CANUCKS (21-26-6) at LIGHTNING (36-14-3) 7:30 p.m. ET, SNE, SNO, SNP, SUN, NHL.TV
The Lightning went 5-3-0 on an eight-game road trip and lead the NHL with 75 points, one more than the second place Boston Bruins in the Atlantic Division, and the Vegas Golden Knights. Backup Anders Nilsson will make his first start in seven games for Vancouver, which has lost its past two games and is 5-9-1 in its past 15. The Lightning are looking for the season sweep, having won 4-2 at Rogers Arena on Saturday.
Players to watch
Canucks forward Thomas Vanek has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past six games. Lightning forward Yanni Gourde has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past seven games.
They said it
"[The Lightning] have been scoring a lot of goals. It's a good challenge for me, it's a good challenge for the whole team so I think [we] need to play at our best level." -- Canucks goalie Anders Nilsson "We're not worried about what other teams are doing and we can't. When you start worrying about that than you lose focus on what the goal is for our team and that is to just play consistent hockey and we've gotten away from that lately." -- Lightning captain Steven Stamkos
Girardi was a full participant in the morning skate and will be a game-time decision. ... Erne was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Thursday and will play. ...Gagner and Gaunce will be re-evaluated in Vancouver. ...Boucher and Archibald were called up from Utica of the AHL.
Stat pack
Stamkos has six points (two goals, four assists) in his past six games. ...Boeser, who is tied for ninth in the League with 25 goals, has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past six games. ... Kucherov leads the NHL with 66 points (27 goals, 39 assists) but has not scored a goal since Jan. 7 (11 games).
