SUNRISE — The Lightning must complete the Sunshine State home-and-home series against Florida fielding a depleted lineup.
C Tyler Johnson, C Cedric Paquette and LW Jonathan Drouin will all miss tonight’s game due to injury.
That means callups RW Jonathan Marchessault, LW Mike Blunden and D Matt Taormina will all be in the lineup for Tampa Bay, which is looking to rebound from Saturday’s shootout loss in Tampa to the Panthers.
Tampa Bay is also without LW Ondrej Palat, who suffered an ankle related injury on Nov. 7 that is expected to keep him out another 2-4 weeks.