Lines from Wednesday's game. Subject to change.
Forwards
Yanni Gourde - Brayden Point - Steven Stamkos
Ondrej Palat - Tyler Johnson - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Mathieu Joseph
J.T. Miller - Cedric Paquette - Ryan Callahan
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh - Anton Stralman
Braydon Coburn - Mikhail Sergachev
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy or Louis Domingue
Friday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Golden Knights are playing their first of two meetings this season (also: Feb. 5 vs. VGK) and the only meeting at T-Mobile Arena...Tampa Bay lost both matchups against Vegas last season...The Bolts fell 4-3 in their first ever meeting with Vegas Dec. 19, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena, Shea Theodore scoring on a power play with three seconds remaining for the game-winner...From that loss, the Lightning went 2-for-4 on the power play while Vegas was 4-for-5 with the man advantage...Vegas scored a 4-1 victory over the Lightning in the Golden Knights first ever visit to Tampa (Jan. 18, 2018), Ondrej Palat netting the Bolts' lone goal on a power play in the loss...Victor Hedman recorded a goal and two assists in his lone meeting with Vegas (DNP Jan 18 due to injury)...Nikita Kucherov recorded points in both games against VGK last season, tallying three assists...Steven Stamkos has points in two-straight games versus VGK, recording a goal and two assists...The Bolts are looking for their first win of 2018-19 versus a Pacific Division team tonight (0-1-0 entering Vegas).
Friday's Storylines
Tampa Bay enters tonight's game on a six-game point streak, going 5-0-1 over that stretch and winning two-straight games...The Bolts are playing the first half of a back-to-back set tonight, their second of 11 back-to-back sets this season...Tampa Bay is 0-0-1 in the first half of a back-to-back set so far this season...The Lightning continue to pace the NHL for points percentage (.813)...The Bolts rank tied for second in the league for goal differential (+11)...Tampa Bay tallied a power-play goal Oct. 24 at COL for its third-straight game with a power-play goal and fifth game in its last six with a power-play marker...The Lightning went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill Oct. 24 at COL to improve to 32-of-33 on the penalty kill this season and remain in the lead in the NHL for penalty kill percentage (97%)...The Bolts rank tied for third in the NHL for least amount of goals allowed per game (2.25).
Injuries
2018-19 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 5
Current injuries
None
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