Lightning vs. Oilers: Projected lines, storylines, injuries

The Lightning continue their season-long homestand when they host Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers at 5 p.m. Sunday at AMALIE Arena. The Bolts have lost back-to-back games including Saturday's 3-0 loss to the Boston Bruins. It was the first time all season Tampa Bay had been shutout.

Lines from Satuday's game. Subject to change.
Forwards
J.T. Miller - Steven Stamkos - Nikita Kucherov
Yanni Gourde - Brayden Point - Tyler Johnson
Chris Kunitz - Cedric Paquette - Ryan Callahan
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Adam Erne
Defensemen
Victor Hedman - Jake Dotchin
Ryan McDonagh - Dan Girardi
Mikhail Sergachev - Anton Stralman
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy or Peter Budaj or Louis Domingue
Sunday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Oilers are completing their two-game season series tonight...Edmonton earned a 6-2 victory in the teams' lone prior matchup February 5 at Rogers Place, tied for the largest margin of defeat this season for Tampa Bay...The Bolts have gotten points from five of their last six games versus Edmonton and are 4-1-1 over that stretch...The Lightning were 4-1 winners in Edmonton's last visit to Tampa Feb. 21, 2017, Ondrej Palat scoring the Bolts' first two goals and former goalie Ben Bishop stopping 20-of-21 shots in the win...Tampa Bay has won five in a row and seven of its last eight at home over Edmonton...Lightning goalie Peter Budaj has more regular season wins vs. EDM (16) than he does against any other NHL team (second most: 11 vs. STL)...Tyler Johnson is
averaging more points per game (1.22) vs. EDM than he is against any other NHL team and has recorded at least one point in all nine of his career meetings vs. EDM (2-9--11)...Yanni Gourde has a goal and an assist in his lone career meeting vs. EDM Feb. 5, 2018
Sunday's Storylines
The Lightning are playing the second half of a back-to-back set, their 11th of 13 back-to-back sets in 2017-18...Tampa Bay is 4-5-1 in the second half of a back-to-back set this season, winning three of their last four...Ryan Callahan will play his 700th career NHL game tonight and 250th game with the Lightning...Tampa Bay can clinch a playoff berth tonight with a win in regulation or overtime combined with any loss by PHI or a loss by NJD in regulation OR a Lightning win in a shootout combined with a PHI loss in regulation...The Lightning pace the NHL for wins (48), goals (251) and goals per game (3.54) and are tied with Boston for best goal differential (+56) and three teams for best ROW (42)...Tampa Bay remains in first place in the Atlantic Division by two points over Boston (the Bruins
have a game in hand) and has led the Atlantic continuously since Oct. 19...With 100 points through 71 games, the Bolts are closing in on their most points gained in a season in franchise history, needing eight more points over their last 11 games to match the team record 108 points put up by the 2014-15 team (50-24-8)
Injuries
2017-18 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 116
Current injuries
Ondrej Palat - Lower body (out 6 to 8 weeks; injured Jan. 20) 25 games
Transactions
March 17 - Recalled G Louis Domingue from AHL Syracuse
March 13 - Re-assigned G Louis Domingue to AHL Syracuse
March 12 - Recalled G Peter Budaj from AHL Syracuse
March 6 - Assigned G Peter Budaj to AHL Syracuse for a conditioning assignment
In the Nik of Time
Tampa Bay forward Nikita Kucherov is just the fifth player in Lightning history to record 90 or more points in a season, joining Martin St. Louis (4 times), Steven Stamkos (3 times), Vincent Lecavalier (2 times) and Brad Richards...Kucherov is the first Bolt to record 90 or more points since Steven Stamkos (60-37--97) in 2011-12...Kucherov needed the fewest games (68) in franchise history to reach 90 points, outpacing Vincent Lecavalier (69 games) and Martin St. Louis (69 games) in 2006-07...Kucherov has led the NHL for scoring continuously since Dec. 12 and is aiming to become the first Lightning skater to finish the season as the NHL's scoring leader since Martin St. Louis in 2012-13 (17-43--60 in 48 games)
Miller Time
Tampa Bay forward J.T. Miller became the second Lightning player this season to record a hat trick and the third U.S. born player to do so with the Bolts in the regular season after netting three goals March 13 vs. OTT...Since coming to the Bolts at the trade deadline, Miller has nine points (5 goals, 4 assists) in eight games...Miller has scored five goals on 19 shots for a 26.3% shooting percentage since joining the Bolts.
Goals Galore
The Lightning have scored 251 goals this season, the second most in franchise history with 11 games still to play, and are closing in on their all-time record of 262 goals scored during the 2014-15 season...Tampa Bay has scored a NHL-best 96 goals in 2nd periods and tied the all-time franchise record for most second period goals in a season set previously in 2006-07...The Bolts have netted 125 home goals, 14 goals from tying the record for home goals in a season (139 in 2014-15).