Lightning at Ducks preview

LIGHTNING (30-15-5) at DUCKS (20-25-5)
10 p.m. ET; SN, PRIME, SUN, NHL.TV

Vasilevskiy is 11-0-1 with a 1.82 goals-against average, a .942 save percentage and two shutouts in his past 12 games.The Lightning are coming off a 4-2 win at the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday, the fourth stop on their six-game road trip. They are 13-2-1 in their past 16 games.
The Ducks are 3-1-0 in their past four, including a 4-2 win against the Arizona Coyotes at Honda Center on Wednesday. They haven't won two in a row in regulation since Oct. 16-18.

Players to watch

Lightning forward Anthony Cirelli has seven points (three goals, four assists) in the past five games.
Ducks forward Adam Henrique scored two goals in the win against the Coyotes.

They said it

"It's a tough league to win games. I don't read much into the divisions we're playing or anything like that, but we've got to come out here and get points. It seems like everyone behind us is getting them, and for us it doesn't matter how we get them, we just want to get them." -- Lightning coach Jon Cooper
"We're going to have patience with those young guys, but, hey, you've been in the league all year, you've got lots of reps under your belt, in important situations, in special teams situations. You've got to stand up and be counted now. Don't be in the league because you're young. Be in the league because you belong here." -- Ducks coach Dallas Eakins

Lightning projected lineup

Steven Stamkos -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Ondrej Palat -- Anthony Cirelli -- Tyler Johnson
Pat Maroon -- Cedric Paquette -- Alex Killorn
Yanni Gourde -- Mitchell Stephens -- Carter Verhaeghe
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Luke Schenn, Braydon Coburn
Injured: None

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Adam Henrique -- Troy Terry
Max Jones -- Sam Steel -- Ondrej Kase
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Derek Grant -- Carter Rowney
Hampus Lindholm -- Erik Gudbranson
Cam Fowler -- Josh Manson
Jacob Larsson -- Korbinian Holzer
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
Scratched: Devin Shore, Michael Del Zotto
Injured: None

Status report

McElhinney is expected to start when the Lightning conclude their road trip at the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. ... Miller is expected to start in goal when the Ducks open a five-game road trip against the Kings on Saturday.

Stat pack

Stamkos and Kucherov each has nine points (five goals, four assists) during five-game point streaks. ... The Lightning have a nine-game point streak in Anaheim (5-0-4); their last regulation loss at Honda Center was 4-2 on Dec. 14, 2005. They also have won nine straight against Pacific Division teams, dating to a 6-3 win against the Calgary Flames on Feb. 12, 2019. ... The Ducks are second in the NHL with nine shorthanded goals, one shy of the Anaheim record of 10 in 1995-96, 2013-14 and 2017-18.