Projected Lineup
Forwards
Ondrej Palat - Steven Stamkos - Alex Barré-Boulet
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Gabriel Fortier
Pat Maroon - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - Corey Perry
Boris Katchouk - Ross Colton - Taylor Raddysh
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh - Zach Bogosian
Mikhail Sergachev - Cal Foote
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Tuesday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Blues are playing their first of two meetings this season and the only meeting at Enterprise Center...Tampa Bay and St. Louis will play both meetings this season within a three-day span, the Bolts hosting the Blues Dec. 2 at AMALIE Arena...The Lightning and Blues are playing for the first time since Nov. 27, 2019, a 4-3 loss for the Bolts at AMALIE Arena despite multi-point games from Nikita Kucherov (1-2--3) and Brayden Point (1-1--2)...Tampa Bay has lost four in a row to St. Louis, going 0-3-1 since the start of the 2018-19 season...The Lightning have lost two in a row at Enterprise Center, their last win in St. Louis coming Dec. 12, 2017, a 3-0 victory powered by a 32-save shutout from Andrei Vasilevskiy...The Bolts own just four all-time wins in St. Louis, going 4-15-2 in 21 games in the Gateway City... Tampa Bay's .238 point percentage in St. Louis is its second-lowest road point percentage against any NHL team (lowest: .200 at MIN).
Tuesday's Storylines
Tampa Bay concludes a two-game road trip tonight...The Lightning have just two regulation losses in November, tied for the fewest in the NHL along with TOR, NYR and COL...Tampa Bay is attempting to finish a November with just two regulation losses for the first time in franchise history (current best: 3 regulation losses, 9-3-1 overall Nov. 2014)...Tampa Bay's .750 point percentage so far this November would rank as the highest in franchise history for the month (current best: .731 Nov. 2014)...The Bolts have played just eight road games so far this season, tied with NJD, BOS, COL, LAK and CBJ for the fewest in the NHL...Tampa Bay owns the sixth best road point percentage (.688) in the NHL.
Injuries
2021-22 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 69
Current injuries
Erik Cernak (Upper-body injury Nov. 9; Week-to-week) 8 Games
Mathieu Joseph (Lower-body injury Nov. 28; Day-to-day)
Nikita Kucherov (Lower-body injury; Underwent successful procedure Oct. 26; Out 8-10 weeks) 17 Games
Brayden Point (Upper-body injury Nov. 20; Out 4-6 weeks) 4 Games
Gemel Smith (Lower-body injury Sept. 28; Out indefinitely) 20 Games
Tampa Bay Sports Item of the Game
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The Road Ahead
Thursday, December 2 vs. St. Louis Blues
Saturday, December 4 at Boston Bruins
Sunday, December 5 at Philadelphia Flyers
