Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay's matchup against the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday.
When: Sunday, December 8 - 4 p.m. ET
Where: Rogers Arena - Vancouver, BC
TV coverage: FanDuel Sports Network
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Stream: FanDuelSportsNetwork.com
Lines from Saturday's practice (subject to change)
Forwards
Jake Guentzel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Nick Paul
Gage Goncalves - Conor Geekie - Cam Atkinson/Mitchell Chaffee
Zemgus Girgensons - Luke Glendening - Mikey Eyssimont
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg - Nick Perbix
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Sunday's Matchup
Tampa Bay will go for the season series sweep against the Vancouver Canucks when the teams play at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Sunday...Tampa Bay beat Vancouver 4-1 on Oct. 15...Brayden Point, Brandon Hagel, Nick Paul and Anthony Cirelli each had two points in the win...Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 26 of 27 shots for the win in net...The Lightning split the 2023-24 season series with Vancouver, winning 4-3 in October before a 4-1 loss on Dec. 12...Tampa Bay is 21-18-5 all-time against the Canucks, including 7-1-0 across the past five seasons...Steven Stamkos is the all-time leader for the Bolts in scoring against the Canucks with 16-12—28 in 20 games. Nikita Kucherov has 10-11—21 in 18 games...Brayden Point is next among active Bolts with 6-9—15 in 14 games... Vasilevskiy is 9-3-0 in his career against Vancouver with a .924 save percentage...Jonas Johansson defeated Vancouver in his lone start against the Canucks as a Bolt on Oct. 19, 2023, stopping 26 of 29 shots for an .897 save percentage.
Tampa Bay Sports Item of the Game
Tampa Bay Lightning 2024 Holiday Packs
Let the gift giving begin! It's Day One of Tampa Bay Sports' 12 Days of Drops, and today we're dropping Tampa Bay Lightning 2024 Holiday Packs, including an Ugly Sweater crew, a holiday puck and other great holiday items. Available online only at TampaBaySports.com, while supplies last.
The Road Ahead
Tuesday, December 10 at Edmonton Oilers
Thursday, December 12 at Calgary Flames
Saturday, December 14, at Seattle Kraken
