Lines from Thursday's game (subject to change)
Forwards
Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Steven Stamkos
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Mathieu Joseph
Barclay Goodrow - Yanni Gourde - Blake Coleman
Patrick Maroon - Ross Colton - Tyler Johnson
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Erik Cernak
Ryan McDonagh - Ben Thomas
Mikhail Sergachev - Cal Foote
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Saturday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Predators are playing their seventh of eight meetings this season and the third of four at Bridgestone Arena...Tampa Bay and Nashville start a two-game set to close out their season series tonight...The Lightning are 5-1-0 against the Predators, winning the first five meetings this season but dropping the last 4-1 March 15 at AMALIE Arena...Tampa Bay is 2-0-0 at Bridgestone Arena this season, winning both games by a combined 10-2...The Lightning have won three in a row in Nashville and four of their last five at Bridgestone Arena... Tampa Bay is 9-7-2 all-time in Nashville...The Bolts are averaging 4.33 goals per game this season against Nashville, their highest scoring average against any opponent...Steven Stamkos has scored a goal in five of six games this season versus Nashville and leads the Lightning for goals and scoring against the Predators (6-3--9 pts.)...Stamkos is on an eight-game point streak vs. Nashville (7-5--12 pts.)...Andrei Vasilevskiy is 4-0-0/.926/2.26 in four starts this season vs. Nashville.
Saturday's Storylines
The Lightning are playing the third game in a four-game road trip tonight...Tampa Bay scored just its second power-play goal in its last eight games Thursday but leads the NHL for road power-play percentage (29%) and ranks fourth in the League for overall power-play percentage (25.4%)...The Lightning pace the NHL for wins (27, T-1st w/ TOR and CAR), regulation wins (23, T-1st w/ EDM and CAR) and ROW (26, T-1st w/ COL and TOR)...The Bolts rank second in the League for goals per game at 3.43 behind only COL (3.59)...Tampa Bay ended a stretch of eight-consecutive games scoring three or fewer goals following its six-goal outburst Thursday.
Injuries
2020-21 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 101
Nikita Kucherov (Hip surgery Dec. 29; Out) 40 Games
Jan Rutta (Lower-body injury March 30; Week-to-week) 5 Games
The Road Ahead
Tuesday, April 13 at Nashville Predators
Thursday, April 15 vs. Florida Panthers
Saturday, April 17 vs. Florida Panthers
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