Lines from Monday's practice. Subject to change.
Forwards
Ondrej Palat - Steven Stamkos - Yanni Gourde
Tyler Johnson - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - J.T. Miller
Adam Erne - Cedric Paquette - Ryan Callahan
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev - Anton Stralman
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Louis Domingue
Wednesday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Penguins are playing their second of three meetings this season (also: Feb. 9 vs. PIT) and the second of two meetings at PPG Paints Arena...The Bolts and the Pens will play twice in a 11-day span...Tampa Bay earned a 4-3 victory over the Penguins in the first meeting Nov. 15 in Pittsburgh, Brayden Point tallying his first career hat trick (natural), all three goals coming on the power play in a span of 91 seconds over the first and second periods, to help the Bolts overcome a 2-0 deficit, and Yanni Gourde netting the game-winning goal at 7:56 of the second period, also on the power play, with the game tied 3-3...Louis Domingue stopped 28-of-31 shots in the second game in his run of 11-consecutive starts (11/13-12/3)...That victory ended a three-game regular season losing skid in Pittsburgh for the Bolts...The Lightning are 2-11-1 in Pittsburgh during the regular season since the start of the 2010-11 season...The Bolts have won three of their last four overall against the Pens however...Tyler Johnson has an assist in three of his last four games vs. PIT... J.T. Miller has recorded points (1-4--5) in three of his last four games vs. PIT...Alex Killorn is on a four-game assist streak vs. PIT (7 assists total) and has more regular season assists (13 in 19 games) vs. PIT than he does against any other NHL team...Brayden Point has four goals and five points over his last three games vs. PIT...Yanni Gourde (2-2--4) and Mikhail Sergachev (1-3--4) are each on a three-game point streak vs. PIT...Nikita Kucherov has recorded points in four of his last five games vs. PIT (4-5--9)...Steven Stamkos has tallied points in six of his last seven games (3-8--11) vs. PIT (DNP in 2016-17 vs. PIT due to injury).
Wednesday's Storylines
The Lightning begin a three-game-in-four-nights road trip tonight...Tampa Bay is coming off its bye week and playing for the first time since Jan. 19...Tampa Bay continues to top the NHL standings, a position it has held continuously since Dec. 2, and owns a five-point lead over second-place Calgary, a 14-point lead at the top of the Atlantic Division and a 13-point lead atop the Eastern Conference...The Lightning are on pace to finish the regular season with 127 points; there have been only four instances in NHL history of a team recording at least 125 points in a season, a feat last achieved by Detroit in 1995-96 (131 pts.)...The Bolts' 76 points through 49 games are their most through the first 49 games of a season in franchise history, bettering the previous mark of 71 points through the first 49 games of 2017-18...The Lightning pace the NHL for wins (37), points (76), ROW (34), points percentage (.776), goals (196), goals per game (4), goal differential (+59), power-play percentage (29.5%), road wins (17), road points (36), road goals (90) and road points percentage (.750).
Injuries
2018-19 Man Games Lost: 79
Tyler Johnson (Lower Body; Day-to-Day) 1 Game
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