Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay's matchup against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.
When: Thursday, November 16 - 8 p.m. ET
Where: United Center - Chicago, IL
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Where to stream it: ESPN+/Hulu
Lineup from Tuesday's game (subject to change)
Forwards
Brandon Hagel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Steven Stamkos - Anthony Cirelli - Nick Paul
Tanner Jeannot - Mikey Eyssimont - Tyler Motte
Waltteri Merelä - Luke Glendening - Alex Barré-Boulet
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev - Darren Raddysh
Calvin de Haan - Nick Perbix
Goaltenders
Jonas Johansson
Matt Tomkins
Thursday's Matchup
The Lightning and Blackhawks are playing the second of two matchups this season and the only meeting at United Center...The two teams met exactly one week ago with CHI skating to a 5-3 win over Tampa Bay at AMALIE Arena...Anthony Cirelli opened the scoring with a power-play goal 3:20 into the first period when Mikhail Sergachev moved the puck to the left circle for Brandon Hagel, who sent a pass to the slot for Cirelli to fire a quick one-timer past Petr Mrazek and make it 1-0 with his second goal of the season...Connor Bedard evened the score 1:22 later with his sixth goal of the season...Nikita Kucherov scored his 11th goal of the season at the 12:31 mark of the first to make it 2-1 when he jumped on a loose puck in front and quickly swept it into the back of the net with Tanner Jeannot and Victor Hedman picking up the helpers...CHI went on to score three straight goals to close out the third period, with Kevin Korchinski (16:43), Tyler Johnson (17:38) and Bedard (19:52) all lighting the lamp to send the Lightning to the locker room trailing 4-2...Corey Perry scored the lone goal of the second period, a power-play goal at the 2:12 mark to give CHI a 5-2 lead...With Jonas Johansson pulled for an extra attacker, Steven Stamkos scored the final goal of the contest, making it a 5-3 game with Cirelli and Brayden Point picking up the assists with 2:10 remaining in the third period...Johansson made 24 saves on 29 shots against in the defeat...Sergachev recorded his 200th career assist...Since being traded to Tampa Bay from CHI in 2022, Hagel has picked up points in each of his four games against his former team with goals in three of the four contests (3-2—5)...Point is riding a seven-game point streak vs. CHI (5-6—11) and has found the scoresheet in 17 of his 20 career contests vs. CHI (11-15—26)...Hedman has points in three straight games vs. CHI (0-4—4) and 16 of his last 21 contests vs. CHI (5-22—27)...Kucherov has picked up points in 11 of his 16 career contests vs. CHI (6-11—17)... Stamkos has found the scoresheet in 10 of his last 12 games vs. CHI (6-9—15)...Sergachev has picked up points in seven of his last nine contests vs. CHI (1-10—11)...Tampa Bay is 9-0-1 in their last 10 road games at CHI and 8-1-1 in the last 10 meetings overall...The Bolts have won 25 of their last 30 games vs. CHI with only two regulation losses during that span...The Lightning are 34-16-4 with five ties all-time vs. CHI, including a road record of 15-10-3 with two ties...Stamkos (17-16—33) holds the Tampa Bay franchise records for career goals and points vs. CHI, while Hedman (6-25—31) leads the way in assists.
Injuries
Erik Cernak - Upper-body, day-to-dayConor Sheary - Upper-body, out
Andrei Vasilevskiy - Back, out
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The Road Ahead
Saturday, November 18 vs. Edmonton Oilers - Buy Tickets
Monday, November 20 vs. Boston Bruins - Buy Tickets
Wednesday, November 22 vs. Winnipeg Jets - Buy Tickets
