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, Victor Hedman
Injured: Pontus Holmberg (upper body), Charle-Edouard D’Astous (undisclosed)
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 — Arber Xhekaj
Jakub Dobes
Jacob Fowler
Scratched: Brendan Gallagher, Joe Veleno, Adam Engstrom, David Reinbacher
Injured: Patrik Laine (lower body), Noah Dobson (upper body)
Status report
Each team is expected to dress the same lineup used in the Lightning’s 3-2 overtime win in Game 2 on Tuesday. … D’Astous stayed on the ice with the extras at the end of the optional morning skate; the Tampa Bay defenseman likely will sit out a second straight game after he was injured on a hit by Anderson in the Canadiens’ 4-3 overtime victory in Game 1. … Anderson did not take part in the optional morning skate and did not practice Thursday; the forward went to the dressing room after he was hit from behind by Sabourin in the third period Tuesday but returned and played in overtime. There was no update on his condition. … Matheson was on the ice Friday after missing practice Thursday.
NHL.com independent correspondent Sean Farrell contributed to this report
