Projected Lineup (subject to change)
Forwards
Ondrej Palat - Steven Stamkos - Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Alex Killorn
Nick Paul - Brayden Point - Ross Colton
Patrick Maroon - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - Corey Perry
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev - Zach Bogosian
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Monday's Matchup
The Lightning and Avalanche are playing Game 3 of their best-of-seven 2022 Stanley Cup Final...The series shifts to Tampa's AMALIE Arena for Games 3 and 4 with the Bolts looking to earn their first win of this season's Cup Final...The Lightning have never trailed 0-2 in a Cup Final previously...Tampa Bay has yet to defeat Colorado this season in four tries in the regular season and playoffs combined, one of the losses coming in overtime (Game 1) and another in a shootout (10/23/21)...The Lightning's last win against Colorado came Feb. 17, 2020, a 4-3 overtime win in Denver punctuated by Nikita Kucherov's takeaway and breakaway goal in extra time, a victory that capped the Bolts' franchise-record 11-game win streak...Corey Perry has recorded the most points of any player on the Lightning for his career against Colorado with 16-20--36 pts. in 52 career games, regular season and playoffs...Tampa Bay is 21-14 all-time in Game 3s, including an 8-7 mark in home Game 3s.
Monday's Storylines
The Lightning trail 0-2 in a best-of-seven series for the seventh time in their playoff history; the Bolts have come back to win a series twice when down 0- 2, reeling off four-consecutive wins in a 2003 Eastern Conference Quarterfinal versus Washington after losing the first two games at home for the franchise's first-ever playoff series win and accomplishing the feat again this postseason in the Eastern Conference Final versus the New York Rangers after dropping the first two games on the road before winning four straight...Tampa Bay enters Game 3 having won seven-straight home games, a franchise record for the longest home win streak in playoff history...Over the last two postseasons, the Lightning are 16-4 at AMALIE Arena...The 2022 Stanley Cup Final marks the first instance of Tampa Bay facing the top-seeded team from the opposite conference in the Cup Final; the Lightning are 4- 0 in their last four head-to-head series against the No. 1-ranked team from a conference, including a four-game sweep of Florida in the 2022 Second Round (also: 4-1 W vs. BOS in 2020 2nd Rd., 4-3 W vs. NYR in 2015 ECF and 4-0 W vs. WSH in 2011 ECSF).
Injuries
2021-22 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 185
2022 Playoff Man Games Lost: 10
Current injuries
None
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Tampa Bay Sports Item of the Game
Stanley Cup Final Match-up Pucks
Commemorate the 2022 Stanley Cup Final match-up between the Lightning and the Avalanche with these two Limited Edition Pucks… in store and online at TampaBaySports.com while supplies last.
The Road Ahead
Game 4: Lightning vs. Avalanche, Wednesday, June 22
Game 5: Lightning at Avalanche, Friday, June 24 (if necessary)
Game 6: Lightning vs. Avalanche, Sunday, June 26 (if necessary)
Game 7: Lightning at Avalanche, Tuesday, June 28 (if necessary)
