Projected Lineup (subject to change)
Forwards
Ondrej Palat - Steven Stamkos - Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Alex Killorn
Ross Colton - Nick Paul - Corey Perry
Patrick Maroon - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - Riley Nash
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev - Zach Bogosian
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Sunday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Avalanche are playing Game 6 of their best-of-seven 2022 Stanley Cup Final...Tampa Bay trails 3-2 in the series and will play its final game at AMALIE Arena in the 2021-22 season on Sunday...The Lightning are 8-2 at home in the 2022 Playoffs and had a franchise playoff-record eight-game home win streak that was stopped by Colorado in the last contest at AMALIE Arena, a 3-2 Avs OT victory in Game 4...Tampa Bay is 11-8 all- time in Game 6s, including a 6-4 record in home Game 6s...The Bolts are 2-0 this postseason in Game 6s.
Sunday's Storylines
Tampa Bay is 3-0 in potential elimination games in the 2022 Playoffs and will have to win two more elimination games to complete it's quest to three- peat as Stanley Cup champions...The Lightning are the second team in NHL history to win at least four consecutive games while facing elimination, all by a one-goal margin, going back to Game 7 of the 2021 Stanley Cup Semifinal versus the New York Islanders (Chicago also achieved the feat from 2013 to 2014)...Tampa Bay improved to 14-10 all-time when facing elimination following its Game 5 win...The Bolts have trailed 3-2 in a Cup Final twice previously, winning in 2004 against Calgary for the franchise's first Stanley Cup and losing in Game 6 to Chicago in 2015...The Lightning are attempting to rally from a 3-1 deficit in a playoff series for the second time in franchis history; the Bolts fell behind 3-1 to Pittsburgh in the 2011 Eastern Conference Quarterfinal before rallying to win three straight by a combined 13-4, two of the three victories coming in Pittsburgh.
Injuries
2021-22 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 185
2022 Playoff Man Games Lost: 13
Current injuries
None
Play It Safe
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Tampa Bay Sports Item of the Game
Lightning 3x5 Flag
Show your Lightning spirit ahead of Game 6 by flying this 3x5 Lightning Flag for only $19.99! Get yours at TampaBaySports.com or in store at AMALIE Arena. The store opens at NOON for Sunday's game.
The Road Ahead
Game 7: Lightning at Avalanche, Tuesday, June 28 (if necessary)
