Lightning at Avalanche projected lineups

LIGHTNING (7-2-0) at AVALANCHE (5-4-1)

9 p.m. ET; The Spot, ALT, SN360, TVAS

Lightning projected lineup

Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Nikita Kucherov

Gage Goncalves-- Brayden Point -- Jake Guentzel

Ilya Mikheyev -- Zemgus Girgensons -- Pontus Holmberg

Jeffrey Viel -- Conor Geekie -- Dominic James

J.J. Moser -- John Carlson

Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak

Victor Hedman -- Max Crozier

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Dennis Hildeby

*Scratched: Scott Sabourin, Charle-Edouard D'Astous, Emil Lilleberg*

*Injured: Yanni Gourde (hip)*

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas

Gabriel Landeskog -- Brock Nelson -- Nazem Kadri

Jaden Schwartz -- Fedor Svechkov -- T.J. Hughes

Taylor Makar -- Parker Kelly -- Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Brett Kulak -- Sam Malinski

Josh Manson -- Brent Burns

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scott Wedgewood

*Scratched: Noah Juulsen*

*Injured: Zachary L’Heureux (upper body), Nicolas Roy (lower body)*

Status report

Tampa Bay held an optional morning skate. … Cirelli will play after the forward left a 6-2 win at the Vegas Golden Knights with an undisclosed injury on Tuesday. ... O’Connor will make his season debut after missing the past 10 games due to a lower-body injury and then the death of his father. … Taylor Makar was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Friday; the forward will make his season debut. … Roy, a forward who is day to day, participated in the Avalanche morning skate wearing a non-contact jersey.