing 13 games following surgery on Jan. 22 to repair a lower-body injury. … Foligno is week to week; the forward was placed on injured reserve Monday after missing a 3-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Sunday. … Fabbri will make his Wild debut after being claimed off waivers from the Blues on Monday.
