The end of the road. Finally. The end of the losing streak?

CANUCKS (2-6-1) at LIGHTNING (5-2-0)

4 p.m. ET; The Spot, SNP

The Canucks have lost every game on this road trip. The last game in SoBeach was almost not. Almost a win might be the best we can hope for this season. Let's talk about the Draft! Too soon?

Rebuild Rules state you will lose more games than win. Much more. That tracks.

As we don't watch another freaking afternoon game, enjoy the losses as much as the wins.

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Jonathan Lekkerimaki

Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Linus Karlsson

Paul Cotter -- Filip Chytil -- Brock Boeser

Drew O'Connor -- Max Sasson -- Brendan Gallagher

Elias Pettersson -- Filip Hronek

Jamie Oleksiak -- Tom Willander

Zeev Buium -- Victor Mancini

Leevi Merilainen

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Guillaume Brisebois, Luke Schenn, Arshdeep Bains, Aatu Raty

Injured: Thatcher Demko (hip)

Lightning projected lineup

Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Nikita Kucherov

Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Gage Goncalves

Ilya Mikheyev -- Zemgus Girgensons -- Pontus Holmberg

Jeffrey Viel -- Dominic James -- Conor Geekie

J.J. Moser -- John Carlson

Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak

Victor Hedman -- Max Crozier

Dennis Hildeby

Andrei Vasilevskiy

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

Injured: Yanni Gourde (hip)

Status report

Goncalves is expected to return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for a 4-3 overtime win against the Seattle Kraken on Thursday. ... Hildeby, who returned to the lineup after missing one game with an undisclosed injury, is expected to start.

GAME DAY CHATTER

Why does Rogers get so much free rent in our minds?

League leading Canucks?

GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN

Every period counts (dammit). Every shift counts too.

Go Canucks Go.