When:Wednesday, February 3 - 5:30 p.m. ET
Where:Amalie Arena - Tampa, FL
TV coverage: NBCSN (check local listings)
Radio coverage: WDAE 620-AM,
Lightning Power Play
Where to stream it:
NBC Sports Live
,
NHL.TV
Lines from Monday's game (subject to change)
Forwards
Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Steven Stamkos
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Tyler Johnson
Blake Coleman - Yanni Gourde - Barclay Goodrow
Patrick Maroon - Mathieu Joseph
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev - Luke Schenn
Cal Foote
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy expected to start
Wednesday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Red Wings are playing their first of eight meetings this season and begin a two-game set tonight...Tampa Bay had won 16 in a row in the regular season over Detroit -- the longest win streak against one franchise in team history and tied for the third longest in NHL history -- until falling 5-4 in a shootout March 8, 2020 at Little Caesars Arena in the Bolts' second-to-last 2019-20 regular season game prior to the NHL Pause...From that contest, Brayden Point scored two goals, Curtis McElhinney stopped 24-of-28 shots, the Bolts rallied from a 4-2 deficit in the 3rd period to earn a point and Detroit's Robby Fabbri netted the game-deciding goal in the 3rd Rd. of the shootout...Tampa Bay went 1-0-1 against Detroit in 2019-20 with two games cancelled (March 14 vs. DET and April 4 @ DET) because of the COVID-19 pandemic...The Lightning earned a 2-1 win at AMALIE Arena Dec. 29, 2019, Brayden Point breaking a 1-1 tie and netting the game-winning goal (PP 5:33 - 3rd) and Curtis McElhinney making 19-of-20 saves...Tampa Bay has won 14 in a row at home over Detroit, a streak that started with a 2-1 shootout win Dec. 12, 2013, Martin St. Louis tallying the game-deciding goal in the 6th Rd. of the shootout...Tampa Bay's 14 game home win streak over Detroit is the longest home win streak in franchise history, second longest active home win streak in the NHL (longest: PHI 16-game active home win streak vs. CHI) and tied for the 17th longest in NHL
history...The Bolts' last home loss to Detroit came Feb. 17, 2011 in a 6-2 defeat, Pavel Datsyuk scoring a pair of goals to pace the Red Wings...The Lightning own a .500 points percentage against Detroit and are 28-28-2 with two ties in 60 all-time meetings.
Wednesday's Storylines
The Lightning are a perfect 4-0-0 at AMALIE Arena in 2020-21 and have started a season with four-consecutive home wins for the sixth time in franchise history (also: 2017-18, 2012-13, 2007-08, 2003-04 and 2002-03)...Tampa Bay has started a season with five-straight home wins four times previously (2017-18, 2012-13, 2007-08 and 2002-03)...The franchise record for consecutive home wins to begin a season is six by the 2017-18 team...Tampa Bay is one of seven NHL teams with a perfect record at home...The Lightning, Boston, Dallas and Pittsburgh are all 4-0-0 at home and each share the NHL's longest active home win streak.
Injuries
2020-21 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 12
Current injuries:
Nikita Kucherov (Hip surgery Dec. 29; Out) - 7 Games
Mitchell Stephens (Lower-body injury; Out indefinitely) - 3 Games
The Road Ahead
Friday, February 5 vs. Detroit Red Wings
Monday, February 8 at Nashville Predators
Tuesday, February 9 at Nashville Predators
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