Everything you need to know ahead of the Lightning's matchup against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday:
When: Saturday, March 14 - 7 p.m. ET
Where: Benchmark International Arena - Tampa, FL
TV Coverage: The Spot - Tampa Bay 66 (check local listings)TampaBaySports.com
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Stream: TampaBayLightning.com/StreamNow
Lines from Thursday's game (subject to change)
Forwards
Gage Goncalves - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Jake Guentzel
Oliver Bjorkstrand - Yanni Gourde - Pontus Holmberg
Corey Perry - Zemgus Girgensons - Scott Sabourin
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - JJ Moser
Ryan McDonagh - Darren Raddysh
Charle-Edouard D'Astous - Declan Carlile
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Saturday's Matchup
The Tampa Bay Lightning will close their 2025-26 season series against the Carolina Hurricanes this Saturday at Benchmark International Arena...The Lightning are 1-1-0 versus the Hurricanes in 2025-26 and have been led by Jake Guentzel (2-3—5) in those games...Tampa Bay holds a 74- 54-21 all-time record versus Carolina, which includes a 45-22-6 record on home ice...Martin St. Louis is the franchise’s career scoring leader against the Hurricanes with 38-48—86 in 75 games, and Nikita Kucherov paces active Bolts with 13-29—42 in 31 career games. Brayden Point is the next current Bolt with 18-15—33 in 32 games...Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy is 1-0-0 with an .818 save percentage against Carolina this season, while Jonas Johansson is 0-1-0 with an .848 save percentage...Vasilevskiy carries a 16-6-3 career record against the Hurricanes and .925 save percentage into Saturday’s matchup, while Johansson is 1-2-0 with a .907 save percentage as a Bolt, his lone career starts against the franchise over his NHL career.
Tampa Bay Sports Item of the Game
Levelwear St Patrick's Day
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The Road Ahead
Tuesday, March 17 at Seattle Kraken
Thursday, March 19 at Vancouver Canucks
Saturday, March 21 at Edmonton Oilers
