Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay's matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.
When: Saturday, April 6 - 1:00 p.m. ET
Where: PPG Paints Arena - Pittsburgh, PA
TV coverage: ESPN+
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Where to stream it: ESPN+
Lines from Thursday's Game (subject to change)
Anthony Duclair - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Steven Stamkos - Anthony Cirelli - Brandon Hagel
Mikey Eyssimont - Nick Paul - Mitchell Chaffee
Tanner Jeannot - Luke Glendening - Tyler Motte
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Darren Raddysh
Haydn Fleury - Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg - Matt Dumba
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Matt Tomkins
Tonight's Matchup
The Lightning and Penguins are playing the third of three matchups this season and the only meeting at PPG Paints Arena...The Bolts are 1-1-0 vs. PIT this season following a 4-2 loss Nov. 30 and a 3-1 win Dec. 6...Nikita Kucherov (1-3—4) leads Tampa Bay in points vs. PIT this season and is tied with Victor Hedman (0-3—3) for the team lead in assists while Tanner Jeannot (2-0—2) is leading the way in goals...Kucherov is riding a five-game assist/point streak vs. PIT (2-7—9) with four multi-point efforts during that span...Brayden Point has picked up points in four straight games at PIT (3-2—5) and has eight points over the last six meetings at PPG Paints Arena (6-2—8)...Steven Stamkos is riding a three-game point streak vs. PIT (2-2—4) and has found the scoresheet in 16 of the last 19 meetings (8-16—24)...Stamkos has 13 points over his last 12 contests at PIT (7-6—13)...The Bolts are 4-6-0 in their last 10 road games at PIT and 4-5-1 in the last 10 meetings overall...Tampa Bay is 45-52-4 with five ties all-time vs. PIT, including a road record of 16-30-3 with three ties...Stamkos (16-30—46) holds the Lightning franchise record for career points vs. PIT and is tied Martin St. Louis (15-30—45) for the all-time lead in assists while Vincent Lecavalier (27-18—45) leads the way in goals.
Injuries
Tanner Jeannot - Upper-body, Day-to-day
Jonas Johansson - Lower-body, Day-to-day
Mikhail Sergachev - Lower-body, Out
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The Road Ahead
Tuesday, April 9 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets - Buy Now
Thursday, April 11 vs. Ottawa Senators - Buy Now
Saturday, April 13 at Washington Capitals
