Lightning vs. Kings: Projected lines, injuries and storylines

The Lightning and Kings meet for the final time this season. Tampa Bay won the first meeing 5-2 in Los Angeles back in November.
Tampa Bay will retire Vinny Lecavalier's No. 4 jersey during a pregame ceremony prior to the game. The ceremony will begin at 6 p.m., with the game scheduled for 7:50 p.m.

Lines from Thursday's game. Subject to change.
Forwards
Yanni Gourde - Steven Stamkos - Tyler Johnson
Alex Killorn - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Cory Conacher - Vladislav Namestnikov - Adam Erne
Chris Kunitz - Matthew Peca - Ryan Callahan
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Anton Stralman
Mikhail Sergachev - Dan Girardi
Braydon Coburn - Andrej Sustr
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy or Louis Domingue
Saturday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Kings are completing their two-game regular season series tonight...Tampa Bay earned a 5-2 victory in Los Angeles on Nov. 9 behind a three-point night from Nikita Kucherov (1-2--3) and additional goals from Victor Hedman, Alex Killorn, Vladislav Namestnikov and Steven Stamkos...The Lightning have won three in a row over the Kings and are looking to sweep the regular season series for the second-consecutive season...The Bolts have won three of their last four versus the Kings at home, including a 28-save shutout effort by Ben Bishop in a 5-0 win last season (Feb. 7), and have given up just two combined goals in those three home wins...Dan Girardi is on a three-game assist streak vs. LAK...Chris Kunitz has more goals vs. LAK (17) than he does against any other NHL team...Nikita Kucherov is on a three-game point streak vs. LAK (3-3--6)...Vladislav Namestnikov has points in his last two games vs. LAK (1-2--3).
Saturday's Storylines
Before tonight's game, the Lightning will retire Vincent Lecavalier's No. 4 in a pregame ceremony, Lecavalier becoming the second Bolt to have his number retired, joining Martin St. Louis, who had his No 26 retired on Jan. 13, 2017...Lecavalier played in a Lightning record 1,037 games over 14 seasons, recording a franchise-best 383 goals, 491 assists and 874 points...The Lightning have scored at least one power-play goal in a NHL-most 37 games this season...The Bolts rank tied for second in the NHL for power-play success rate (24.1%) and power-play goals (45)...Tampa Bay is playing the final game in a stretch of five-straight contests against Pacific Division opponents and is 3-1-0 so far over that stretch...The Lightning are tied with Vegas for least amount of home games played so far this
season (24) and rank third in the league for home win percentage (.771) behind Winnipeg (.840) and Vegas (.833)...The Lightning continue to pace the NHL for wins (37), points (77), points percentage (.713), ROW (35), goals (192), goals per game (3.56) and goal differential (+52)...The Bolts are off to their best start in franchise history with 77 points through 54 games, six points better than the 71 points put up by the 2010-11 team (33-16-5) and the 2014-15 team (33-16-5) through 54 games.
Injuries
2017-18 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 80
Current injuries
Peter Budaj - Lower body (out indefinitely; injured Dec. 29) 17 Games
Ondrej Palat - Lower body (out 6 to 8 weeks; injured Jan. 20) 8 Games
Transactions
Feb. 8 - Recalled F Adam Erne from AHL Syracuse
Feb. 6 - Re-assigned F Michael Bournival to AHL Syracuse
Jan. 31 - Acquired G Edward Pasquale from Edmonton in exchange for future considerations
In the Nik of Time
Tampa Bay right winger Nikita Kucherov ended a season-long 11-game goalless drought after netting his 28th marker of the season Feb. 8 vs. VAN...Kucherov is in a four-way tie for fourth place among the NHL's goal leaders, four goals behind league leader WSH Alex Ovechkin (32)...Kucherov added an assist Feb. 8 vs. VAN for his team-leading 23rd multi-point game of the season...Kucherov continues to pace the NHL for scoring.
Hed of the Class
Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman scored his eighth goal of the season and added an assist Feb. 8 vs. VAN for his ninth multipoint game of the season and first since Jan. 9 vs. CAR...With his goal Thursday, Hedman (73 career goals) passed Pavel Kubina (72) for most goals all-time by a Lightning defenseman.
Hedman is now the Bolts' all-time defenseman leader for goals, assists (264) and points (334) and is second for games played with 598 (only Pavel Kubina has more games played as a Bolts defenseman at 662).
Squashing Rookie Records
Bolts rookie Yanni Gourde netted his 20th goal and added his 20th assist of the season Feb. 8 vs. VAN for his 10th multi-point game of the season and third multi-point game in his last four contests...Gourde has recorded goals in three-straight games, tying a career high set twice earlier this season for a goal streak, and has points in four-consecutive games (3-4--7)...Gourde has tallied points in seven of his last eight games (6-4--10)...Gourde has netted a power-play goal in two-consecutive games...Gourde ranks second in the NHL for goals among rookies.
Gourde is third in the NHL for rookie scoring behind NYI's Mathew Barzal (16-37--53) and VAN's Brock Boeser (26-21--47)...Gourde is one of just five Bolts rookies all-time to reach the 20-goal mark, joining Tyler Johnson (24 in 2013-14), Steven Stamkos (23 in 2008-09), Ondrej Palat (23 in 2013-14) and Brad Richards (21 in 2000-01)...Gourde ranks second in the NHL for shooting percentage (21.5%) behind only VGK's William Karlsson (25%).
Stammer Time
Tampa Bay captain Steven Stamkos scored his 20th goal of the season and added an assist Feb. 8 vs. VAN for his 17th multi-point game of the season...Stamkos reached the 20-goal mark for the ninth time in his career, joining Vincent Lecavalier (12) and Martin St. Louis (9) as the only Bolts with nine seasons or more of 20 goals.