Nuts & Bolts: Home ice on the line in the regular season finale

It'll take the 56th and final game of the regular season to determine who owns the home ice advantage in the First Round series between the Lightning and Panthers. For Tampa Bay, they enter Monday night's contest needing a win to ensure the series begins at Amalie Arena.
When:Monday, May 10 - 7:00 p.m. ET
Where:BB&T Center - Sunrise, FL
TV coverage: Bally Sports Sun (check local listings)
Radio coverage: 970 WFLA-AM,
Lightning Power Play
Stream info:
Bally Sports App
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NHL.TV

Projected Lineup (subject to change)
Forwards
Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Alex Barré-Boulet
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Ross Colton
Daniel Walcott - Yanni Gourde - Blake Coleman
Mitchell Stephens - Tyler Johnson - Mathieu Joseph
Defensemen
Mikhail Sergachev - Erik Cernak
Fredrik Claesson - David Savard
Luke Schenn - Ben Thomas
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Monday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Panthers are playing the final game of their regular season series and the fourth of four games at BB&T Center... Tampa Bay is 3-4-0 against Florida this season, including a 1-2-0 mark at BB&T Center...The Panthers are the only opponent this season the Lightning have a sub .500 point percentage against (.429)...The Bolts have lost two in a row to the Cats by a combined 10-4 score... Brayden Point (4-2--6 pts.), Victor Hedman (1-5--6 pts.) and Ondrej Palat (1-5--6 pts.) pace the Lightning for scoring this season versus Florida...Brayden Point and Tyler Johnson (4-0--4 pts.) lead the Bolts for goals against the Panthers...Tampa Bay and Florida will meeting for the 146th time in the regular season tonight; the Lightning have played more regular season games versus Florida than any other NHL franchise...The Bolts are 65-57-13 with 10 ties all-time versus the Panthers.
Monday's Storylines
The Lightning conclude the 2020-21 regular season tonight...Tampa Bay can secure a second place finish in the Central Division and home-ice advantage for its First Round playoff series against Florida with a win in regulation tonight; any other result would see the Lightning finish third in the Central...Tampa Bay and Florida will face each other in the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs for the teams' first-ever playoff series against one another...The Lightning have given up just one power-play goal over the last six games and own a 94.4% penalty kill percentage over that stretch (17-of-18 penalties killed)...The Bolts' .682 point percentage would rank third best in franchise history if the season ended today (best: .780 in 2018-19; 2nd best: .689 in 2017-18)...Since the 2017-18 season, the Lightning have more wins (195) than any other NHL franchise (2nd: Boston - 175 wins).
Injuries
2020-21 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 148
Barclay Goodrow (Upper-body injury May 8; Out indefinitely)
Victor Hedman (Lower-body injury May 8; Day-to-day) 1 Game
Nikita Kucherov (Hip Surgery Dec. 29; Out) 55 Games
Ryan McDonagh (Upper-body injury May 8; Day-to-day) 1 Game
Jan Rutta (Lower-body injury May 8; Day-to-day) 1 Game
Steven Stamkos (Lower-body injury Apr. 8; Out) 15 Games
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