LIGHTNING (48-24-6) at CANADIENS (46-22-10)
7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, The Spot
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Gage Goncalves — Anthony Cirelli — Corey Perry
Zemgus Girgensons — Yanni Gourde — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jakob Pelletier — Nick Paul — Scott Sabourin
J.J. Moser — Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Charle-Edouard D’Astous — Emil Lilleberg
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Steve Santini, Victor Hedman
Injured: Declan Carlile (lower body), Max Crozier (core muscle), Dominic James (lower body), Brandon Hagel (lower body), Pontus Holmberg (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alexandre Texier — Alex Newhook — Ivan Demidov
Josh Anderson — Jake Evans — Kirby Dach
Joe Veleno — Phillip Danault — Oliver Kapanen
Mike Matheson — Noah Dobson
Jayden Struble — Lane Hutson
Adam Engstrom — Arber Xhekaj
Jakub Dobes
Jacob Fowler
Scratched: Zachary Bolduc, Brendan Gallagher, Samuel Montembeault
Injured: Kaiden Guhle (maintenance), Alexander Carrier (upper body), Patrik Laine (lower body)
Status report
Cirelli will return after missing a 6-2 loss at the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday with an undisclosed injury. … Hagel, a forward, was on the ice following the Lightning morning skate but will miss his fifth straight game. … Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis does not discuss his lineup prior to the game. … Veleno took part in the optional morning skate after missing one game with an illness. … Bolduc, a forward, could be left out of the lineup. … Gallagher, a forward, likely will be a healthy scratch for a second straight game. … Guhle, a defenseman, will miss a second straight game.
