Lightning vs. Canadiens: Projected lines; injuries; storylines

The Bolts play their second straight Saturday matinee when the Canadiens pay a visit to AMALIE Arena.
Montreal comes in ridnig a three-game losing streak after being blanked 5-0 by the Panthers on Thursday. Tampa Bay has wins in four straight games and points in nine straight.

Lines from Friday's practice. Subject to change.
Forwards
Steven Stamkos - Tyler Johnson - Nikita Kucherov
Yanni Gourde - Brayden Point - J.T. Miller
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Adam Erne/Cory Conacher
Chris Kunitz - Cedric Paquette - Ryan Callahan
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Dan Girardi
Mikhail Sergachev - Anton Stralman
Braydon Coburn - Andrej Sustr
Slater Koekkoek - Jake Dotchin
Ryan McDonagh -
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy or Louis Domingue
Saturday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Canadiens are completing their four-game regular season series today...Tampa Bay is 2-0-1 versus Montreal this season, with two of the three games being decided in a shootout...The Lightning earned a 4-3 shootout victory in their last meeting with the Habs on Feb. 24 in Montreal, Brayden Point netting the game-deciding goal, his third of four-straight games providing the gamewinning or game-deciding goal...The Bolts were 3-1 winners over the Canadiens in their last visit to AMALIE Arena Dec. 28, Steven Stamkos scoring a pair of goals and Brayden Point netting the game-winning goal 30 seconds into the third period...Montreal's lone win in the season series came in a shootout Jan. 4 in Montreal, Paul Byron the only player from either team to convert in the shootout...Four of the last six games between Tampa Bay and Montreal have been decided in overtime/a shootout, and three of the last
five meetings at AMALIE Arena have needed overtime/a shootout to determine a winner...Andrei Vasilevskiy is 4-0-2 and has given up 12 combined goals over his last six starts vs. MTL...Victor Hedman has more career regular season assists (21) and points (27) vs. MTL than he does against any other NHL team and is on a three-game assist streak vs. MTL...Nikita Kucherov is on a four-game scoring streak vs. MTL (3-3--6)...Steven Stamkos has points in three-straight games vs. MTL (2-2--4).
Saturday's Storylines
The Lightning have won four games in a row, and their current nine-game point streak (8-0-1) is tied for their longest of the season (also: 8-0-1 from Oct. 9-26)...Tampa Bay is tied for the least amount of home games played (32) in the NHL and owns the League's best home points percentage (.781)...The Bolts are playing the fourth game of a season-long eight-game homestand tonight...Tampa Bay remains in the top spot in the NHL standings and has only relinquished first place for six days since Nov. 28, never falling more than one point from the top spot...The Lightning pace the NHL for wins (47), points (98), ROW (42), goals (245), goals per game (3.60) and goal differential (+61) and remain in first place in the Atlantic Division by six points over Boston (the Bruins have 3 games in hand)
and 13 points over Toronto...The Bolts have led the Atlantic continuously since Oct. 19...With 98 points through 68 games, Tampa Bay is closing in on its most points gained in a season in franchise history, needing just 10 more points over its last 14 games to match the team record 108 points put up by the 2014-15 team (50-24-8).
Injuries
2017-18 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 113
Current injuries
Ryan McDonagh - Upper body (day-to-day; injured Feb. 7) 14 games
Ondrej Palat - Lower body (out 6 to 8 weeks; injured Jan. 20) 22 games
Transactions
March 6 - Assigned G Peter Budaj to AHL Syracuse for a conditioning assignment
March 1 - Recalled F Anthony Cirelli from AHL Syracuse
March 1 - Re-assigned F Michael Bournival to AHL Syracuse
March 1 - Signed free agent F Alex Barre-Boulet to a 3-year, NHL entry level contract
Goals Galore
The Lightning have scored 245 goals this season, tied for the third-most goals in a season in franchise history with 14 games still to play...The Bolts need 17 goals to match the franchise record 262 goals put up by the 2014-15 team...Tampa Bay has netted 119 goals at AMALIE Arena this season and needs 20 more goals at home to match the franchise record for home goals in a season (139 in 2014-15)...The Bolts' 126 road goals are the second most in franchise history and two away from the all-time record of 128 set in 2006-07.
Andrei the Giant
Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27-of-30 saves March 8 vs. NYR to win his 40th game, matching the Lightning franchise record for wins in a season established previously by Ben Bishop in 2014-15...Vasilevskiy can own the record outright with one more victory over the final 14 games of the regular season...Vasilevskiy (81 career wins) needs two more wins to tie Nikolai Khabibulin (83) for second place on the Lightning's all-time goalie wins leaderboard...Vasilevskiy has led the NHL for wins continuously since Oct. 19.