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The Lightning enter this game with their playoff position almost guaranteed as the first Wild Card spot sitting six points behind Toronto with just four games to play. However, this Lightning team still with something to play for and trending in the right direction heading into the playoffs winning seven of their last ten games, poses a tall task for the Senators.
The fifth best offence in the NHL scoring a whopping 3.54 goals per game this Lightning team is dangerous. Led of course by Nikita Kucherov, battling for the Art Ross Trophy with 139 points, as well as Brayden Points with 44 goals and Steven Stamkos with 39, they can hurt you in a number of different ways. Most notable has been their power play converting a league leading 29.7% of their advantages anchored by Stamkos with 19 power play goals, it will be imperative to avoid any penalties tomorrow.
On the back end the Bolts still boast one of the best in the league in Andrei Vasilevskiy who has stopped 90.1% of the shots he's faced this season while allowing under three goals per game (2.85 to be exact). While the Senators will have their work cut out for them should he be between the pipes, it isn't a task they haven't overcome already this season having bested Vasilevskiy and the Bolts back in February.
With only four games to go and the Senators looking to set the foundation for what next season could look like the Lightning provide a formidable opponent to test what they are made of.
