When:Friday, February 5 - 7 p.m. ET
Where:Amalie Arena - Tampa, FL
TV coverage: FOX Sports SUn (check local listings)
Radio coverage: WFLA 970-AM,
Lightning Power Play
Where to stream it:
FOX Sports Sun
,
NHL.TV
Lines from Wednesday's game (subject to change)
Forwards
Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Steven Stamkos
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Tyler Johnson
Blake Coleman - Yanni Gourde - Barclay Goodrow
Pat Maroon - Mathieu Joseph
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev - Luke Schenn
Cal Foote
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Friday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Red Wings are playing their second of eight meetings this season and complete a two-game set tonight...Tampa Bay is on an 18 game point streak versus Detroit dating to February 3, 2016, the Bolts posting a 17-0-1 record over that stretch...Tampa Bay's last regulation loss to the Red Wings in the regular season came Nov. 3, 2015 at Detroit in a 2-1 defeat...The Lightning have won 15 in a row at home over the Red Wings, which is the longest home win streak against one opponent in franchise history, the second longest active home win streak against one opponent in the NHL (longest: PHI 16-game active home win streak vs. CHI) and tied for the 16th longest home win streak against one opponent 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.
Friday's Storylines
Tampa Bay has started a season with five-straight home wins for the fifth time in franchise history (also: 2017-18, 2012-13, 2007-08 and 2002-03) and can match the franchise record for most consecutive home wins to start a season (6 in 2017-18) with a win tonight...The Lightning are one of seven NHL teams with a perfect record at home but the only team with five or more home wins to start 2020-21...The Bolts are looking to sweep a homestand of four or more games for the first time since Dec. 6-13, 2018...Tampa Bay ranks third in the Central Division and also third overall in the NHL standings by points percentage (.813)...The Lightning have collected 13 points through the first eight games of the season, tied for the second-best start through eight games in franchise history (best: 7-0-1, 15 pts. in 2003-04)...The Bolts have collected 13 points through eight games for the third time in the last four seasons.
Injuries
2020-21 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 14
Current injuries:
Nikita Kucherov (Hip surgery Dec. 29; Out) - 8 Games
Mitchell Stephens (Lower-body injury; Out indefinitely) - 4 Games
The Road Ahead
Monday, February 8 at Nashville Predators
Tuesday, February 9 at Nashville Predators
Thursday, February 11 at Florida Panthers
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