Lightning trio of Drouin, Palat, Paquette to miss at least 3 games

The Tampa Bay Lightning will have to navigate their three-game road trip this week without three important components to their lineup.

Ondrej Palat, Jonathan Drouin, and Cedric Paquette were left off the team's charter and will each miss at least the next three games, Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune reports.

Tyler Johnson, too, is not expected to be available this week. Erik Condra remains questionable, as well.

Palat suffered a lower-body injury Saturday night, just two days after the "Triplet Line" was finally reunited. Drouin, meanwhile, was scratched ahead of the game with a lower-body injury himself.

Paquette hasn't played since Nov. 14.

The Lightning called up forwards Joel Vermin and Yanni Gourde to help fill the void.