Lines from Thursday's game. Subject to change.
Forwards
J.T. Miller - Steven Stamkos - Tyler Johnson
Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Yanni Gourde
Adam Erne - Cedric Paquette - Danick Martel
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Anton Stralman
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Braydon Coburn - Dan Girardi
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Louis Domingue
Saturday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Oilers are playing their second of two meetings this season and the only meeting at Rogers Place...Tampa Bay earned a 5-2 victory in the first meeting Nov. 6 at AMALIE Arena, Nikita Kucherov scoring a pair of goals in a three-point night, Steven Stamkos tallying a goal and two assists for a three-point night and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33-of-35 shots in the win...The Lightning have won two straight over the Oilers...The Bolts have just one victory in their last last seven trips to Edmonton, however, going 1-4-2 since the start of the 2008-09 season...Tampa Bay lost 6-2 in its last visit to Edmonton Feb. 5, the four-goal margin of defeat tied for the largest of the season for the Bolts in 2017-18...Tyler Johnson has recorded points in 10 of his 11 career games vs. EDM (2-10--12)...Ondrej Palat has scored three goals and recorded four points over his last two games vs. EDM but has missed three of the last four meetings due to injury...Nikita Kucherov has tallied points in six of his last seven games vs. EDM (7-6--13)...Steven Stamkos has recorded points in five of his last six games vs. EDM (3---9).
Saturday's Storylines
The Lightning's current 11-game point streak (10-0-1) is tied for the third-longest in franchise history; the only point streaks of more or equal games came during the 2003-04 (18 games, 14-0-4), 2002-03 (13 games, 7-0-6) and 2013-14 (11 games, 7-0-4) seasons...Tampa Bay's 11-game point streak is tied for the longest in the NHL this season (also: COL - 9-0-2 in 11 games from Nov. 11-Dec. 2)...The Bolts are the only NHL team without a regulation loss in December...Tampa Bay is 13-1-1 over its last 15 games...The Lightning's 56 points through 36 games are tied for their most points through the first 36 games of a season in franchise history (also: 56 points through the first 36 games of 2017-18) ...Tampa Bay remains in first place in the NHL standings and owns an eight-point lead over second place Toronto and Winnipeg...The Bolts pace the NHL for goals (145), goals per game (4.03) and goal differential (+45)...The Lightning own the best road points percentage (.765) in the NHL and are on a six-game road point streak (5-0-1).
Injuries
2018-19 Man Games Lost: 67
Current injuries
Ryan Callahan (Upper Body; Day-to-Day) 2 Games
Mathieu Joseph (Lower Body; Day-to-Day) 4 Games
Tampa Bay Sports Item of the Game
Lightning PopSockets
Get this Lightning PopSocket and other cool last-minute stocking stuffers at our International Plaza location with extended holiday hours. Also available at TampaBaySports.com for post-Christmas deliveries.
The Road Ahead
Thursday, Dec. 27 vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Saturday, Dec. 29 vs. Montreal Canadiens
Monday, Dec. 31 at Anaheim Ducks
