Maple Leafs at Lightning preview

MAPLE LEAFS (32-23-8) at LIGHTNING (40-17-5)
7 p.m. ET; ESPN+, TVAS, SUN, SNO, NHL.TV

Goodrow and a third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft were traded to the Lightning by the San Jose Sharks for a first-round pick in 2020 and forward Anthony Greco on Monday. Bogosian signed a one-year, $1.3 million contract Sunday after he was placed on unconditional waivers by the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 21 with the intention of terminating his contract.
Tampa Bay is five points behind the Boston Bruins for first in the Atlantic Division and NHL but has lost its past two games after winning 11 in a row. The Lightning have not lost three straight games in regulation this season.
Toronto is 1-3-0 in its past four games and 4-6-1 in its past 11. The Maple Leafs are third in the Atlantic Division, two points ahead of the Florida Panthers.

Players to watch

Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews has 16 points (nine goals, seven assists) in his past 15 games.
Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy is 19-2-2 with a 2.23 goals-against average and .924 save percentage and two shutouts in 23 games since Dec. 17.

They said it

"It's been a bad stretch here with inconsistency. We've teased ourselves a little bit here with the effort we had against Pittsburgh. That's just a model of what we think we can be. It's a matter of doing that consistently and that's an issue for us." -- Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe
"The trade deadline is over. This is the time of the year when we have to start getting our game to its best, before April. Certainly, with the new players we have in here, we put ourselves in a good position to do that." -- Lightning defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Zach Hyman -- Auston Matthews -- Mitchell Marner
William Nylander -- John Tavares -- Denis Malgin
Pierre Engvall -- Alex Kerfoot -- Kasperi Kapanen
Kyle Clifford -- Frederik Gauthier -- Jason Spezza
Jake Muzzin -- Justin Holl
Travis Dermott -- Tyson Barrie
Rasmus Sandin --
Timothy Liljegren
Frederik Andersen
Jack Campbell
Scratched:Martin Marincin
Injured:Cody Ceci (ankle), Morgan Rielly (foot), Andreas Johnsson (knee), Ilya Mikheyev (wrist)

Lightning projected lineup

Steven Stamkos -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Blake Coleman -- Anthony Cirelli -- Alex Killorn
Ondrej Palat -- Tyler Johnson -- Barclay Goodrow
Pat Maroon -- Cedric Paquette -- Yanni Gourde
Victor Hedman -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Braydon Coburn -- Zach Bogosian
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Luke Schenn, Carter Verhaeghe
Injured: Ryan McDonagh (lower body), Jan Rutta (lower body)

Status report

The Maple Leafs held an optional skate. … Defensemen Rutta and McDonagh each remain week to week. … The Lightning set forward Mitchell Stephens to Syracuse of the American Hockey League.

Stat pack

Spezza has 55 points (23 goals, 32 assists) in 47 games against Tampa Bay. …The Lightning have won a team record 11 in a row at home, the longest run on home ice in the NHL this season.