Fans hoping to see some of the National Hockey League's biggest superstars when the Tampa Bay Lightning host the Edmonton Oilers tonight at AMALIE Arena are going to be in for a bit of a letdown.
The Lightning will be without their top two scorers in Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos when they take on the Oilers. Anthony Cirelli, arguably the team's best two-way forward, will be missing from the lineup too. All three forwards are day-to-day with lower-body injuries and are unable to play against Edmonton.
That's in addition to defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Jan Rutta, who are expected to be out for at least another week-and-a-half as they too recover from lower-body injuries.
Injuries continue to pile up for Bolts ahead of matchup vs. Oilers
Tonight's lineup will feature 11 forwards and seven defensemen with both Alexander Volkov and Cameron Gaunce drawing in