LIGHTNING (24-13-3) at SHARKS (20-17-3)
4 p.m. ET; The Spot, NBCSCA
Lightning Projected Programming
Gage Goncalves – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Jake Guentzel
Zemgus Girgensons — Yanni Gourde — Pontus Holmberg
Nick Paul – Dominic James – Oliver Bjorkstrand
JJ Moser — Darren Raddysh
Charlearn-Astous.
Declan Carlile-Max Crozier
Andrei Vasilevsky
Jonas Johansson
Striped: Curtis Douglas, Jack Finley
Hurt: Ryan McDonagh (lower body), Victor Hedman (elbow), Emil Lilleberg (undisclosed), Scott Sabourin (undisclosed)
Sharks projected lineup
William Eklund – Macklin Celebrini – Igor Tchernyshov
Collin Graf – Alexander Wennberg – Tyler Toffoli
Jeff Skinner – Ty Dellandrea – Pavol Regenda
Barclay Goodrow – Zack Ostapchuk – Ryan Reaves
Dmitri Orlov – Timothy Liljegren
Mario Ferraro – Shakir Mukhamadullin
Sam Dickinson – Vincent Iorio
Yaroslav Askarov
Alex Nedeljkovic
Striped: Nick Leddy
Injured: Vincent Desharnais (upper body), Philipp Kurashev (upper body), Will Smith (upper body), John Klingberg (lower body), Adam Gaudette (lower body)
Status report
Liljegren could return after missing five games with an upper-body injury. … Klingberg doubts it; the defenseman played 19:16 in a 5-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Monday. …Gaudette should not play; the striker left in the second half on Monday and did not return.
