The Lightning are back in action following the holiday break and host the Canadiens at AMALIE Arena on Tuesday night.
When: Tuesday, December 28 - 7 p.m. Where: AMALIE Arena - Tampa, FL Radio coverage: 970 WFLA-AM, Lightning Power Play Where to stream it: ESPN+
Lines from Monday's practice (subject to change) Forwards Ondrej Palat - Steven Stamkos - Taylor Raddysh Alex Killorn - Brayden Point - Mathieu Joseph Pat Maroon - Ross Colton - Corey Perry Boris Katchouk - Riley Nash - Gabriel Fortier
Defensemen Victor Hedman - Jan Rutta Ryan McDonagh - Zach Bogosian Darren Raddysh - Cal Foote
Goaltenders Hugo Alnefelt Maxime Lagace
Tuesday's Matchup The Lightning and the Canadiens are playing their second of three meetings this season and the first of two at AMALIE Arena...Tampa Bay defeated Montreal 3-2 Dec. 7 at Bell Centre in the first meeting, the Lightning scoring the game-tying (Corey Perry - 17:51) and game-winning goals (Ondrej Palat - 19:22) 1:31 apart over the final 2:09 of the contest for the come-from-behind victory...The Bolts have won five in a row and 10 of their last 11 in the regular season over Montreal...The Lightning are on a six-game regular season home win streak over Montreal (jumps to nine-straight home wins over the Canadiens when including playoffs), that streak starting Dec. 28, 2017, tied for the Bolts second-longest active home win streak versus one franchise (longest: 8-straight home wins vs. EDM)...Andrei Vasilevskiy has won nine-straight regular season starts versus Montreal, allowing 17 combined goals over those nine wins...Vasilevskiy lost his first career start versus Montreal 4/9/16 (24-of-28 saves) and has gone 12-0-2 against the Habs since in the regular season...Montreal is one of four teams Vasilevskiy has a sub-2.00 career goals-against average against (ANA - 1.75, BUF - 1.83, DAL - 1.91, MTL - 1.98).
Tuesday's Storylines Tampa Bay has won three-straight games and eight of its last nine entering tonight's contest...The Lightning own a six-game home win streak currently, the second-longest active home win streak in the NHL (longest: COL - 8-straight home wins) and tied for the sixth longest this season in the NHL (longest: FLA - 11-straight home wins)...After beginning the season 0-2-1 at home, the Bolts have since gone 10-1-1 at AMALIE Arena...Tampa Bay is 8- 1-0 in December and owns the best point percentage (.889) in the NHL for the month...The Lightning's .889 point percentage this December is the second best for a December in franchise history (best: .964 in Dec. 2018).
Injuries 2021-22 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 112 Current injuries Erik Cernak (Lower-body injury Dec. 4; Week-to-week) 7 Games Nikita Kucherov (Lower-body injury; Underwent successful procedure Oct. 26; Out 8-10 weeks) 27 Games Brayden Point (Upper-body injury Nov. 20; Out 4-6 weeks) 14 Games Gemel Smith (Lower-body injury Sept. 28; Out indefinitely) 30 Games
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The Road Ahead Thursday, December 30 at Florida Panthers Friday, December 31 vs. New York Rangers Sunday, January 2 at New York Rangers
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