Everything you need to know ahead of the Lightning's matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday:
When: Thursday, April 2 - 7 p.m. ET
Where: Benchmark International Arena - Tampa, FL
TV Coverage: The Spot - Tampa Bay 66 (check local listings)
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Lines from Tuesday's game (subject to change)
Forwards
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Nikita Kucherov
Gage Goncalves - Brayden Point- Jake Guentzel
Zemgus Girgensons - Yanni Gourde - Pontus Holmberg
Corey Perry - Nick Paul - Scott Sabourin
Defensemen
JJ Moser - Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Charle-Edouard D'Astous - Emil Lilleberg
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Thursday's Matchup
The Tampa Bay Lightning wrap up their season series against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday when Pittsburgh visits Benchmark International Arena for a 7 p.m. puck drop...Tampa Bay is 1-1-0 this season against Pittsburgh with a 4-3 loss in December and a 2-1 shootout win in January...Brandon Hagel has scored 2-0—2 in those two games, while Nikita Kucherov has 1-1—2 and Darren Raddysh has added 0-2—2...Andrei Vasilevskiy is 1-0-0 against the Penguins with a .963 save percentage this season, while Jonas Johansson is 0-1-0 with an .871 save percentage in the Lightning net...Tampa Bay is 49-54-9 all-time against Pittsburgh, including 30-23-3 on home ice...Steven Stamkos is the franchise career scoring leader versus the Penguins with 18-30—48 in 44 games. Kucherov leads all active Bolts with 13-30—43 in 32 career matchups...Victor Hedman is the next current Bolt with 4-30—34 in 45 games...Vasilevskiy is 13-7-1 over his NHL career against Pittsburgh with a .906 save percentage, and Johansson is 1-3-0 with an .885 save percentage versus the franchise over his career.
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The Road Ahead
Saturday, April 4 vs. Boston Bruins
Monday, April 6 at Buffalo Sabres
Tuesday, April 7 at Ottawa Senators
