BLUE JACKETS (32-21-10) at LIGHTNING (39-19-4)
7 p.m. ET; The Spot, FDSNOH
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Mason Marchment — Adam Fantilli — Kirill Marchenko
Kent Johnson — Sean Monahan — Conor Garland
Cole Sillinger — Charlie Coyle — Mathieu Olivier
Isac Lundestrom — Boone Jenner — Miles Wood
Zach Werenski — Damon Severson
Ivan Provorov — Denton Mateychuk
Dante Fabbro — Jake Christiansen
Elvis Merzlikins
Jet Greaves
Scratched: Dmitri Voronkov, Danton Heinen, Egor Zamula
Injured: Erik Gudbranson (upper body)
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Gage Goncalves
Zemgus Girgensons — Yanni Gourde — Pontus Holmberg
Corey Perry — Connor Geekie — Oliver Bjorkstrand
J.J. Moser — Declan Carlile
Ryan McDonagh — Charle-Edouard D’Astous
Victor Hedman — Steven Santini
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Emil Lilleberg, Darren Raddysh, Scott Sabourin
Injured: Erik Cernak (undisclosed), Dominic James (lower body), Nick Paul (lower body), Max Crozier (core muscle)
Status report
Gudbranson will miss the next three games before being re-evaluated; the defenseman left during the first period of a 5-4 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Monday after hit by Kings forward Artemi Panarin. … Cernak is day to day after the defenseman was injured during an 8-7 loss at the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday. … Santini was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. … Raddysh, a defenseman, is on a bereavement leave following the death of his father. … Paul was a full participant in the Lightning morning skate; the forward is close to a return but will miss his 10th straight game.
