Lines from Saturday's game at Florida
Forwards
Vladislav Namestnikov - Steven Stamkos - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn - Tyler Johnson - JT Brown/Gabriel Dumont
Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Yanni Gourde
Chris Kunitz - Cedric Paquette - Ryan Callahan
Defense
Victor Hedman - Jake Dotchin
Mikhail Sergachev - Anton Stralman
Braydon Coburn - Dan Girardi
Goalie
Andrei Vasilevskiy expected to start
MONDAY'S MATCHUP
Tampa Bay is playing the first of three meetings against Washington and the only meeting at AMALIE Arena...The Lightning have lost two straight and seven of their last eight games against the Capitals, the Bolts' only victory over that stretch coming on Dec. 3, 2016 in a 2-1 shootout win at AMALIE Arena, former Bolt Brian Boyle netting the game winner in the fourth round of the shootout...Steven Stamkos leads all current Bolts for goals (15), assists (14) and points (29) in games against Washington...The Lightning are 24-33-2 with two ties all-time at home against the Capitals...The Bolts are 39-69-8 with six ties all-time overall vs. Washington.
MONDAY'S STORYLINES
The Lightning have scored nine combined goals in their first two games for the second-straight season...The nine goals are tied for the second-most the Bolts have scored all-time in their first two games (most: 10 to start 2003 04)...The most goals Tampa Bay has scored all-time through its first three games is 17 in 2002-03...The Lightning rank tied for fourth in the NHL for goals (9)...The Bolts lead the league for shots allowed per game (42)...Tampa Bay has four players -- Nikita Kucherov , Vladislav Namestnikov , Ondrej Palat and Brayden Point -- with multiple goals, tied with Chicago for the most players with multiple goals.
INJURIES
2017-18 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 4
Current injuries:
Michael Bournival - Undisclosed (DAY-TO-DAY) 2 Games
Erik Condra - Back (DAY-TO-DAY) 2 Games
MAKING A POINT
Tampa Bay second year pro Brayden Point tallied a goal and an assist Oct. 7 at FLA for his second-straight game with multiple points to start the season and third-straight game with multiple points dating back to last season (also: multiple points in 4 of last 5 games dating back to last season)...Point now has 11 career multi-point games...Point ranks tied for fifth in the NHL for scoring (2-3--5), tied for seventh for goals and tied for ninth for assists...Point has recorded points in five-consecutive games dating back to last season and has tallied 11 points (6 goals, 5 assists) over that stretch...Point's five points in two games to open 2017-18 are a personal career high for scoring over a two-game stretch (previous high: 2-2--4 from Apr. 7-9, 2017)...Point has scored two goals on four shots so far this
season...Point recorded 18 goals and 22 assists in 2016-17 to rank eighth among NHL rookies for scoring (40 points) and tied for ninth for goals.
TRANSACTIONS
Oct. 2 -- Assigned F Cory Conacher to AHL Syracuse
