Everything you need to know ahead of Tampa Bay's matchup against the Boston Bruins on Saturday.
When: Saturday, March 14 - 7:00 p.m. ET
Where: TD Garden - Boston, MA
TV coverage: FanDuel Sports Network (check local listings)
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Stream: FanDuelSportsNetwork.com
Lines from Friday's practice (subject to change)
Forwards
Jake Guentzel - Brayden Point - Yanni Gourde
Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Nikita Kucherov
Oliver Bjorkstrand - Nick Paul - Gage Goncalves
Zemgus Girgensons - Luke Glendening - Mitchell Chaffee
Cam Atkinson
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - JJ Moser
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg - Nick Perbix
Darren Raddysh
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Thursday's Matchup
Tampa Bay will visit the Boston Bruins on Saturday and play the team for the second time in eight days as they look to avenge a March 8 loss to Boston at home...Tampa Bay won the first matchup with the Bruins 4-1 on Jan. 9 before the Bruins won 6-2 on Jan. 14 and also took the March 8 game, this time by a 4-0 score...Victor Hedman (1-2—3) and Nikita Kucherov (0-3—3) co-lead the Bolts in scoring against Boston through three games this season...Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy has started all three games, going 1-2-0 with an .892 save percentage...Tampa Bay is 38-64-19 all-time against the Bruins, including 12-39-10 on the road...Vincent Lecavalier is Tampa Bay’s career scoring leader against Boston with 20-29—49 in 50 games, followed by Steven Stamkos’ 27-14—41 in 53 games... Hedman ranks fourth and leads active players with 10-23—33 in 55 games, while Kucherov has scored 11-21—32 through 39 games...Vasilevskiy is 10-13-2 in his NHL career against Boston and has a .913 save percentage...Jonas Johansson is 1-0-0 with an .852 save percentage versus the Bruins.
Item of the Game
January and February Goal Puck Auction Ending Soon
January and February goal pucks, scored by both Lightning players and opponents, are now up for auction. Bid now at TampaBaySports.com.
The Road Ahead
Monday, March 17 vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Thursday, March 20 at Dallas Stars
Saturday, March 22 at Utah Hockey Club
