PROJECTED LINES
Lines are from Friday's game and are subject to change. Lightning played with 11 forwards and seven defensemn against the Blue Jackets.
Forward
Alex Killorn
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Vladislav Namestnikov
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Nikita Kucherov
Brayden Point
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Tyler Johnson
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Ryan Callahan
Ondrej Palat
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Valtteri Filppula
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Jonathan Drouin
Brian Boyle
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Cedric Paquette
Defensemen
Victor Hedman
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Andrej Sustr
Nikita Nesterov
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Braydon Coburn
Jason Garrison
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Slater Koekkoek
Luke Witkowski
Goalie
Ben Bishop
or Andrei Vasilevskiy
SUNDAY'S MATCHUP
The Lightning are playing their second of five matchups against the Bruins this season and first at TD Garden...Boston scored a 4-3 shootout victory in the previous meeting this season between the Bolts and the Bruins (Nov. 3)...The Lightning rallied from a 3-1 deficit but Jimmy Hayes scored in the 10th round of a shootout to give Boston the victory...Tyler Johnson scored a pair of goals in the loss...Tampa Bay went 2-1-1 against Boston in 2015-16 and is 4-2-3 versus the Bruins since the start of the 2014-15 season...The Lightning lost 10 in a row to Boston from 3/27/2012 to 3/12/2015 (going 0-8-2) before breaking through with a 5-3 win on March 22,
2015...The Bolts have lost two straight to the Bruins, both in overtime/shootout...Tampa Bay has, however, won in its last two trips to Boston...The Lightning are 6-29-4 with six ties all-time in the regular season in Boston...The Bolts are 24-48-9 with nine ties overall in he regular season against the Bruins.
LIGHTNING-BRUINS STORYLINES
The Lightning open a three-game road trip today in Boston...The Bolts have won four of their last five road games...Tampa Bay has 13 wins so far this season, tied for fourth most in the NHL...Since the start of the 2013-14 season, the Lightning are tied for fourth in the NHL with Chicago for most combined regular season wins (155) behind St. Louis (163), Anaheim (160) and the New York Rangers (159)...Tampa Bay paces the NHL for power-play goals (20) and has scored a power-play goal in four of its last six games...The Bolts'
power play ranks fourth in the league (24.1%) and their road power play ranks tied for fourth (25%)...The Lightning boast two players in the top 10 in the NHL for scoring in Nikita Kucherov (11-15--26), who ranks second, and the injured Steven Stamkos (9-11--20), who ranks tied for ninth.
INJURIES
2016-17 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 9
Current injuries:
2016-17 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 33
Current injuries
JT Brown - Upper-body injury (DAY-TO-DAY; INJURED NOV. 23) 2 Games
Steven Stamkos - Lateral meniscus tear in right knee (OUT APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS; INJURED NOV. 15) 5 Games
Anton Stralman - Upper-body injury (DAY-TO-DAY; INJURED NOV. 12) 7 Games
TRANSACTIONS
Nov. 23 - Recalled F Erik Condra from AHL Syracuse
Nov. 22 - Re-assigned F Erik Condra to AHL Syracuse
Nov. 21 - Recalled F Erik Condra from AHL Syracuse
Nov. 14 - Recalled D Luke Witkowski from AHL Syracuse
