Lightning at Blues preview

LIGHTNING (58-13-4) at BLUES (39-27-8)
8 p.m. ET; FS-MW, SUN, NHL.TV

The Lightning, who have already clinched the Presidents' Trophy, won 10 in a row from Feb. 9-27 and eight in a row from Nov. 29-Dec. 13. Tampa Bay is four wins from tying the NHL record for one season (Detroit, 62-13-7, 1995-96).
The Lightning are the second team in NHL history (Edmonton Oilers, 1983-84) with four separate winning streaks of seven games or better in the same season.
The Blues will attempt to gain ground in the Central Division. They are in third place, four points ahead of the Dallas Stars and four behind the Nashville Predators for second.
The Blues defeated the Lightning 1-0 in overtime on Feb. 7.

Players to watch

Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov (120 points; 37 goals, 83 assists) needs one point for second-most points by a Russia-born player in an NHL season. He is tied with Sergei Fedorov (Detroit Red Wings, 56-64-120, 1993-94). The record is held by Alexander Mogilny (Buffalo Sabres, 76-51-127, 1992-93).
Blues forward David Perron (nine goals, 13 assists) has 22 points in a personal 17-game point streak.

They said it

"We just want to continue to find ways to win games. That's what this whole season's been about. We've had some quality opponents the last few games, including this one tonight." -- Lightning center Steven Stamkos
"We played them well last time we were in Tampa, right? We know what we're capable of inside this room. We played them well, we looked at it this morning, same type of recipe. We know what we can do." -- Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo

Lightning projected lineup

Ondrej Palat -- Steven Stamkos -- J.T. Miller
Tyler Johnson -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Mathieu Joseph
Adam Erne -- Cedric Paquette -- Ryan Callahan
Victor Hedman -- Mikhail Sergachev
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Braydon Coburn -- Jan Rutta
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Louis Domingue
Scratched:Danick Martel, Cameron Gaunce
Injured: Dan Girardi (lower body), Anton Stralman (lower body)
Suspended:Yanni Gourde

Blues projected lineup

Brayden Schenn -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Jaden Schwartz -- Oskar Sundqvist -- David Perron
Pat Maroon -- Tyler Bozak -- Robert Thomas
Zach Sanford -- Ivan Barbashev -- Alexander Steen
Vince Dunn -- Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester -- Colton Parayko
Michael Del Zotto -- Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
Scratched: Robby Fabbri, Mackenzie MacEachern
Injured:Joel Edmundson (lower body), Carl Gunnarsson (upper body), Sammy Blais (lower body)

Status report

Gourde will serve the first of a two-game suspension after an illegal check to the head Friday against Jordan Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes.

Stat pack

The Lightning are 19-2-0 in their past 21 games. ... The Lightning must win their remaining five road games to set the NHL record for most road wins in one season (Detroit, 31, 2005-06). ... Kucherov has 12 points (six goals, six assists) in his past seven games, 39 points (15 goals, 24 assists) his past 20 games. ... Binnington is 15-3-0 with a 1.72 goals-against average, .931 save percentage and four shutouts in his past 18 starts.