Lightning at Senators: Projected lines, injuries, storylines

Following Tuesday's 4-2 win over Washington, the Bolts are preparing to face the Senators in Canada's capital city.
The Lightning will be playing the second of three-straight on the road. Following Thursday's game, Tampa Bay returns home to face Toronto and Buffalo. Ottawa will be beginning a two-game homestand after facing the Blackhawks in Chicago on Wednesday night.

Lines from Thursday's morning skate. Subject to change.
Forwards
Vladislav Namestnikov - Steven Stamkos - Ryan Callahan
Alex Killorn - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Chris Kunitz - Yanni Gourde - Tyler Johnson
Adam Erne - Cedric Paquette - Cory Conacher
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Anton Stralman
Mikhail Sergachev - Dan Girardi
Braydon Coburn - Andrej Sustr
Slater Koekkoek - Jake Dotchin
Goaltenders
Louis Domingue expected to start
Thursday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Senators are playing their third of four regular season meetings and the second of two at Canadian Tire Centre...Tampa Bay fell 6-3 in its last visit to Ottawa Jan. 6, the six goals tied for the most the Lightning have allowed in a game this season...The Bolts downed the Senators 4-3 in a shootout in the teams' first matchup Dec. 21, Brayden Point netting the shootout game-winner in the first round and Steven Stamkos sealing the win with his own successful conversion in the third...Tampa Bay has won three of its last four contests in Ottawa, outscoring the Senators 10-3 in those three victories...Tyler Johnson is on a four-game point streak vs. OTT (1-4--5), and his 17 points in 18 all-time meetings vs. OTT are tied for the most points he's put up in his career against any NHL team (also: 17 pts in 19 games vs. BUF)...Alex Killorn has points (1-2--3) in both games vs. OTT this season...Yanni Gourde has scored a goal in both games vs. OTT this season...Victor Hedman is on a four-game point streak vs. OTT (2-3--5)... Nikita Kucherov has points in six of his last seven games vs. OTT (4-6--10), including both games this season, and has recorded more career assists (11) vs. OTT than he has against any other NHL team.
Thursday's Storylines
Tampa Bay picked up its 20th road win in its 33rd road game of the season Tuesday and paces the NHL for road wins, road points (42), road goals (114) and road goal differential (+26)...The Lightning lead the NHL for wins (40), points (83), ROW (38), goals (215), goals per game (3.55) and goal differential (+54) and remain one point ahead of Boston for first place in the Atlantic Division...The Bolts are off to their best start in franchise history with 83 points through 60 games, five points better than the 78 points put up by the 2014-15 team (36-18-6) through 60 games...Tampa Bay required the fewest games in franchise history to reach 40 wins in a season (60 GP), eclipsing the mark of 66 contests set in 2014-15 (40-20-6, 86 pts.)...The Lightning have scored a power-play goal in four-straight games (6 PPGs total) and since Feb. 1 have netted a power-play goal in nine of 10 games (12 PPGs total)...The Bolts rank second in the NHL behind Pittsburgh for power-play percentage (24.8%) and power-play goals (52).
Injuries
2017-18 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 92
Current injuries
Peter Budaj - Lower body (out indefinitely, injured Dec. 29) 23 games
Ondrej Palat - Lower body (out 6 to 8 weeks; injured Jan. 20) 14 games
Transactions
Feb. 21 -- Claimed F Gabriel Dumont off waivers from Ottawa; assigned Dumont to AHL Syracuse
Feb. 21 -- Re-assigned F Matthew Peca to AHL Syracuse
Feb. 8 - Recalled F Adam Erne from AHL Syracuse
Feb. 6 - Re-assigned F Michael Bournival to AHL Syracuse
Making a Point
Tampa Bay center Brayden Point netted his 22nd and 23rd goals of the season Feb. 20 at WSH for his second multi-goal game of the season and fifth of his career...Point extended his point streak to five games (3-3--6) for the second-longest point streak of his career and two games from tying his longest point streak set earlier this season (5-5--10 over 7 games from Dec. 2-16)...Point's second goal on Tuesday proved to be the game-winner, his team-leading eighth game-winning goal of the season...Point ranks tied for second in the NHL for game-winning goals.
Andrei the Giant
Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 35-of-37 shots Feb. 20 at WSH for his first career regulation win over the Caps (second win overall) and his eighth win overall in his last 11 starts...Vasilevskiy continues to pace the NHL for wins.
Vasilevskiy has given up two or fewer goals in 28 of his 49 starts this season...Vasilevskiy leads the NHL for shutouts (7) and tied the Tampa Bay franchise record for shutouts in a season set previously by Nikolai Khabibulin in 2001-02...Six of Vasilevskiy's seven shutouts have come on the road, a Bolts franchise record for road shutouts in a season.
In the Nik of Time
Bolts right winger Nikita Kucherov scored his team-leading 32nd goal of the season Feb. 20 at WSH...Kucherov leads the NHL for even-strength goals (27) and ranks third in the league for total goals.
With his goal Tuesday, Kucherov extended his point streak to seven games, his third longest point streak of the season (also: 11-game point streak Oct. 6-26; 10-game point streak Dec. 9-31)...Kucherov has recorded 5-7--12 over his seven-game point streak, which is the second-longest active point streak in the NHL currently (longest: 12 games, NJD's Taylor Hall)...Kucherov has led the NHL for scoring continuously since Dec. 12.