Garrison (lower body) has been ruled out of Tuesday's game against Montreal, Erik Erlendsson of The Tampa Tribune reports.

EDGE Analysis

Garrison sustained the lower-body injury against the Senators on Monday and the extent of the issue still remains undefined. Matt Carle seems to be in line for unexpected ice time Tuesday while Garrison undergoes further medical examination.

Garrison left Monday's game against the Senators with a lower-body injury and will not return.

EDGE Analysis

Garrison left Monday's contest against Ottawa after just 4:10 of ice time. The 31-year-old veteran defenseman can be considered day-to-day for now, and his next chance to return to action will come Tuesday when the Lightning play at Montreal.

Garrison now has a goal in each of his last two games after going 34 games without a goal. He picked up an even-strength marker in Monday's shootout loss to Montreal.

EDGE Analysis

Do not consider this the moment of resurrection for the once powerful point shooter. Garrison's best-before date has passed, at least from a fantasy perspective. He's on pace for fewer than 15 points this season.

After picking up three points in his first two games, Garrison has just a single assist in the next 26 games.

EDGE Analysis

Last season, Garrison had 30 points and a plus-27 rating in 70 games. But his struggles mirror those of his team right now. Garrison's a long way removed from his massive, 16-goal breakout in Florida. His best is probably behind him, at least from a fantasy perspective.

Garrison dialed up a plus-2 rating in Sunday's win over the Hurricanes.

EDGE Analysis

Garrison was plus-27 to go along with 30 points in the regular season of 2014-15, demonstrating his prowess on both ends of the rink. However, he has struggled a bit this campaign as the owner of a minus-1 rating with just three points through 13 games. Despite the Bolts being in second place in the Atlantic Division, they have actually allowed more goals (34) than they have scored (33) which helps explain why Garrison is having a hard time landing on the better side of the plus-minus in the early going.

Garrison scored twice, including the game winner, in Thursday's overtime win over the Flyers. The winner came on a breakaway in the 3-on-3 overtime period.

EDGE Analysis

He's not the typical breakaway type, but his owners will take it. The first goal was his typically heavy, seeing-eye hammer from the blue line that made its way through traffic and eluded starter Steve Mason. Nice outing, but this isn't something you should come to expect.

Garrison scored the game-winning goal on the power play and added an assist in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Blackhawks. He has a massive shot, but he hadn't shown it much during the regular season -- he had a great year, but had powered home just four snipes. He now plays a much more well-rounded game and that tends to make him relatively ordinary in fantasy circles.

Garrison (upper body) returned to action Thursday and picked up an assist in 14:14. They eased him back into action and he looked fine. His presence should provide the Bolts with stability on the back end.

Garrison (upper body) is on the ice for pregame warmups ahead of Thursday's Game 4 against the Red Wings, Chuck Pleiness of the Macomb Daily reports. Garrison is considered a game-time decision, but he hinted that he should be able to play. Given his participation in warmups, he'll likely be in the lineup for Thursday's game.

Garrison (upper body) will be a game-time decision for Thursday's Game 4 against the Red Wings, Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Coach Jon Cooper wouldn't divulge his lineup for Game 4, but for what it's worth, Garrison said he would be "comfortable" playing if needed. It hasn't been determined yet if Garrison will take part in warmups, but if he does, it would more than likely foreshadow his return to the lineup. Should Garrison indeed suit up, it's unclear who he might replace in the lineup, though rookie Nikita Nesterov would seem the most vulnerable after logging the fewest minutes of the Bolts' blueliners in Game 3.