Projected Lineups for Lightning vs Panthers – 03/03/25

The Florida Panthers and newly acquired defenseman Seth Jones host the Tampa Bay Lightning in the battle of the Sunshine State at Amerant Bank Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

LIGHTNING (35-20-4) at PANTHERS (37-21-3)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, SCRIPPS

Lightning Projected Lineup

Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Gage Goncalves
Mitchell Chaffee — Nick Paul — Michael Eyssimont
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening

Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Darren Raddysh
Nick Perbix

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Cam Atkinson

Injured: None

Status Report: 

Tampa Bay will use a lineup with 11 forwards and seven defensemen for the third consecutive game.

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Panthers Projected Lineup

Carter Verhaeghe — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Mackie Samoskevich — Sam Bennett — Evan Rodrigues
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer — Tomas Nosek — Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Seth Jones
Nate Schmidt — Dmitry Kulikov

Sergei Bobrovsky
Chris Driedger

Scratched: Uvis Balinskis

Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body)

Status report:

Jones will make his Panthers debut after being acquired in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday. … Driedger was recalled from Charlotte of the American Hockey League on Sunday after goalie Spencer Knight was traded to Chicago for Jones. … Tkachuk was placed on long-term injured reserve Sunday and will miss his fifth consecutive game. General manager Bill Zito said Monday the forward will be out an “extended period of time,” and that the Panthers “hope to get him back for the [Stanley Cup] Playoffs.”

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