Senators at Lightning preview

SENATORS (24-33-11) at LIGHTNING (48-17-4)
7:30 p.m. ET; SUN, RDS2, TSN5, NHL.TV

Vasilevskiy, who leads the NHL with 40 wins this season, has matched the Lightning's single-season wins record, set by Ben Bishop in 2014-15.
Tampa Bay, looking for its sixth straight victory, has a 10-game point streak (9-0-1) and has the best record in the League, with a six-point lead on the Boston Bruins for first place in the Atlantic Division.
The Senators, 2-6-2 in their past 10 games, are 19 points behind the New Jersey Devils for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.

Players to watch

Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson has 14 points (two goals, 12 assists) in his past 13 games.
Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov has 22 points (seven goals, 15 assists) in his past 14 games and leads the NHL in scoring with 88 points (34 goals, 54 assists).

They said it

"We want to beat good teams. We beat Vegas in Vegas, we beat Dallas … they are all good teams. We want to beat them. We want to show that we can play too. We've got a good team and a good system. We're going out there to win every game for sure." -- Senators forward Magnus Paajarvi
"We want to win as many games as we can. That hasn't changed all year. There's still some room for improvement. Obviously we want to finish as high as we can in the standings and get home ice, we know how important that is after our previous playoff runs. That's the goal in here." -- Lightning center Steven Stamkos

Senators projected lineup

Ryan Dzingel -- Matt Duchene -- Mike Hoffman
Bobby Ryan -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Marian Gaborik
Magnus Paajarvi -- Zack Smith -- Tom Pyatt
Max McCormick -- Jim O'Brien -- Alexandre Burrows
Fredrik Claesson -- Erik Karlsson
Ben Harpur -- Cody Ceci
Mark Borowiecki -- Thomas Chabot
Mike Condon
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Erik Burgdoerfer
Injured: Mark Stone (leg), Chris Wideman (hamstring)

Lightning projected lineup

J.T. Miller -- Tyler Johnson -- Nikita Kucherov
Yanni Gourde -- Brayden Point --
Tyler Johnson
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Adam Erne
Ryan Callahan -- Cedric Paquette -- Chris Kunitz
Victor Hedman -- Anton Stralman
Ryan McDonagh -- Dan Girardi
Mikhail Sergachev -- Braydon Coburn
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Peter Budaj
Scratched: Andrej Sustr, Jake Dotchin, Slater Koekkoek, Cory Conacher
Injured: Ondrej Palat (lower body)

Status report

Stone did not make the trip to Florida. … Budaj was activated from injured reserve Tuesday following a conditioning stint with Syracuse of the American Hockey League. Goaltender Louis Domingue was sent down in a corresponding move.

Stat pack

Ryan has five points (goal, four assists) in his past five games. ...Gourde has 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in his past 11 games. ... Stamkos needs two goals to reach 350 in the NHL.