Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alexandre Texier — Alex Newhook — Ivan Demidov
Zachary Bolduc — Oliver Kapanen — Kirby Dach
Jake Evans — Phillip Danault – Josh Anderson
Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Kaiden Guhle — Lane Hutson
Jayden Struble — Xhekaj Arber
Jakub Dobes
Jacob Fowler
Scratched: Brendan Gallagher, Joe Veleno, Adam Engstrom, David Reinbacher
Injured: Patrik Laine (lower body), Noah Dobson (upper body)
Lightning projected lineup
Gage Goncalves — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Jake Guentzel
Zemgus Girgensons — Yanni Gourde — Nick Paul
Corey Perry — Dominic James – Scott Sabourin
J.J. Moser — Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Declan Carlile — Emil Lilleberg
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Conor Geekie, Max Crozier, Brandon Halverson
Injured: Pontus Holmberg (upper body), Victor Hedman (personal leave), Charle-Edouard D’Astous (undisclosed)
Status report
The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate and are expected to have the same lineup from their 4-3 overtime victory in Game 1. … Carlile, who played 42 regular-season games for the Lightning this season, will make his Stanley Cup Playoff debut. He replaces D’Astous, a defenseman who was injured on a hit by Anderson in Game 1. … Sabourin comes into the lineup in place of Geekie. … Hedman, who hasn’t played since March 19 and took a leave of absence for personal reasons March 26, skated again Tuesday. Lightning coach Jon Cooper said the defenseman and Tampa Bay captain could return to the lineup “at some point, but not right now.” He also said he wouldn’t rule anything out but would put a return in the first round as doubtful.
