Projected Lineup (subject to change)
Forwards
Ondrej Palat
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Brayden Point
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Alex Barre-Boulet
Tyler Johnson
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Anthony Cirelli
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Alex Killorn
Barclay Goodrow
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Yanni Gourde
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Blake Coleman
Pat Maroon
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Ross Colton
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Mathieu Joseph
Defensemen
Victor Hedman
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Erik Cernak
Ryan McDonagh
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David Savard
Mikhail Sergachev
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Luke Schenn
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Sunday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Red Wings are facing off for the eighth and final time this season and playing the fourth of four meetings at Little Caesars Arena...Tampa Bay is 4-2-1 against Detroit in 2020-21, including a 1-1-1 record at Little Caesars Arena...The Lightning have dropped two in a row to Detroit and three of the last four meetings between the two teams...The Bolts are 6-1-2 in Detroit since the start of the 2016-17 season...Brayden Point has scored a goal in four of seven matchups with Detroit this season and leads the Bolts for goals against the Red Wings (4-2--6 pts.)...Ondrej Palat (1-5--6 pts.) and Brayden Point pace the Lightning for scoring this season against the Red Wings...Andrei Vasilevskiy is 4-0-0 versus Detroit this season and is a perfect 12-0-0 for his regular season career against the Red Wings, one of three teams he's never lost to in the regular season (also: 11-0-0 vs. CHI and 4-0-0 vs. ANA).
Sunday's Storylines
The Lightning complete their eighth of nine back-to-back sets today...Tampa Bay is 4-2-1 in the second half of a back-to-back set...The Lightning enter today's contest on a five-game point streak (4-0-1), tied for their third-longest point streak of the season...The Bolts haven't given up a goal in two straight games and are on a shutout streak of 131:08, their last goal allowed coming at 13:51 of the 3rd period Apr. 27 at CHI...Tampa Bay ranks second in the NHL for wins (34) behind only Vegas (35)...The Lightning are looking to finish the regular season as the NHL wins leader for the third time overall and third time in the last four seasons (also: 54 wins in 2017-18 and 62 wins in 2018-19)...Since the start of the 2017-18 season, the Lightning own a .709 regular season point percentage, highest in the NHL (2nd highest: Boston - .678)...The Bolts have won 193 combined regular season games since the start of 2017-18, the most in the NHL (2nd most: Boston - 173 wins)...Tampa Bay owns a .696 point percentage currently in 2020-21; if the season ended today, that point percentage would rank as the second highest in franchise history (highest: .780 in 2018-19).
Injuries
2020-21 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 135
Nikita Kucherov (Hip Surgery Dec. 29; Out) 51 Games
Jan Rutta (Lower-body injury March 30; Week-to-week) 16 Games
Steven Stamkos (Lower-body injury Apr. 8; Out) 11 Games
The Road Ahead
Wednesday, May 5, vs. Dallas Stars
Friday, May 7 vs. Dallas Stars
Saturday, May 8 at Florida Panthers
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