Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay's matchup against the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.
When: Sunday, December 31 - 7 p.m. ET
Where: AMALIE Arena - Tampa, FL
TV coverage: Bally Sports (check local listings)
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Where to stream it: BallySports.com
Lines from Saturday's game (subject to change)
Forwards
Nick Paul - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Steven Stamkos
Tanner Jeannot - Luke Glendening - Mikey Eyssimont
Conor Sheary - Tyler Motte - Alex Barre-Boulet
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Nick Perbix
Haydn Fleury - Erik Cernak
Calvin de Haan - Darren Raddysh
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Sunday's Matchup
The Lightning and Canadiens are playing the second of four matchups this season and the first of two meetings at AMALIE Arena…The Bolts skated to a 5-3 victory Nov. 7 at MTL in the first contest between the two teams this season…Five Tampa Bay skaters posted a multi-point effort Nov. 7 at MTL (Brandon Hagel, 0-2—2; Victor Hedman, 0-2—2; Nikita Kucherov, 1-1—2; Nick Paul, 2-0—2; Steven Stamkos, 0-2—2)…Hagel has found the scoresheet in five of his eight career games vs. MTL (6-4—10)… Kucherov has picked up points in 16 of his last 19 contests vs. MTL (11-17—28) with 11 multi-point efforts during that span… Kucherov has pointed in nine of his last 11 home games vs. MTL (5-11—16), including each of the last four meetings at AMALIE Arena (2-6—8)…Stamkos has found the scoresheet in 17 of his last 19 contests vs. MTL (10-14—24)…Brayden Point has picked up points in four straight games vs. MTL (3-2—5) and has pointed in eight of the last nine meetings (6-5—11)… Hedman has found the scoresheet in eight of his last nine contests vs. MTL (3-10—13)…Anthony Cirelli has picked up points in six of his last 10 games vs. MTL (3-4—7)…Tampa Bay is 9-0-1 in their last 10 home games vs. MTL and 8-1-1 in the last 10 meetings overall…The Lightning are 57-39-11 with six ties all-time vs. MTL, including a home record of 29-15- 8 with five ties…Hedman (9-38—47) holds the Bolts franchise records for career assists and points vs. MTL, while Stamkos (23-22—45) leads the way in goals.
Injuries
Mikhail Sergachev - Lower-body - Day-to-day
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The Road Ahead
Tuesday, January 2 at Winnipeg Jets
Thursday, January 4 at Minnesota Wild
Saturday, January 6 at Boston Bruins
