Veteran defenseman Ryan McDonagh is listed as day-to-day with a lower-body injury in Sunday’s game against the Florida Panthers. There has been no update on McDonagh’s status. He has been playing on the second pairing with Erik Cernak but plays the second most time on the Lightning. His 21:58 is only behind Victor Hedman, who averages 25:32 per game. Most teams would have an issue losing a guy who plays that many minutes but not the Lightning.
Andrei Vasilevskiy improved to 12-0-0 in his last 12 appearances dating to Feb.