Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay's matchup against the Florida Panthers on Monday.
When: Monday, December 23 - 7 p.m. ET
Where: Amerant Bank Arena - Sunrise, FL
TV coverage: FanDuel Sports Network
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Stream: FanDuelSportsNetwork.com
Lines from Sunday's game (subject to change)
Forwards
Jake Guentzel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Conor Geekie
Cam Atkinson - Nick Paul - Mitchell Chaffee
Zemgus Girgensons - Luke Glendening - Mikey Eyssimont
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg - Nick Perbix
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Monday's Matchup
The Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Florida Panthers in the second half of a back-to-back on Monday...Sunday marks the second of four games between the teams this season after Florida defeated Tampa Bay in the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs...The Lightning are 70-65-23 all-time against the Panthers, who won the Stanley Cup after going 2-1-0 against Tampa Bay during the 2023-24 regular season..Florida won 3-2 on Dec. 27 before also taking a Feb. 17 game by a 9-2 score...Tampa Bay won the season finale 5-3 on March 16...Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov each had 2-2—4 against Florida last season, while Brandon Hagel (1-2—3) and Victor Hedman (0-3—3) both had three points...Stamkos leads the Lightning in career scoring against the Panthers (41-40—81)...Hedman leads active Lightning players with 7-39—46 in 65 games, and Kucherov has 19-25—44 in 35 career games against Florida...Andrei Vasilevskiy is 16-14-1 against Florida with a .910 save percentage...The goalie went 1-2-0 versus the Panthers last season, posting an .883 SV%.
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The Road Ahead
Saturday, December 28 vs. New York Rangers
Sunday, December 29 vs. Montreal Canadiens
Thursday, January 2 at San Jose Sharks
