Projected Lineup (subject to change)
Forwards
Ondrej Palat - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn - Anthony Cirelli - Steven Stamkos
Patrick Maroon - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - Corey Perry
Boris Katchouk - Mathieu Joseph - Taylor Raddysh
Defense
Victor Hedman - Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Cal Foote - Mikhail Sergachev
Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Saturday's Matchup
The Lightning and the Bruins are playing their second of four meetings this season and the first of two at AMALIE Arena...Tampa Bay defeated Boston 3-2 in overtime in the first meeting Dec. 4 at TD Garden, Taylor Raddysh scoring his first career NHL goal shorthanded to open scoring at 14:13 of the first period and Steven Stamkos netting the OT winner 1:31 into the extra session...Tampa Bay has won eight of its last 10 overall in the regular season versus Boston and 16 of the last 20 including postseason contests...The Lightning have won four of their last five home reg. season contests played against Boston; the Bruins, however, won the last time the two teams met at AMALIE Arena March 3, 2020 by a 2-1 count...The Bolts own a .393 all- time regular season point percentage vs. Boston, their lowest against any NHL team.
Saturday's Storylines
Tampa Bay enters tonight's contest on a nine-game home point streak (8-0-1), the fourth-longest home point streak in the NHL this season behind runs from Colorado (11 GP), Florida (11 GP) and St. Louis (10 GP)...The Lightning are the first NHL team this season to reach 50 points by virtue of their win Thursday over Calgary; Tampa Bay has been the first club to reach the 50-point mark in four of the past five seasons (2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21 and 2021-22)...The Bolts top the overall NHL standings for points (51) and rank fourth in the League for point percentage (.708).
Injuries
2021-22 Reg. Season Man Games Lost: 130
Zach Bogosian (Lower-body injury Dec. 30; Day-to-day) 4 Games
Gemel Smith (Lower-body injury Sept. 28; Out indefinitely) 36 Games
Tampa Bay Sports Item of the Game
Men's Ultimate Plaid Pant
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Play It Safe
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The Road Ahead
Monday, January 10 at New Jersey Devils
Tuesday, January 11 at Buffalo Sabres
Thursday, January 13 vs. Vancouver Canucks
