When:Friday, January 15 - 7 p.m. ET
Where:Amalie Arena - Tampa, FL
TV coverage: FOX Sports Sun(check local listings)
Radio coverage: WFLA 970-AM,
Lightning Power Play
Where to stream it:
FOX Sports GO
or
NHL.TV
Lines from Wednesday's Game (Subject to Change)
Forwards
Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Steven Stamkos
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Mathieu Joseph
Blake Coleman - Yanni Gourde - Barclay Goodrow
Patrick Maroon - Mitchell Stephens - Alexander Volkov
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh - Cal Foote
Mikhail Sergachev - Erik Cernak
'Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Friday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Blackhawks are playing their second of eight meetings this season and are playing one another for the second time in three days...Tampa Bay has won 15 of its last 18 regular season matchups against Chicago and is 15-1-2 versus the Blackhawks since the start of the 2010 11 regular season...The Lightning have won nine of their last 10 home meetings with Chicago, five of those wins coming via overtime or a shootout...Tampa Bay owns a .596 points percentage all-time versus Chicago in the regular season, its third highest against any NHL opponent (highest: .683 vs. LAK).
Friday's Storylines
The Lightning are looking to start the season 2-0 for the first time since the 2016-17 season and the seventh time overall in franchise history (also started 2-0 in 2002-03, 2003-04, 2007-08, 2010-11, 2015-16 and 2016-17)...Tampa Bay is 6-11-1 in game No. 2 when winning its season opener.
Injuries
2020-21 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 1
Current injuries:
Nikita Kucherov (Hip surgery Dec. 29; Out)
The Road Ahead
Tuesday, January 19 vs. Dallas Stars
Thursday, January 21 at Columbus Blue Jackets
Saturday, January 23 at Columbus Blue Jackets
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